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): October 14, 2016

 

 

XOMA CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

0-14710   52-2154066

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

   
2910 Seventh Street, Berkeley, California   94710
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (510) 204-7200

 

(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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

  

 
 

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

 

On October 17, 2016, XOMA Corporation (“XOMA” or the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Amendment of Amended Certificate of Incorporation of XOMA Corporation (the “Amendment”) to effect a one-for-twenty reverse stock split of its outstanding common stock, effective as of September 17, 2016 (the “Stock Split”). A series of alternate amendments to effect the Stock Split was approved by the Company’s stockholders at its Special Meeting of Stockholders held on October 14, 2016, and the specific one-for-twenty ratio was subsequently approved by the Company’s Board of Directors on October 14, 2016.

 

The Amendment provides that at the effective time of the Stock Split, every twenty shares of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock will be automatically converted into one issued and outstanding share of common stock, without any change in par value per share. The reverse stock split will affect all shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Stock Split, as well as the number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the Company’s equity incentive plans. In addition, the Stock Split will effect a reduction in the number of shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options or warrants outstanding immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Stock Split. The Stock Split will not affect the number of authorized shares of common stock of the Company. No fractional shares will be issued as a result of the Stock Split. Stockholders who would otherwise be entitled to receive a fractional share will receive a cash payment in lieu thereof.

 

The Company’s common stock is scheduled to begin trading on The NASDAQ Global Market on a split-adjusted basis when the market opens on October 18, 2016. The new CUSIP number for the Company’s common stock following the Stock Split is 98419J206.

 

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by the Amendment, which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

On October 14, 2016, the Company held a Special Meeting of Stockholders at its offices at 2910 Seventh Street, Berkeley, California, pursuant to notice duly given. Only stockholders of record as of the close of business on September 9, 2016 were entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. As of September 9, 2016, the record date for the Special Meeting, 120,591,288 shares of common stock of the Company were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting, of which 81,441,443 shares of common stock of the Company were represented, in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. The final results of the stockholder vote on each proposal brought before the Special Meeting were as follows:

 

(a)  Proposal 1 . The amendment of the Company’s Amended Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock was approved based upon the following votes:

 

Votes for 61,853,600
Votes against 18,650,866
Abstentions 936,977

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)  Exhibits .

 

Exhibit

No.

 

Description

   
3.1   Certificate of Amendment to Amended Certificate of Incorporation of XOMA Corporation

 

 

 
 

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.

 

             
Date:   October 17, 2016       XOMA CORPORATION
       
        By:  

/s/ Denis J. Quinlan

            Denis J. Quinlan
            Sr. Corporate Counsel & Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

     

Exhibit

No.

 

Description

   
3.1   Certificate of Amendment to Amended Certificate of Incorporation of XOMA Corporation

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

 

 

Delaware

Page 1

The First State

 

 

 

I, JEFFREY W. BULLOCK, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF “XOMA CORPORATION”, FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER, A.D. 2016, AT 8:02 O`CLOCK A.M.

 

A FILED COPY OF THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY RECORDER OF DEEDS.

 

 

 

     
5039102 8100   Authentication: 203166100
SR# 20166220212   Date: 10-17-16

You may verify this certificate online at corp.delaware.gov/authver.shtml

 

 

State of Delaware
Secretary of State
Division of Corporations
   
Delivered 08:02 AM.      10/17/2016 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE  
FILED 08:02 AM 10/17/2016 AMENDED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF  
SR 20166220212 - FileNumber 5039102 XOMA CORPORATION  

 

 

XOMA Corporation (the "Company"), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL"), does hereby certify:

 

1.                    That the Company was incorporated under the name XOMA Corporation, pursuant to an original Certificate oflncorporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 23, 2011, which became effective on December 31, 2011 (the "Certificate oflncorporation " ). A Certificate of Domestication was filed with the Secretary of State on December 23, 2011, which b e came effective on December 31, 2011. A Certificate of Amendment of Certificate oflncorporation was filed with the Secretary of State on May 25, 2012 and a Certificate of Amendment to the Amended Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of Stat e on May 27, 2014.

 

2.                   That the Board of Directors duly adopted a resolution proposing to amend the Certificate of Incorporation, declaring said amendment to be advisable and directing that the amendment proposed be considered at a special meeting of the stockholders.

 

3.                   That thereafter a Special Meeting of Stockholders of the Company was duly called and held, upon notice in accordance with Section 222 of the DGCL, at which meeting the necessary number of shares as required by statute were voted in favor of the amendment of the C e rtificate oflncorporation.

 

4.                    That, accordingl y ,the first paragraph of Article FOURTH is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

"FOURTH: The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Company shall have authority to issue is 278,333,332, of which 277,333,332 shares with a par value of $0.0075 per share shall be designated as common stock ( " Common Stock") and 1,000,000 shares with par value $0.05 per share shall be designated as preferred stock ( " Preferred Stock"). E ffective as of 5:00 p.m., E astern time, on the date this Certificate of Amendment of Amended Certificate oflncorporation is filed with the Secretary of State of the Sta t e of Delaware , each tw e nty (20) shares of Common Stock , par value $0.0075 per share, i s sued and outstanding shall, automatically and without any action on th e part of the respective holders th er eof, be combined and converted into on e (1) share of Common Stock, par value $.0075 p e r shar e ; provided, however, that the C orporation shall issue no fractional shar e s as a result of the actions s e t forth herein but shall instead pay to the hold e r of such fractional share a sum in cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the averag e closing sale pric e of shar e s of Common Stock for the 10 trading

days immediately prior to th e date thi s Certificate of Amendment of A mended Certificate oflncorporation is filed with the Secretary of State of the Stat e of Delaware (calculated on a post-reverse split ba s is) or, if no such sale takes place on such days, the average of the closing bid and asked prices for such days, in each case as officially reported on the NASDAQ Global Market. "

 

5.                    That said amendment of the Certificate oflncorporation wa s duly adopted in accordance with Section 242 of the DGCL.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of Amendment of Certificate oflncorporation to be executed by a duly authorized officer thereof on this 14th day of October 2016.

 

 

 

  XOMA CORPORATION
     
     
     
  By: /s/ John Varian
    Name: John Varian
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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