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 26, 2022

 

 

Singular Genomics Systems, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-40443

81-2948451

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

3010 Science Park Road
San Diego, California 92121

 

(858) 333-7830
(Registrant’s address of principal executive offices

and telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(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:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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 $0.0001 per share

 

OMIC

 

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

 

On May 26, 2022, Singular Genomics Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following proposals, which are described in more detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A that was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 14, 2022 (the “Proxy Statement”):
 

1.
To elect Elaine Mardis and Jason Ryan as the Class I directors to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors have been elected or appointed.
2.
To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022.

Only stockholders of record at the close of business on March 31, 2022 (the “Record Date”) were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the close of business on the Record Date, 72,187,032 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding, of which 49,158,073 shares of common stock were present at the Annual Meeting, either in attendance via the live webcast or represented by proxy, which total constituted a quorum of the issued and outstanding shares.
 

Each of the proposals voted on at the Annual Meeting was approved by the Company’s stockholders. The final voting results with respect to each of the proposals are set forth below.

 

Proposal 1: Election of Directors

 

Nominee

 

Votes For

 

 

 

Votes Withheld

 

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Elaine Mardis

 

 

33,443,710

 

 

 

 

99,750

 

 

 

 

15,614,613

 

Jason Ryan

 

 

30,529,447

 

 

 

 

3,014,013

 

 

 

 

15,614,613

 

 

Proposal 2: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Accounting Firm

 

Votes For

 

 

 

Votes Against

 

 

 

Abstentions

 

 

49,050,568

 

 

 

 

29,203

 

 

 

 

78,302

 


 

 


 

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.

 

 

 

Singular Genomics Systems, Inc.

 

 

 

 

Dated:

June 2, 2022

By:

/s/ Dalen Meeter

 

 

 

Dalen Meeter
Senior Vice President, Finance
Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer