FORM 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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 20, 2012

 

 

Athersys, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-33876   20-4864095

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

3201 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio   44115-2634
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (216) 431-9900

(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)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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

 

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

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 20, 2012. Set forth below are the voting results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders.

Proposal One — Election of Directors.

All nominees for election to the Company’s Board of Directors named in the Company’s proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2012 were elected, each to a one-year term, with the following votes:

 

     Shares Voted For      Shares Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Gil Van Bokkelen

      8,775,275         568,538         12,615,599   

John J. Harrington

      8,759,586         584,227         12,615,599   

Kenneth H. Traub

      8,526,484         817,329         12,615,599   

Lee E. Babiss

      8,478,898         864,915         12,615,599   

Ismail Kola

      8,762,853         580,960         12,615,599   

Lorin J. Randall

      8,536,131         807,682         12,615,599   

Jack L. Wyszomierski

      8,773,334         570,479         12,615,599   

Proposal Two — Ratification of the Appointment of the Company’s Independent Auditors.

The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 with the following votes:

 

For

    Against      Abstain  

21,831,310

      110,645         17,457   

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.

 

    ATHERSYS, INC.
Date: June 22, 2012     By:   /s/ Laura K. Campbell
      Name: Laura K. Campbell
      Title: Vice President of Finance