UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
Amendment No. 1
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 16, 2019
Applied DNA Sciences, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
|
Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
001-36745 (Commission File Number) |
59-2262718 (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
50 Health Sciences Drive Stony Brook, New York 11790
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
631-240- 8800
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(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, $0.001 par value | APDN | The NASDAQ Capital Market |
| Warrants to purchase Common Stock | APDNW | The NASDAQ Capital 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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Explanatory Note
This Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A amends the Current Report on Form 8-K of Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (the “Company”) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2019 (the “Original Form 8-K”). The Original Form 8-K reported the final voting results of the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 16, 2019 (the “2019 Annual Meeting”). The purpose of this amendment is to disclose the Company’s decision regarding how frequently it will conduct future stockholder advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (“Say-On-Pay”). No other changes have been made to the Original Form 8-K.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
As previously reported in the Original Form 8-K, in a non-binding, advisory vote on the frequency of future Say-On-Pay votes held at the 2019 Annual Meeting, 1,922,276 votes were cast for one year, 172,094 votes were cast for two years, 11,545,087 votes were cast for three years, 344,686 votes abstained and there were 16,891,723 broker non-votes. The Company has considered the outcome of this advisory vote and has determined it will hold future Say-On-Pay votes on a triennial basis until the occurrence of the next advisory vote on the frequency of Say-On-Pay. The next advisory vote on the frequency of Say-On-Pay is required to occur not later than the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
SIGNATURE
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.
| Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. | |||
| (Registrant) | |||
| /s/ James A. Hayward | |||
|
James
A. Hayward
Chief Executive Officer |
Date: October 3, 2019