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 18, 2019
Translate Bio, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-38550 | 61-1807780 | ||
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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29 Hartwell Avenue Lexington, Massachusetts |
02421 | |||
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 945-7361
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 ( see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of each class |
Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of exchange on which registered |
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| Common Stock, $0.001 par value | TBIO | Nasdaq Global Select 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 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers, Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
As disclosed in the proxy statement of Translate Bio, Inc. (the “Company”) relating to the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 18, 2019 (the “Annual Meeting”), upon his election as a Class I director of the Company at the Annual Meeting (as described in Item 5.07 below), Robert M. Plenge, M.D., Ph.D., who previously served as a Class II director of the Company, resigned as a Class II director.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Company held its Annual Meeting on June 18, 2019. The following is a summary of the matters voted on at the Annual Meeting:
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The stockholders of the Company elected Jean-François Formela, M.D., Robert J. Meyer, M.D. and Robert M. Plenge, M.D., Ph.D. as Class I directors, each to serve for a three-year term expiring at the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders and until his respective successor has been duly elected and qualified. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to the election of the Class I directors were as follows: |
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Name |
For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
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Jean-François Formela, M.D. |
22,465,522 | 1,683,877 | 1,349,267 | |||||||||
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Robert J. Meyer, M.D. |
24,135,203 | 14,196 | 1,349,267 | |||||||||
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Robert M. Plenge, M.D., Ph.D. |
24,135,229 | 14,170 | 1,349,267 | |||||||||
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The stockholders of the Company ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to such ratification were as follows: |
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For |
Against |
Abstain |
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24,496,746 |
1,741 | 179 |
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.
| TRANSLATE BIO, INC. | ||||||
| Date: June 19, 2019 | By: |
/s/ Paul Burgess |
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| Paul Burgess | ||||||
| Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | ||||||