0001193125-18-199472.txt : 20180621 0001193125-18-199472.hdr.sgml : 20180621 20180621160205 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-18-199472 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180619 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20180621 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180621 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001503802 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 263931704 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36167 FILM NUMBER: 18911879 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 85 WELLS AVENUE STREET 2: SECOND FLOOR CITY: NEWTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02459 BUSINESS PHONE: 617-658-0600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 85 WELLS AVENUE STREET 2: SECOND FLOOR CITY: NEWTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02459 8-K 1 d618217d8k.htm 8-K 8-K

 

 

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): June 19, 2018

 

 

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36167   26-3931704

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

85 Wells Avenue, 2nd Floor
Newton, Massachusetts
  02459
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 658-0600

 

(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))

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.

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 19, 2018. The following is a summary of the matters voted on at that meeting.

 

  1. The Company’s stockholders elected Deepika R. Pakianathan, Ph.D. as a class II director to serve until the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to hold office until her successor has been duly elected and qualified. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to the election of such class II director were as follows:

 

     Votes For      Votes
Withheld
     Broker
Non-Votes
 

Deepika R. Pakianathan, Ph.D.

     33,227,168        112,061        4,528,623  

 

  2. The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to such ratification were as follows:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Abstaining

37,843,019

  16,309   8,524


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.

 

   

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

Date: June 21, 2018

   

By:

 

/s/ Christopher B. Primiano

     

Christopher B. Primiano

      Executive Vice President, Chief Business Officer, General Counsel and Secretary