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 7, 2017
SAGE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-36544 | 27-4486580 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 215 First Street Cambridge, MA |
02142 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 299-8380
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. |
Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 7, 2017. As of April 10, 2017, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 37,328,237 outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company’s stockholders voted on the following matters, which are described in detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on April 28, 2017: (i) to elect Michael Cola and Jeffrey M. Jonas as Class III directors of the Company to each serve for a three-year term expiring at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2020 and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified (“Proposal 1”), (ii) to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 (“Proposal 2”) and (iii) to hold an advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers (“Proposal 3”).
The Company’s stockholders approved the Class III director nominees recommended for election in Proposal 1 at the Annual Meeting. The Company’s stockholders voted for Class III directors as follows:
| Class III Director Nominee |
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||
| Michael Cola |
22,173,881 | 7,670,296 | 144,978 | 3,342,203 | ||||||||||||
| Jeffrey M. Jonas |
25,862,154 | 3,982,023 | 144,978 | 3,342,203 | ||||||||||||
The Company’s stockholders approved Proposal 2. The votes cast at the Annual Meeting were as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | ||
| 33,269,910 | 37,494 | 23,954 |
The Company’s stockholders voted to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers in Proposal 3. The votes cast at the Annual Meeting were as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 29,870,567 | 92,634 | 25,954 | 3,342,203 |
No other matters were submitted to or voted on by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.
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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.
| Date: June 8, 2017 | SAGE THERAPEUTICS, INC. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Anne Marie Cook | |||||
| Anne Marie Cook | ||||||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel | ||||||