8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON D.C. 20549

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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): May 27, 2015

THE MEDICINES COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	000-31191	04-3324394
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

8 Sylvan Way Parsippany, New Jersey	07054
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (973) 290-6000

(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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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Amendment to 2013 Stock Incentive Plan

On May 28, 2015, The Medicines Company (the “Company”) held its 2015 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), at which a quorum was present in person or by proxy. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended, the “2013 Plan”), which increased the number of shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), authorized for issuance thereunder from 15,542,134 to 18,842,134 shares.

Under the 2013 Plan, the Company is authorized to issue pursuant to awards granted under the 2013 Plan up to a total number of shares not to exceed 18,842,134 shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits and other similar changes in capitalization or events), consisting of (x) 8,800,000 shares plus (y) 717,963 shares representing the number of shares of Common Stock that remained available for issuance under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2004 Plan”) as of May 30, 2013, the date the 2013 Plan was approved by the Company’s stockholders, plus (z) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to awards granted under the 2004 Plan which may expire, terminate or be surrendered, canceled, forfeited or repurchased by the Company.

This amendment to the 2013 Plan had previously been approved by the Company’s board of directors, subject to stockholder approval.

The provisions of the 2013 Plan are described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on April 30, 2015 under “Proposal Three: Approval of Amendments to our 2013 Stock Incentive Plan.” Such description of the 2013 Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the 2013 Plan, as amended. The 2013 plan was filed with the SEC as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013, and Amendment No. 1 to the 2013 Stock Incentive Plan was filed with the SEC as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2014.

Amendments to Management Severance Agreements

On May 27, 2015, the compensation committee of the board of directors of the Company approved amendments to the management severance agreements to which the Company is a party with certain of its senior officers, including its named executive officers, to modify certain benefits provided under those agreements upon a change in control event, as defined in the agreement.

The amendments increased the compensation that the officers will receive under the agreements if their employment is terminated without cause, or if the officer resigns for good reason, during the one year period following a change in control event. Specifically, as a result of the amendments:

• Each of Clive A. Meanwell, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and Glenn P. Sblendorio, the Company’s President and Chief Financial Officer, will be entitled to two years of health care premium reimbursement (or reimbursement for a shorter period if such officer commences employment with a new employer before the end of the two year period) rather than one year of health care reimbursement as provided in the agreements prior to the amendment.

• William B. O'Connor, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, will be entitled to severance pay equal to one and a half years of his then-current annual base salary, paid in a lump sum, one and a half years of health care premium reimbursement (or reimbursement for a shorter period if he commences employment with a new employer before the end of the one and a half year period), and an amount equal to one and a half times his target bonus under the Company’s annual

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cash bonus plan, which is a percentage of his annual base salary, instead of any other bonus payment payable for the year in which termination occurs. Under the prior agreement, Mr. O’Connor was entitled to severance pay equal to one year of his then-current annual base salary, paid in a lump sum, one year of health care premium reimbursement (or reimbursement for a shorter period if he commences employment with a new employer before the end of the one year period), and an amount equal to one times his target bonus under the Company’s annual cash bonus plan.

The summary of the amendments to the management severance agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of each amended management severance agreement, which the Company intends to file as exhibits to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal period ended June 30, 2015. The prior management severance agreements are described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2015 under “Information About Our Executive Officers-Compensation Discussion and Analysis-Severance and Change-of-Control Benefits” and were filed as exhibits to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.

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

On May 29, 2015, the Company filed a certificate of amendment to its Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware that increased the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, from 125,000,000 shares to 187,500,000 shares.

A copy of the Certificate of Amendment is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Certificate of Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.

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

At the Annual Meeting, stockholders considered and voted on the following proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s proxy statement dated April 30, 2015 (the "Proxy Statement"): (1) the election of four class 3 directors for terms expiring at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders; (2) the approval of an amendment to the Company's third amended and restated certificate of incorporation; (3) the approval of amendments to the 2013 Plan; (4) the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as presented in the Company's proxy statement delivered to stockholders in connection with the Annual Meeting; and (5) the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered accounting firm for the current fiscal year.

