8-K
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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): May 28, 2020

 

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-36014

 

26-0662915

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

88 Sidney Street, Cambridge, MA

 

02139

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 649-8600

(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 Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

 

Trading

symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, Par Value $0.001 per share

 

AGIO

 

Nasdaq Global Select Market

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.

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 28, 2020. The following is a summary of the matters voted on at that meeting.

  1. The Company’s stockholders elected Paul J. Clancy and Ian T. Clark as class I directors, each to serve for a three-year term expiring at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor has been duly elected and qualified. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to the election of such class I directors were as follows:

 

Votes For

   

Votes
Withheld

   

Broker
Non-Votes

 

Paul J. Clancy

   

60,670,901

     

857,420

     

2,034,778

 

Ian T. Clark

   

47,086,910

     

14,441,411

     

2,034,778

 

  2. The Company’s stockholders approved the non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation paid to its named executive officers. The results of the stockholders’ non-binding, advisory vote with respect to compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers were as follows:

Votes For

 

Votes
Against

 

Votes
Abstaining

 

Broker
Non-Votes

40,178,904

 

21,338,059

 

11,358

 

2,034,778

  3. The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to such ratification were as follows:

Votes For

 

Votes
Against

 

Votes
Abstaining

 

Broker
Non-Votes

63,500,010

 

56,127

 

6,962

 

0


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.

 

 

AGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

             

Date: May 29, 2020

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Jacqualyn A. Fouse

 

 

 

Jacqualyn A. Fouse, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer