Current Report Filing (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): May 25, 2017

CATALYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)


Delaware	001-33057	76-0837053
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

355 Alhambra Circle Suite 1250 Coral Gables, Florida		33134
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (305) 420-3200

Not Applicable

Former Name or Former address, if changed since last report

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Item 5.02(e)

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

At the Company’s 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 25, 2017, Patrick J. McEnany, Philip H. Coelho, Charles B. O’Keeffe, David S. Tierney, Richard J. Daly and Donald A. Denkhaus were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successor is duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal.

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On May 25, 2017, the Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders at the Hyatt Regency Coral Gables, 50 Alhambra Plaza, Coral Gables, Florida. The final voting results on the matters considered at the meeting are as follows:

1.	Election of Directors:


Name	Votes For		Votes Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Patrick J. McEnany		32,138,470		373,092		36,638,614
Philip H. Coelho		32,123,604		387,958		36,638,614
Charles B. O’Keeffe		32,133,665		377,897		36,638,614
David S. Tierney		32,128,018		383,544		36,638,614
Richard J. Daly		31,988,632		522,930		36,638,614
Donald A. Denkhaus		32,130,554		381,008		36,638,614

2.	Approval of an amendment to the Company’s 2014 Stock Incentive Plan increasing the shares available for issuance under the plan by 3 million shares:


Votes For	Votes Against	Votes Abstained	Broker Non-Votes
29,667,830	2,278,579	565,153	36,638,614

3.	Approval of the Company’s Stockholder’s Rights Plan:


Votes For	Votes Against	Votes Abstained	Broker Non-Votes
27,348,628	5,080,854	82,080	36,638,614

4.	Ratification of the selection of Grant Thornton, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017:


Votes For	Votes Against	Votes Abstained
68,432,581	241,998	475,597

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits



10.1		Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s 2014 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex A to the Company’s 2017 Annual Meeting Proxy Statement dated April 14, 2017)

10.2		Rights Agreement, dated September 20, 2011, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of September 19, 2016, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company (incorporated by reference to Annex B to the Company’s 2017 Annual Meeting Proxy Statement dated April 14, 2017)

SIGNATURES

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