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 15, 2016
Codexis, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-34705 | 71-0872999 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
200 Penobscot Drive
Redwood City, CA 94063
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(650) 421-8100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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. |
Codexis, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 15, 2016 in Redwood City, California. The results of the matters voted on by the Company’s stockholders are set forth immediately below.
Proposal 1
To elect three Class III Directors to the Company’s Board of Directors to hold office for three-year terms expiring at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified or their earlier resignation or removal:
| Number of Votes | ||||||
| Name of Nominee |
For |
Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Byron L. Dorgan |
21,560,488 | 1,231,951 | 10,579,063 | |||
| David V. Smith |
22,744,930 | 47,509 | 10,579,063 | |||
| Dennis P. Wolf |
21,569,036 | 1,223,403 | 10,579,063 | |||
Proposal 2
To ratify the selection of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016:
| Number of Votes | ||||
| For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
| 33,194,596 |
40,705 | 136,201 | ||
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 16, 2016
| CODEXIS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Gordon Sangster | |
| Name: | Gordon Sangster | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |