8-K 1 sesen-form8xkx06102019annu.htm 8-K Document




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 19, 2019



SESEN BIO, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)









 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
001-36296
 
26-2025616
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
245 First Street, Suite 1800
Cambridge, MA
 
02142
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 444-8550
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)


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o
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Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001
SESN
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     x

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.                                 x








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


(e)
Amendment of 2014 Stock Incentive Plan



At the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Sesen Bio, Inc. (the “Company”) held on June 19, 2019, the Company's stockholders approved an amendment to the Company's 2014 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”), in order to (i) increase the number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2014 Plan by 7,908,972 shares and (ii) eliminate the “evergreen” or automatic replenishment provision of the 2014 Plan pursuant to which the number of shares authorized for issuance under the 2014 Plan is automatically increased on an annual basis (collectively, the "2014 Plan Amendment").

Summaries of the 2014 Plan and 2014 Plan Amendment are set forth in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2019 (the “Proxy Statement”). Those summaries and the above descriptions of the 2014 Plan and 2014 Plan Amendment do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the 2014 Plan, as amended, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.


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


The following is a summary of the matters voted on at the Annual Meeting held on June 19, 2019:

a)
The stockholders of the Company elected Wendy Dixon and Jay S. Duker as class II directors, each for a three-year term ending at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2022 and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to the election of the class II directors were as follows:

Name
 
Votes For
 
Votes Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
Wendy Dixon
 
23,747,509
 
2,763,161
 
35,384,659
Jay S. Duker
 
25,825,283
 
685,387
 
35,384,659

b)
The stockholders of the Company approved the 2014 Plan Amendment. The results of the stockholders' vote with respect to the 2014 Plan Amendment were as follows:

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
22,951,676
 
3,377,021

 
181,973
 
35,384,659
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


c)
The stockholders of the Company ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to such ratification were as follows:






For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
60,792,254
 
491,398
 
611,677
 
0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)
Exhibits



(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
10.1











SIGNATURE
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.
Date: June 25, 2019

 
 
 
Sesen Bio, Inc.
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Richard F. Fitzgerald
 
 
Richard F. Fitzgerald
 
 
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer