Form 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): June 23, 2016 (June 22, 2016)

DURECT CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   000-31615   94-3297098

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

10260 Bubb Road

Cupertino, CA 95014

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(408) 777-1417

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

At the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of DURECT Corporation (the “Company”), held on June 22, 2016, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment of the 2000 Stock Plan to increase the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock available for issuance by 5,000,000 shares and to re-approve its material terms.

The foregoing description of the amendment of the 2000 Stock Plan is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the 2000 Stock Plan, as amended, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

The disclosure set forth under Proposal 1 and Proposal 2 in Item 5.07 of this Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

At the Annual Meeting held on June 22, 2016, there were 110,536,595 shares represented to vote either in person or by proxy, or 89.5% of the outstanding shares, which represented a quorum. The final results of voting for each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

Proposal 1: Election of Directors

Felix Theeuwes, Simon X. Benito and Terrence F. Blaschke were elected as Class I directors for a term of three years. The voting for each director was as follows:

 

     For      Withheld      Broker Non-Vote  

Felix Theeuwes

     69,278,443         2,368,708         38,889,444   

Simon X. Benito

     70,569,366         1,077,785         38,889,444   

Terrence F. Blaschke

     70,574,797         1,072,354         38,889,444   

Proposal 2: An amendment of the 2000 Stock Plan to increase the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock available for issuance by 5,000,000 shares and to re-approve its material terms

The amendment of the 2000 Stock Plan was approved based upon the following votes:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Vote

66,515,047   5,000,801   131,303   38,889,444

Proposal 3: Say on Pay – An advisory vote on the approval of executive compensation

The Company’s executive compensation was approved on a non-binding, advisory basis based upon the following votes:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Vote

70,414,826   1,066,110   166,215   38,889,444


Proposal 4: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Company for the Current Fiscal Year

The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2016 was ratified based upon the following votes:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Vote

109,151,578   775,191   609,826   0

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

  

Description

10.1*    DURECT Corporation 2000 Stock Plan, as amended.

 

* Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.


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.

 

    DURECT Corporation
Date: June 23, 2016     By:  

/s/ James E. Brown

      James E. Brown
      President and Chief Executive Officer


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
No.

    
10.1*    DURECT Corporation 2000 Stock Plan, as amended.

 

* Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.