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): July 1, 2020 (June 30, 2020)

 

 

 

MISONIX, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

New York   001-10986   84- 1856018

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission
File Number)
 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

1938 New Highway, Farmingdale, New York   11735
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(631) 694-9555

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

 

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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 [  ]

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol   Name of exchange on which registered
Common Shares, $0.0001 par value   MSON   The Nasdaq Global Market

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Misonix, Inc. (the “Company”), previously approved, subject to stockholder approval, an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Misonix, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Company’s stockholders approved the Amendment at the Company’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) held on June 30, 2020. The Amendment adds an additional 1,200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), to the Plan share reserve, which would bring the total number of shares of Common Stock reserved under the Plan to 1,950,000 and (b) extends the term of the Plan. A detailed summary of the material terms of the Plan appears under the caption “Proposal Three - Approval of the Amendment to the Misonix, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan” in the Company’s proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 26, 2020, as amended, which description is incorporated by reference herein.

 

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

 

At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company:

 

  (i) elected Michael Koby, Paul LaViolette, Thomas M. Patton, Stavros Vizirgianakis and Gwendolyn A. Watanabe to serve as directors of the Company;
  (ii) approved an amendment to the Misonix, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan;
  (iii) approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and
  (iv) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020.

 

1. The votes cast by stockholders with respect to the election of directors were as follows:

 

   Votes   Votes   Broker 
Director  “For”   Withheld   Non-Votes 
             
Michael Koby   11,821,725    84,951    2,262,141 
                
Paul LaViolette   11,821,705    84,971    2,262,141 
                
Thomas M. Patton   11,866,032    40,644    2,262,141 
                
Stavros Vizirgianakis   11,898,833    7,843    2,262,141 
                
Gwendolyn A. Watanabe   11,860,665    46,011    2,262,141 

 

2. The votes cast by the stockholders with respect to the approval of an amendment to the Misonix, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan were as follows:

 

 Votes “For”    Votes
“Against”
    Abstentions    Broker
Non-Votes
 
                  
 11,593,390    298,755    14,531    2,262,141 

 

3. The votes cast by the stockholders with respect to the approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers were as follows:

 

Votes “For”   Votes
“Against”
   Abstentions   Broker
Non-Votes
 
                  
 11,801,706    84,030    20,940    2,262,141 

 

4. The votes cast by shareholders with respect to the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020 were as follows:

 

Votes “For”   Votes
“Against”
   Abstentions 
             
 14,150,719    8,570    9,527 

 

There were no broker non-votes with respect to this proposal.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Dated: July 1, 2020

Misonix, Inc.

   
  By: /s/ Joseph P. Dwyer
    Joseph P. Dwyer
    Chief Financial Officer