abio-8k_20180531.htm

 

 

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 5, 2018 (May 31, 2018)

 

ARCA biopharma, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

000-22873

36-3855489

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

11080 CirclePoint Road, Suite 140, Westminster, CO

 

80020

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (720) 940-2200

Not Applicable

(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 (see General Instructions A.2. below):

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))

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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.

 

On May 31, 2018, ARCA biopharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), held its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at which the Company’s stockholders voted upon (i) the election of Company nominees, Dr. Raymond L. Woosley and Mr. Daniel J. Mitchell, to the Company’s Board of Directors for a three-year term ending at the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and (ii) the ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.

 

The stockholders elected the director nominees and ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, as follows:

 

1. Election of Directors:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominee

  

For

  

Withheld

  

Broker Non-Votes

Dr. Raymond L. Woosley

  

2,382,407  

  

510,463

  

7,165,493

Daniel J. Mitchell

 

2,634,732

 

258,138

 

7,165,493

2. Ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

9,811,489

  

59,664

  

187,210

  

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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.

 

Dated: June 5, 2018

 

 

 

 

ARCA biopharma, Inc.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brian L. Selby

 

 

Name:

Brian L. Selby

 

 

Title:

Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer