UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 7, 2017
DELCATH SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-16133 | 06-1245881 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
1633 Broadway, Suite 22C, New York, New York 10019
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(212) 489-2100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
NONE
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
On September 7, 2017, Delcath Systems, Inc. (the “Company”), completed its Consent Solicitation in lieu of a Special Meeting of Shareholders. The following is the result of the Consent Solicitation.
| 1. | The proposal to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock, such split to combine a whole number of outstanding shares of our common stock in a range of not less than twenty shares and not more than five hundred shares, in the discretion of the Board, and to grant authorization to the Board to determine, in its sole discretion, whether to implement the reverse stock split, as well as its specific timing, was not approved based upon the following votes, as such proposal received fewer votes in favor than the required majority of the total number of outstanding shares as of the record date required by Delaware law: |
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 223,439,630 | 154,031,776 | 2,573,539 | -0- |
SIGNATURES
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.
| DELCATH SYSTEMS, INC. | ||||||
| Dated: September 13, 2017 | By: | /s/ Jennifer K. Simpson, Ph.D. | ||||
| Name: | Jennifer K. Simpson, Ph.D. | |||||
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||||