8-K

Date: June 3, 2016

ARDELYX, INC.

/s/ Mark Kaufmann

Mark Kaufmann

Chief Financial Officer

0001193125-16-612797.txt : 20160603 0001193125-16-612797.hdr.sgml : 20160603 20160603171333 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-16-612797 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160602 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20160603 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160603 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ARDELYX, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001437402 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36485 FILM NUMBER: 161696654 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 34175 ARDENWOOD BLVD. CITY: FREMONT STATE: CA ZIP: 94555 BUSINESS PHONE: 510-745-7047 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 34175 ARDENWOOD BLVD. CITY: FREMONT STATE: CA ZIP: 94555 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NTERYX INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20080611 8-K 1 d202592d8k.htm 8-K 8-K

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 2, 2016

ARDELYX, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-36485

26-1303944

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

34175 Ardenwood Blvd., Suite 200

Fremont, CA 94555

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (510) 745-1700

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))

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Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote Security Holders.

On June 2, 2016, Ardelyx, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) at the Company’s principal executive offices located at 34175 Ardenwood Blvd., Suite 200 (2^nd Floor), Fremont, California 94555. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on April 8, 2016, the record date for the Annual Meeting, were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of the record date, 34,630,148 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 32,554,093 shares of the Company’s common stock were voted in person or by proxy for the two proposals set forth below, each of which is described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22, 2016.

Proposal No. 1 – Election of Directors

The Company’s stockholders elected the Class II director nominees below to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) to hold office until the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected.


Class II Director Nominees	Votes For		Votes Withheld	Broker Non- Votes
David Mott		27,899,248	604,071		4,050,774
Michael Raab		27,968,880	534,439		4,050,774

Proposal No. 2 - Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Accounting Firm

The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection, by the Audit Committee of the Board, of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016.


Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
32,547,354	6,739	0	0

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.