Edgar Filing: MIRAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC.

Miragen Therapeutics, Inc.

Dated: June 28, 2018

/s/ Jason A. Leverone

Jason A. Leverone

Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

8-K

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 28, 2018 (June 27, 2018)

MIRAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-36483

47-1187261

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

6200 Lookout Rd.

Boulder, CO

80301

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 531-5952

(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 obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On June 27, 2018, Miragen Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2018 Annual Meeting”), for the following purposes:

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to elect eight nominees for director, each to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal; and

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to ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.

Of the 30,192,373 shares outstanding as of the record date, 26,305,917 shares, or 87.1%, were present or represented by proxy at the 2018 Annual Meeting. At the 2018 Annual Meeting, each of William S. Marshall, Ph.D., Bruce L. Booth, Ph.D., Thomas E. Hughes, Ph.D., Kevin Koch, Ph.D., Joseph L. Turner, Arlene M. Morris, Jeffrey S. Hatfield and Christopher J. Bowden, M.D. was re-elected as a director of the Company. The stockholders of the Company ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2018. The final voting results on each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the 2018 Annual Meeting were as follows:


		For		Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
1.	Election of Directors
	William S. Marshall, Ph.D.		16,959,140		52,670		9,294,107
	Bruce L. Booth, DPhil		16,870,071		141,739		9,294,107
	Thomas E. Hughes, Ph.D.		15,777,135		1,234,675		9,294,107
	Kevin Koch, Ph.D.		15,779,157		1,232,653		9,294,107
	Joseph L. Turner		15,810,442		1,201,368		9,294,107
	Arlene M. Morris		15,845,536		1,166,274		9,294,107
	Jeffrey S. Hatfield		15,669,184		1,342,626		9,294,107
	Christopher J. Bowden, M.D.		16,922,309		89,501		9,294,107


		For		Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
2.	Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2018		25,515,605		771,122		19,190		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.