Form 8-K

 

 

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): January 15, 2015

 

 

PURE BIOSCIENCE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   001-14468   33-0530289

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

1725 Gillespie Way

El Cajon, California 92020

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(619) 596-8600

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

 

 

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:

 

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ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

PURE Bioscience, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders on January 15, 2015 (the “Annual Meeting”) pursuant to a definitive notice and proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 5, 2014. Descriptions of each of the proposals voted upon at the Annual Meeting are contained in the definitive proxy statement.

As of December 5, 2014, the record date for the annual meeting, 39,788,465 shares of the Company’s common stock were issued and outstanding. The holders of a total of 30,118,541 shares of common stock were present at the Annual Meeting, either in person or by proxy, which total constituted a quorum for purposes of the Annual Meeting.

The following is a summary of the proposals voted on at the Annual Meeting, including the number of votes cast for and against, and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, with respect to each proposal.

1. The stockholders elected the following persons to the Company’s board of directors to hold office until the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. The voting results, with respect to such persons, were as follows:

 

     Total Votes for
Each Director
     Total votes Withheld from
Each Director
     Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  

Dave Pfanzelter

     20,351,722         240,624         0         9,526,195   

Henry R. Lambert

     20,414,630         177,716         0         9,526,195   

Gary Cohee

     19,698,618         893,728         0         9,526,195   

David Theno, Jr., PhD

     20,509,774         82,572         0         9,526,195   

Tom Y. Lee

     20,378,388         213,958         0         9,526,195   

William Otis

     20,504,752         87,594         0         9,526,195   

2. The stockholders ratified the selection of Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. as the independent public accountants for the Company for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2015. The voting results were as follows:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

29,417,834

   592,578    108,129

3. The stockholders approved a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, during the fiscal year ended July 31, 2014. The voting results were as follows:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

  

Broker Non-Votes

19,811,821

   729,468    51,057    9,526,195

No other items were presented for stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting.


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.

 

  PURE BIOSCIENCE, INC.
Dated: January 16, 2015   By:  

/s/ Peter C. Wulff

    Name: Peter C. Wulff,
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer/ Chief Operating Officer