UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): November 23, 2020

 

 

DELCATH SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-16133   06-1245881

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1633 Broadway, Suite 22C, New York, New York 10019

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 489-2100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:

 

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))

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, $.01 par value   DCTH   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 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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.   ☐

 

 

 


Item 5.03.

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

On November 23, 2020, Delcath Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Certificate of Amendment, which became effective immediately upon its filing, decreased the total number of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, that the Company is authorized to issue from 1,000,000,000 shares to 40,000,000 shares. The Board of Directors of the Company adopted a resolution approving the Certificate of Amendment on September 30, 2020. As discussed under Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the adoption of the Certificate of Amendment was subsequently approved by the stockholders of the Company at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on November 23, 2020. The full text of the Certificate of Amendment is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on November 23, 2020. Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

Proposal 1. A proposal to elect the two Class II nominees named in the Company’s proxy statement as Class II directors for a term expiring at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. Each nominee for director was elected by a vote of the stockholders as follows:

 

Name    Votes For      Votes Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Class II Directors:

        

Elizabeth Czerepak

     3,383,974        1,666        0  

John Sylvester

     3,342,472        43,168        0  

Proposal 2. A proposal to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to reduce the total number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value, from 1,000,000,000 shares to 40,000,000 shares. Proposal 2 was approved by a vote of the stockholders as follows:

 

Votes For    Votes Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes

3,373,168

   12,417    55    0

Proposal 3. A proposal to approve the Company’s 2020 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan. Proposal 3 was approved by a vote of the stockholders as follows:

 

Votes For    Votes Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes

3,380,195

   4,970    475    0


Proposal 4. A proposal to ratify the selection, by the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors, of Marcum LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. Proposal 4 was approved by a vote of the stockholders as follows:

 

Votes For    Votes Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes

3,384,267

   1,186    187    0

Proposal 5. A proposal to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement. Proposal 5 was approved by a vote of the stockholders as follows:

 

Votes For    Votes Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes

3,381,035

   4,414    191    0

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits:

 

Exhibit
No.
   Exhibit Title
3.1    Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Delcath Systems, Inc., dated November 23, 2020


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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

DELCATH SYSTEMS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Gerard Michel

Name:   Gerard Michel
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

Date: November 24, 2020

Exhibit 3.1

 

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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 “DELCATH SYSTEMS, INC.”, FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE TWENTY-THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER, A.D. 2020, AT 4:38 O`CLOCK P.M.

 

/s/ Jeffrey W. Bullock

Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secretary of State

 

2168713 8100

SR# 20208474536

   LOGO   

Authentication: 204149884

Date: 11-23-20

 

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

  

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF

DELCATH SYSTEMS, INC.

Pursuant to Section 242 of the General

Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

Delcath Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), does hereby certify:

FIRST: Upon the filing and effectiveness pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) of this Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall be amended by deleting Article FOURTH in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following new Article FOURTH:

“FOURTH: The total number of all classes of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is fifty million (50,000,000), consisting of ten million (10,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, with a par value of $.01 per share, and forty million (40,000,000) shares of Common Stock, with a par value of $.01 per share.”

SECOND: This Certificate of Amendment has been duly adopted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 242 of the DGCL.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Amendment as of this 23rd day of November 2020.

 

DELCATH SYSTEMS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Gerard Michel

  Name: Gerard Michel
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

State of Delaware

Secretary of State

Division of Corporations

Delivered 04:38 PM 11/23/2020

FILED 04:38 PM 11/23/2020

SR 20208474536 - File Number 2168713