The voting results at the Annual Meeting with respect to each of the matters described above, were as follows:

1. The Company's stockholders voted to elect the following individuals as Class 3 directors of the Company, each for a three-year term expiring in 2018, or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified:

	For	Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Armin M. Kessler	50,813,956	6,876,617	2,929,966
Robert G. Savage	40,197,115	17,493,458	2,929,966
Glenn P. Sblendorio	43,404,064	14,286,509	2,929,966
Melvin K. Spigelman	50,923,386	6,767,187	2,929,966

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2. The amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation was approved based upon the following votes:

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
56,288,653	4,320,954	10,932	—

3. The amendments to the 2013 Plan were approved based upon the following votes:

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
47,673,269	9,998,879	18,425	2,929,966

4. The Company's executive compensation was approved, on an advisory basis, based upon the following votes:

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
49,833,662	7,724,043	132,868	2,929,966

5. The independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year was ratified based upon the following votes:

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
60,495,178	115,603	9,758	—

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits

3.1	Certificate of Amendment of Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
10.1	Amendment No. 2 to the 2013 Stock Incentive Plan

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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.

		THE MEDICINES COMPANY
Date:  June 2, 2015	By:	/s/ Stephen M. Rodin
		Senior Vice President and General Counsel

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Number	Description
3.1	Certificate of Amendment of Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
10.1	Amendment No. 2 to the 2013 Stock Incentive Plan

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EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

THE MEDICINES COMPANY

Pursuant to Section 242 of the

General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

The Medicines Company (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify as follows:

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, a resolution was duly adopted pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware setting forth a proposed amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and declaring said amendment to be advisable.  The resolution setting forth the amendment is as follows:

RESOLVED:       That the first paragraph of Article FOURTH of the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended to date, be and hereby is deleted in its entirety and the following first paragraph of Article FOURTH is inserted in lieu thereof:

“FOURTH:  The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 192,500,000 shares, consisting of (i) 187,500,000 shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value per share (“Common Stock”), and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value per share (“Preferred Stock”).”

The stockholders of the Corporation duly approved said amendment in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware on May 28, 2015.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Amendment of Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been executed by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation this 28th day of May, 2015.

THE MEDICINES COMPANY

By:    /s/ Clive A. Meanwell

Name:    Clive A. Meanwell

Title:    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT NO. 2

TO

THE MEDICINES COMPANY

2013 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

Pursuant to Section 11(d) of The Medicines Company 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), the Plan be, and hereby is, amended as set forth below.

1. Section 4(a)(1) of the Plan is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“(1)    Authorized Number of Shares.    Subject to adjustment under Section 9, Awards may be made under the Plan for up to such number of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) (up to 18,842,134 shares) as is equal to the sum of (x) 8,800,000, (y) the remaining number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Company's Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (the "2004 Plan") as of the Effective Date (as defined in Section 11 (c)) and (z) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to awards granted under the 2004 Plan which awards expire, terminate or are otherwise surrendered, canceled, forfeited or repurchased by the Company at their original issue price pursuant to a contractual repurchase right (subject, in the case of Incentive Stock Options (as defined in Section 5(b)) to any limitations under the Code). Any or all of which Awards may be in the form of Incentive Stock Options (as defined in Section 5(b)). Shares issued under the Plan may consist in whole or in part of authorized but unissued shares or treasury shares.”

2. Section 4(a)(2) of the Plan is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“(2)    Fungible Share Pool.    Subject to adjustment under Section 9, any Award that is not a Full-Value Award shall be counted against the share limits specified in Section 4(a)(1) as one share for each share of Common Stock subject to such Award and any Award that is a Full-Value Award shall be counted against the share limits specified in Sections 4(a)(1) as 1.92 shares for each one share of Common Stock subject to such Full-Value Award. “Full-Value Award” means any Restricted Stock Award or Other Stock-Based Award with a per share price or per unit purchase price lower than 100% of Fair Market Value (as defined below) on the date of grant. To the extent a share that was subject to an Award that counted as one share is returned to the Plan pursuant to Section 4(a)(3), each applicable share reserve will be credited with one share. To the extent that a share that was subject to an Award that counts as 1.92 shares is returned to the Plan pursuant to Section 4(a)(3), each applicable share reserve will be credited with 1.92 shares.”

3. Except as set forth above, all other terms and provisions of the Plan shall remain in full force and effect.

Adopted by the Board of Directors on February 17, 2015.