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): May 26, 2021
Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-36576 | 20-0198082 | ||
|
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
|
5
Radnor Corporate Center, Suite
500
100 Matsonford Rd Radnor, PA |
19087 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (484) 801-4670
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, par value $0.001 | MRNS | Nasdaq Global Market |
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).
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On May 26, 2021, Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). Of the 36,633,490 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, 26,891,520 shares, or 73.4% were present, either by remote communication or represented by proxy, constituting a quorum. The following provides a summary of the votes cast for the proposals on which the Company’s stockholders voted at the Annual Meeting:
Proposal 1: Election of three Class I directors to the Company’s Board of Directors (our “Board”), each to serve until the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until such person’s successor is duly elected and qualified.
The Company’s stockholders elected the following individuals to serve as Class I directors to serve until the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until such person’s successor is duly elected and qualified, and the results of the vote were as follows:
| Director Nominee | Votes For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Charles Austin | 22,978,483 | 379,905 | 3,533,132 | |||||||||
| Michael R. Dougherty | 23,014,914 | 343,474 | 3,533,132 | |||||||||
| Elan Ezickson | 18,258,810 | 5,099,578 | 3.533,132 | |||||||||
Proposal 2: Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021.
The Company’s stockholders approved Proposal 2. The results of the vote were as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| 26,857,174 | 16,056 | 18,290 | - | |||||||||||
Proposal 3: Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting.
The Company’s stockholders approved Proposal 3. The results of the vote were as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| 17,644,671 | 5,675,192 | 38,525 | 3,533,132 | |||||||||||
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.
| MARINUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | |
| Date: May 27, 2021 | /s/ Martha E. Manning |
| Martha E. Manning, Esq. | |
| Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |