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 22, 2023

 

SERES THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware		001-37465		27-4326290
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

200 Sidney Street - 4th Floor Cambridge, MA		02139
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (617) 945-9626

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, par value $0.001 per share		MCRB		The 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).

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 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On June 22, 2023, Seres Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). A total of 105,574,736 shares of the Company’s common stock were present electronically or represented by proxy at the meeting, representing approximately 82.59% of the Company’s outstanding common stock as of the April 24, 2023 record date. The following are the voting results for the proposals considered and voted upon at the meeting, all of which were described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 2023.

Item 1 — Election of three Class II directors to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified.

 

NOMINEE		Votes FOR		Votes WITHHELD		Broker Non-Votes
Stephen A. Berenson		66,654,686		25,911,953		13,008,097
Richard N. Kender		92,226,216		340,423		13,008,097
Claire M. Fraser, Ph.D.		92,390,331		176,308		13,008,097

Item 2 — Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023.

 

Votes FOR		Votes AGAINST		Votes ABSTAINED		Broker Non-Votes
105,266,043		233,063		75,630		0

Item 3 — Approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

Votes FOR		Votes AGAINST		Votes ABSTAINED		Broker Non-Votes
91,849,150		560,885		156,604		13,008,097

Item 4 — Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 200,000,000 to 240,000,000 shares.

 

Votes FOR		Votes AGAINST		Votes ABSTAINED		Broker Non-Votes
103,795,039		1,657,675		122,022		0

Item 5 — Approval of an adjournment of the Annual Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there were not sufficient votes at the time of the Annual Meeting to approve Item 4.

 

Votes FOR		Votes AGAINST		Votes ABSTAINED		Broker Non-Votes
102,104,854		3,372,939		96,943		0

Based on the foregoing votes, the director nominees listed in Item 1 were elected and Items 2 through 5 were approved.

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.

 

				SERES THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Date: June 23, 2023				By:		/s/ Thomas J. DesRosier
						Name: Thomas J. DesRosier
						Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer