0001193125-16-622434.txt : 20160615 0001193125-16-622434.hdr.sgml : 20160615 20160615160153 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-16-622434 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160609 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20160615 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160615 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001515673 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 272546083 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36276 FILM NUMBER: 161715337 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 60 LEVERONI COURT CITY: NOVATO STATE: CA ZIP: 94949 BUSINESS PHONE: 415-483-8800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 60 LEVERONI COURT CITY: NOVATO STATE: CA ZIP: 94949 8-K 1 d41712d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 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 9, 2016

 

 

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36276   27-2546083

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

60 Leveroni Court, Novato, California   94949
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 483-8800

Not Applicable

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:

 

¨ 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))

 

¨ 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 June 9, 2016, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) virtually via the Internet. Stockholders who owned the Company’s common stock at the close of business on April 12, 2016, the record date for the Annual Meeting (the “Record Date”), were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of the Record Date, 39,009,156 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 36,606,955 shares of the Company’s common stock were voted in person or by proxy with respect to the four 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 18, 2016 (the “Proxy Statement”).

Proposal No. 1 – Election of Directors

The Company’s stockholders elected the Class III director nominees below to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) to hold office until the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected. The votes on Proposal 1 were as follows: 

 

Class III Director Nominees

   Votes
For
     Votes Against
or

Withheld
     Broker
Non-Votes
 

William Aliski

     34,818,905         256,373         1,531,677   

Lars Ekman, M.D., Ph.D.

     32,322,633         2,752,645         1,531,677   

Matthew K. Fust

     31,845,101         3,230,177         1,531,677   

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

The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2016. The votes on Proposal 2 were as follows:

 

Votes For

  Votes Against   Abstentions
36,561,279   44,653   1,023

Proposal No. 3 – Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote to Approve Executive Compensation

The Company’s stockholders voted, on an advisory basis, in favor of a resolution approving the compensation the Company pays to its “named executive officers” (as that term is defined in the Proxy Statement) as described in the Proxy Statement (the “Say-on-Pay vote”). The votes on Proposal 3 were as follows:

 

Votes For

  Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker
Non-Votes
29,765,989   5,306,330   2,959   1,531,677

 

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Proposal No. 4 – Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote Regarding the Frequency of Future Say-on-Pay Voting

The Company’s stockholders indicated, on an advisory basis, their preference for holding future Say-on-Pay voting once per year, instead of once every two or three years. The votes on Proposal 4 were as follows:

 

Votes For

   Abstentions  

One Year

  

Two Years

  

Three Years

  

 

 
32,932,540    455,076    1,675,548      12,114   

Based on these results, the Board has approved holding future Say-On-Pay votes on an annual basis.

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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.

 

Date: June 15, 2016     Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.
    By:  

/s/ Shalini Sharp

      Shalini Sharp
      Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

 

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