UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 30, 2017
Cerecor Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware | 001-37590 | 45-0705648 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
400 E. Pratt Street Suite 606 Baltimore, Maryland | 21202 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (410) 522-8707
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 to Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed solely to correct a technical filing error with the original Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 7, 2017. No other changes to the original filing are being made by this Amendment No. 1.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 30, 2017, Cerecor Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting. As of May 15, 2017, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 14,081,453 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. At the Annual Meeting, 11,133,848 shares, or approximately 79.1% of the eligible voting shares, were represented either in person or by proxy.
At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following items:
1. | Proposal 1: To elect two nominees to the board of directors to hold office until the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. The following nominees were elected to the Company’s board of directors, with the voting results for each nominee as shown: |
For | Withheld | ||
Isaac Blech | 5,233,187 | 136,386 | |
Phil Gutry | 5,233,457 | 136,116 | |
2. | Proposal 2: To ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2017. This proposal was approved by the votes indicated below: |
For | Against | Abstain | ||
10,911,369 | 221,772 | 707 | ||
3. | Proposal 3: To approve, as required by NASDAQ Listing Rules 5635(b) and 5635(d), the issuance to Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd of up to an aggregate of 26,225,714 shares of common stock, which represents greater than 19.99% of the Company’s outstanding common stock, pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated April 27, 2017, as more specifically described in our definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2017. This proposal was approved by the votes indicated below: |
For | Against | Abstain | ||
2,831,548 | 164,733 | 27,578 | ||
4. | Proposal 4: To approve a series of alternate amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect, at the option of the Board of Directors of the Company, a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock at a reverse stock split ratio ranging from one-for-two (1:2) to one-for-ten (1:10), inclusive, with the effectiveness of one of such amendments and the abandonment of the other amendments, or the abandonment of all amendments, to be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company prior to the date of the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, as more specifically described in our definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2017. This proposal was approved by the votes indicated below: |
For | Against | Abstain | ||
9,912,694 | 1,173,665 | 47,484 | ||
5. | Proposal 5: To approve a series of alternate amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect, if and only if Proposal 4 is both approved and implemented, a reduction in the total number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock, as more specifically described in our definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2017. This proposal was approved by the votes indicated below: |
For | Against | Abstain | ||
10,626,165 | 378,663 | 33,173 | ||
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CERECOR INC. | |||
Date: July 7, 2017 | By: | /s/ Mariam E. Morris | |
Mariam E. Morris | |||
Chief Financial Officer | |||