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 14, 2021

 

 

Regulus Therapeutics Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-35670   26-4738379
(State
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File No.)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

4224 Campus Point Court, Suite 210

San Diego, CA

  92121
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 202-6300

(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:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share   RGLS   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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).

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 June 14, 2021, Regulus Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a Certificate of Amendment (the “Charter Amendment”) of its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of the Company’s common stock from 200,000,000 to 400,000,000 shares, effective June 14, 2021. The Charter Amendment was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the 2021 Annual Meeting, as described below under Item 5.07.

A copy of the Charter Amendment is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this report.

 

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company (the “2021 Annual Meeting”) was held on June 14, 2021. As of April 16, 2021, the record date for the 2021 Annual Meeting, 74,923,660 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding. A summary of the matters voted upon at the 2021 Annual Meeting and the final voting results are set forth below.

Proposal 1. Election of Directors

The ten persons listed below were elected as directors at the 2021 Annual Meeting, each to serve until the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The final voting results were as follows:

 

     Votes For      Votes Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

David Baltimore, Ph.D.

     33,261,900        476,473        22,067,104  

Kathryn J. Collier

     33,134,897        603,476        22,067,104  

Joseph P. Hagan

     33,071,791        666,852        22,067,104  

Alice S. Huang, Ph.D.

     33,173,884        564,489        22,067,104  

Jake R. Nunn

     32,974,690        763,683        22,067,104  

Stelios Papadopoulos, Ph.D.

     33,247,920        490,453        22,067,104  

William Rastetter, Ph.D.

     33,062,513        675,860        22,067,104  

Hugh Rosen, M.D., Ph.D.

     33,123,204        615,169        22,067,104  

Simos Simeonidis, Ph.D.

     33,182,719        555,654        22,067,104  

Pascale Witz, MBA, MSc

     33,053,460        684,913        22,067,104  

Proposal 2. The Company’s stockholders approved the Charter Amendment to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 200,000,000 to 400,000,000. The final voting results were as follows:

 

Votes For

    

Votes Against

    

Abstentions

 
  50,555,959        5,148,013        101,505  

Proposal 3. The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting. The final voting results were as follows:

 

Votes For

    

Votes Against

    

Abstentions

    

Broker Non-Votes

 
  32,643,580        1,013,000        81,793        22,067,104  


Proposal 4. The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection by the Company’s Audit Committee of the Board of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. The final voting results were as follows:

 

Votes For

    

Votes Against

    

Abstentions

 
  54,939,010        494,268        372,199  

Proposal 5. The Company’s stockholders approved the authorization to adjourn the 2021 Annual Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there were not sufficient votes in favor of Proposal 2. The final voting results were as follows:

 

Votes For

    

Votes Against

    

Abstentions

    

Broker Non-Votes

 
  32,592,735        1,048,824        96,814        22,067,104  

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

3.1    Certificate of Amendment of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Regulus Therapeutics Inc.


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.

 

    Regulus Therapeutics Inc.
Date: June 16, 2021     By:  

/s/ Joseph Hagan

      Joseph Hagan
      President and Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

REGULUS THERAPEUTICS INC.

REGULUS THERAPEUTICS INC., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), does hereby certify:

FIRST: The name of the Company is Regulus Therapeutics Inc.

SECOND: The date on which the Company’s original Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware is January 2, 2009.

THIRD: The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), acting in accordance with the provisions of Sections 141 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), adopted resolutions approving and deeming advisable an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Restated Certificate”), as follows:

Paragraph A of Article IV of the Restated Certificate is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

“A. The Company is authorized to issue two classes of stock to be designated, respectively, “Common Stock” and “Preferred Stock.” The total number of shares which the Company is authorized to issue is 410,000,000 shares. 400,000,000 shares shall be Common Stock, each having a par value of $0.001. 10,000,000 shares shall be Preferred Stock, each having a par value of $0.001.”

FOURTH: The foregoing amendment was submitted to the stockholders of the Company for their approval, and was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the DGCL.

FIFTH: This Certificate of Amendment shall become effective on June 14, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Regulus Therapeutics Inc. has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by its President and Chief Executive Officer on June 14, 2021.

 

Regulus Therapeutics Inc.
By:  

/s/ Joseph Hagan

  Joseph Hagan
  President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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