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): November 21, 2016

 

 

CARBYLAN THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36830  

20-0915291

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

39899 Balentine Drive, Suite 200, Newark, California

 

94560

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (510) 933-8365

Not Applicable

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

 

 

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

On November 21, 2016, Carbylan Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held a special meeting of its stockholders at which the following items were voted on.

 

  (1) Approval of the issuance of the Company’s common stock pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement (the “Share Purchase Agreement”) entered into on June 15, 2016, by and among the Company, KalVista Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (“Kalvista”), the shareholders of KalVista and the Seller Representative (as defined in the Share Purchase Agreement).

 

Votes

Cast For

 

Votes

Cast

Against

 

Number of

Abstentions

 

Number of

Broker Non-Votes

14,853,174

  961,620   20,577   0

(2) Approval of the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock, at a ratio of one new share for every fourteen shares outstanding.

 

Votes

Cast For

 

Votes

Cast

Against

 

Number of

Abstentions

 

Number of

Broker Non-Votes

14,319,734

  1,501,770   13,867   0

(3) Approval of an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to change the name of the Company to “KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc.”

 

Votes

Cast For

 

Votes

Cast

Against

 

Number of

Abstentions

 

Number of

Broker Non-Votes

14,936,328

  843,131   55,912   0

(4) Approval to adjourn the special meeting, if necessary, if a quorum was present, to solicit additional proxies if there were not sufficient votes in favor of the proposals set forth in (1) through (3) above.

 

Votes

Cast For

 

Votes

Cast

Against

 

Number of

Abstentions

 

Number of

Broker Non-Votes

14,988,281

  635,931   211,159   0


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.

 

CARBYLAN THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By:  

/s/ David M. Renzi

Name:   David M. Renzi
Title:   President and CEO

Date: November 21, 2016