0001104659-13-047136.txt : 20130605 0001104659-13-047136.hdr.sgml : 20130605 20130605160158 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-13-047136 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130530 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20130605 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130605 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: METABOLIX, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001121702 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS PLASTIC PRODUCTS [3080] IRS NUMBER: 043158289 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33133 FILM NUMBER: 13894268 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 21 ERIE ST. CITY: CAMBRIDGE STATE: MA ZIP: 02139 BUSINESS PHONE: 617-583-1700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 21 ERIE ST. CITY: CAMBRIDGE STATE: MA ZIP: 02139 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: METABOLIX INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000810 8-K 1 a13-14273_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

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) May 30, 2013

 

METABOLIX, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

DELAWARE

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-33133

 

04-3158289

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

21 Erie Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

02139

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(617) 583-1700

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

(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):

 

o    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

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

 

On May 30, 2013, the Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As of April 1, 2013, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 34,365,227 shares were issued, outstanding and entitled to vote. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders elected Peter N. Kellogg, Celeste Beeks Mastin and Robert L. Van Nostrand to the Company’s Board of Directors for three-year terms expiring at the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2013.

 

The final voting results on these matters were as follows:

 

1. Election of Directors:

 

Name

 

Votes For

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Peter N. Kellogg

 

15,355,621

 

454,491

 

14,771,576

 

Celeste Beeks Mastin

 

15,377,468

 

432,644

 

14,771,576

 

Robert L. Van Nostrand

 

15,364,871

 

445,241

 

14,771,576

 

 

2. Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2013:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Abstained

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

30,305,202

 

147,113

 

129,373

 

0

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

METABOLIX, INC.

 

 

 

Date: June 4, 2012

By:

/s/ Joseph D. Hill

 

 

Joseph D. Hill

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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