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): June 27, 2018

 

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

000-50513

 

13-3831168

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(I.R.S. Employer

of incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

420 Saw Mill River Road, Ardsley, NY

 

10502

 

 

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (914) 347-4300

 

Not Applicable

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:

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in 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 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 27, 2018 (the “Annual Meeting”).  40,845,478 shares of the Company’s common stock, or 86.81% of the shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding on the record date for the Annual Meeting, were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting.  Summarized below are descriptions of the proposals voted on at the Annual Meeting and the final results of such voting:


Proposal One: Election of directors

 

As described in the Company’s 2018 Proxy Statement, the Company’s Board of Directors nominated three individuals to serve as Class I directors for a term to expire on the date of the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.  All of such nominees were elected by a plurality vote (and also received a majority vote, for purposes of the majority vote provisions of the Company’s Bylaws), as follows:

 

Director

Votes For

Votes Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Barry Greene

23,820,705

14,958,630

2,066,143

Ian Smith

21,534,994

17,244,341

2,066,143

Catherine D. Strader, Ph.D.

24,817,300

13,962,035

2,066,143

 

Proposal Two:  Approval of an amendment to the Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan

 

The Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized thereunder, by the following vote:

 

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

29,413,139

9,357,533

8,663

2,066,143

 

Proposal Three:  Ratification of appointment of independent auditors

 

The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, by the following vote:

 

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

40,589,108

250,259

6,111

 

Proposal Four: Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation

 

The Company’s stockholders voted, in an advisory, non-binding manner, to approve the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers as disclosed in the Company’s 2018 Proxy Statement pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the executive compensation tables and the related footnotes and narrative accompanying the tables (the “say-on-pay vote”).  The Company’s stockholders voted as follows to approve such executive compensation pursuant to the say-on-pay vote:

 

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

32,317,200

6,432,183

29,952

2,066,143

 



 

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.

 

 

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.

 

 

 

June 28, 2018

By:

/s/ David Lawrence

 

 

Name: David Lawrence

 

 

 

Title: Chief, Business Operations and Principal Accounting Officer

 

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