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 8, 2018
T2 BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-36571 | 20-4827488 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
101 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, Massachusetts 02421
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
(781) 761-4646
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(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. |
(a) The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of T2 Biosystems, Inc. (the “Company”) occurred on June 8, 2018.
(b) There were a total of 36,019,883 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 19,573,242 shares of common stock were presented in person or by proxy, which represented 54.34% of the shares entitled to vote; therefore, a quorum was present. The following proposals were submitted by the Board of Directors to a vote of the stockholders, each of which was approved by the requisite vote. The votes with respect to each proposal are set forth below.
| 1. | Proposal 1: Election of Class I Directors |
| Nominee | For | Against | Abstain | |||||||||
| John McDonough |
17,413,247 | 2,152,585 | 7,510 | |||||||||
| Adrian Jones |
17,356,887 | 2,201,144 | 15,311 | |||||||||
| Seymour Liebman |
17,398,601 | 2,154,459 | 20,282 | |||||||||
Pursuant to the foregoing votes, the Class I Director nominees listed above were elected to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: June 12, 2018 | T2 BIOSYSTEMS, INC. | |||||
| By: | /s/ John McDonough | |||||
| John McDonough | ||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||