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): October 8, 2020
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) held its special meeting (the “Special Meeting”) of stockholders on October 8, 2020. The following proposal was submitted to the stockholders at the Special Meeting:
To approve a stock option exchange program for certain eligible non-executive employees and consultants to exchange certain outstanding stock options for stock options with a lower exercise price.
The proposal is described in detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2, 2020.
The number of shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Special Meeting was 46,281,601. The number of shares of common stock present or represented by valid proxy at the Special Meeting was 25,169,219. The proposal submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Special Meeting was approved. The results of the voting included 19,081,464 votes for, 5,863,842 votes against and 223,914 votes abstained. There were no broker non-votes regarding this proposal.*
*Fractional shares have been rounded up to the nearest whole number.
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.
| Date: October 8, 2020 | Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | |||||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Barry M. Deutsch | |||||||||||||
| Barry M. Deutsch | ||||||||||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||||||||