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): June 20, 2018 (June 19, 2018)

DURECT CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

10260 Bubb Road

Cupertino, CA 95014

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(408) 777-1417

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

At the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of DURECT Corporation (the “Company”), held on June 19, 2018, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment of the 2000 Stock Plan to increase the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock available for issuance by 7,500,000 shares.

The foregoing description of the amendment of the 2000 Stock Plan is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the 2000 Stock Plan, as amended, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

The disclosure set forth under Proposal 1 and Proposal 3 in Item 5.07 of this Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter Amendment”) to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 200,000,000 to 350,000,000. The Company filed the Charter Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and it became effective on June 20, 2018.

The foregoing description of the Charter Amendment is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Charter Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual Meeting held on June 19, 2018, there were 144,714,691 shares represented to vote either in person or by proxy, or 89.5% of the outstanding shares, which represented a quorum.  The final results of voting for each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

Proposal 1: Election of Directors

James E. Brown and Armand P. Neukermans were elected as Class III directors for a term of three years.  The voting for each director was as follows:

Proposal 2: An amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 200,000,000 to 350,000,000

The amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation was approved based upon the following votes:

Proposal 3: An amendment of the 2000 Stock Plan to increase the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock available for issuance by 7,500,000 shares

The amendment of the 2000 Stock Plan was approved based upon the following votes:

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Proposal 4: Say on Pay – An advisory vote on the approval of executive compensation

The Company’s executive compensation was approved on a non-binding, advisory basis based upon the following votes:

Proposal 5: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Company for the Current Fiscal Year

The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2018 was ratified based upon the following votes:

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

ExhibitDescription

10.1*DURECT Corporation 2000 Stock Plan, as amended.

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* Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

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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.

DURECT Corporation

  James E. Brown

  President and Chief Executive Officer

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