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 13, 2021

Repligen Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

000-14656

04-2729386

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

41 Seyon Street, Bldg. 1, Suite 100, Waltham, MA 02453

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(781) 250-0111

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

RGEN

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

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 ☐

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. ☐

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

The 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Repligen Corporation (the “Company”) was held on May 13, 2021. Proxies were solicited pursuant to the Company’s proxy statement filed on April 21, 2021, and as amended on May 5, 2021, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

The number of shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was 54,899,242. The number of shares of Common Stock present or represented by valid proxy at the Annual Meeting was 49,770,243, representing 90.65% of the total number of shares of Common Stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Each share of Common Stock was entitled to one vote with respect to matters submitted to the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders were asked (i) to elect the Company’s Board of Directors, (ii) to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, and (iii) to vote to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers.

The voting results reported below are final.

Proposal 1 – Election of the Board of Directors

Nicolas M. Barthelemy, Karen A. Dawes, Carrie Eglinton Manner, Tony J. Hunt, Rohin Mhatre, Ph.D., Glenn P. Muir, and Thomas F. Ryan, Jr. were duly elected as the Company’s Board of Directors. The results of the election were as follows:


NOMINEE	FOR		% FOR			AGAINST		% AGAINST			ABSTAIN		% ABSTAIN			BROKER NON- VOTES
Nicolas M. Barthelemy		44,747,544		97.90	%		931,199		2.04	%		27,814		0.06	%		4,063,686
Karen A. Dawes		44,853,502		98.13	%		827,300		1.81	%		25,755		0.06	%		4,063,686
Carrie Eglinton Manner		45,632,498		99.84	%		47,910		0.10	%		26,149		0.06	%		4,063,686
Tony J. Hunt		45,490,558		99.53	%		188,352		0.41	%		27,647		0.06	%		4,063,686
Rohin Mhatre, Ph.D.		45,587,563		99.74	%		91,758		0.20	%		27,236		0.06	%		4,063,686
Glenn P. Muir		45,275,145		99.06	%		403,933		0.88	%		27,479		0.06	%		4,063,686
Thomas F. Ryan, Jr		44,940,652		98.32	%		739,097		1.62	%		26,808		0.06	%		4,063,686

Proposal 2 – Ratify the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 was ratified. The results of the ratification were as follows:


	FOR			AGAINST			ABSTAIN			BROKER NON- VOTES
NUMBER		49,585,459			160,438			24,346
PERCENTAGE OF VOTED		99.63	%		0.32	%		0.05	%

Proposal 3 – Advisory Vote on Compensation of the Named Executive Officers

The compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers was approved on an advisory basis. The results of the vote were as follows:


	FOR			AGAINST			ABSTAIN			BROKER NON- VOTES
NUMBER		44,729,097			923,077			54,383			4,063,686
PERCENTAGE OF VOTED		97.86	%		2.02	%		0.12	%

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.