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

 

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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 5, 2015

 

 

  NEUROMETRIX, INC.  

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

Delaware

001-33351

04-3308180

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)		 (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

62 Fourth Avenue, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(781) 890-9989
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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Item 5.02.Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

(e) At the NeuroMetrix, Inc. (the “Corporation”) Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 5, 2015 (the “Annual Meeting”), the stockholders of the Corporation approved the Corporation’s Seventh Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “2004 Stock Option and Incentive Plan”). A description of the terms and conditions of the 2004 Stock Option and Incentive Plan is set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A (the “Proxy Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 30, 2015 and is incorporated herein by reference. Such description is qualified entirely by reference to the actual terms of the 2004 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto.

 

Item 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

(a) The Corporation’s Annual Meeting was held on May 5, 2015 at the offices of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., One Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111.

 

(b) Of the Corporation’s 8,519,151 shares of common stock issued and outstanding and eligible to vote as of the record date of March 13, 2015, a quorum of 6,350,598 shares, or 74.55% of the eligible shares, was present in person or represented by proxy. Each of the matters set forth below is described in detail in the Proxy Statement. The following actions were taken at the Annual Meeting:

 

1. Reelection of the following Class II directors of the Corporation, to hold office until the Corporation’s 2018 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation or removal.  

 

   Voted For  

Withheld

Authority

   Broker
Non-Votes		 
Shai Gozani, Ph.D., M.D.   2,558,846    594,368    3,197,384 
David Van Avermaete   2,542,246    610,968    3,197,384 

 

  After the meeting, David E. Goodman, M.D. and Nancy E. Katz continued to serve as the Corporation’s Class III directors for a term which expires in 2016 and Allen J. Hinkle, M.D. and Timothy R. Surgenor continued to serve as the Corporation’s Class I directors for terms which expire in 2017.

 

2. Approval of the 2004 Stock Option and Incentive Plan which, among other things, increases the number of shares of the Corporation’s common stock authorized for issuance thereunder by 850,000 shares. The voting results were 2,072,303 votes for, 1,059,121 votes against, and 21,790 votes abstaining, with 3,197,384 broker non-votes.

 

3. Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2015. The voting results were 6,233,995 votes for, 74,474 votes against and 42,129 votes abstaining, with no broker non-votes.

 

 

 
 

 

Item 9.01Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number   Description

10.1		  

 

Seventh Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Definitive Proxy Statement of NeuroMetrix, Inc. filed on March 30, 2015)

       

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

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.

 

 

    NEUROMETRIX, INC.  
     
     
Date: May 5, 2015   /s/ THOMAS T. HIGGINS  
    Thomas T. Higgins  
    Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
        and Treasurer