0000930413-16-004921.txt : 20160108 0000930413-16-004921.hdr.sgml : 20160108 20160108131116 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000930413-16-004921 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160106 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20160108 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160108 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ENZO BIOCHEM INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000316253 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MEDICAL LABORATORIES [8071] IRS NUMBER: 132866202 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09974 FILM NUMBER: 161332406 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 60 EXECUTIVE BLVD CITY: FARMINGDALE STATE: NY ZIP: 11735 BUSINESS PHONE: 5167555500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ENZO BIOCHEM INC STREET 2: 60 EXECUTIVE BLVD CITY: FARMINGDALE STATE: NY ZIP: 11735 8-K 1 c83526_8k.htm

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): January 6, 2016

Enzo Biochem, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

New York
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-09974	13-2866202
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)


527 Madison Avenue
New York, New York	10022
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)


(212) 583-0100
(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):

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

Enzo Biochem, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on January 6, 2016. The following matters, all of which were set forth in the Proxy Statement, were voted on at the Annual Meeting. The final results of such voting are as indicated below.

1. Election of the nominees listed below to serve as Class I Directors on the Board of Directors of the Company, to hold office for a term of three (3) years or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified:

Nominee

Votes For

Withhold

Abstentions

Broker Non-Vote

Gregory M. Bortz

Dov Perlysky

30,769,099

30,745,788

1,247,935

1,271,246

N/A

2. Approve, in a nonbinding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:

Votes for	21,731,701
Votes against	11,497,283
Abstentions	183,454
Broker Non-Votes	0

3. Ratification of the Company’s appointment of EisnerAmper LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending July 31, 2016:

Votes for

31,639,712

Votes against

1,538,724

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

234,002

On the basis of the above votes, (i) the nominees listed above were elected to serve as Class I Directors on the Board of Directors of the Company, to hold office for a term of three (3) years or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified; (ii) the proposal to approve, in a nonbinding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved; and (iii) the proposal to ratify the Company’s appointment of EisnerAmper LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending July 31, 2016 was approved.

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.

ENZO BIOCHEM, INC.

Date: January 8, 2016	By:	/s/ Barry W. Weiner
		Barry W. Weiner
		President