Form 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): May 6, 2016 (May 3, 2016)

 

 

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36407   77-0602661

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

300 Third Street, Cambridge, MA   02142
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 551-8200

Not applicable

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

The 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 3, 2016. As of March 11, 2016, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 85,355,302 shares of the Company’s common stock were issued and outstanding. A summary of the matters voted upon by stockholders at the Annual Meeting is set forth below.

1. The Company’s stockholders re-elected the three persons listed below as Class III directors, each to serve until the Company’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. The voting results were as follows:

 

    

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

Steven M. Paul, M.D.

   69,348,665    2,892,943    32,406    4,813,661

Amy W. Schulman

   70,925,597    1,315,825    32,592    4,813,661

Kevin P. Starr

   69,319,567    2,927,691    26,756    4,813,661

The terms of office of the following directors continued after the Annual Meeting:

Dennis A. Ausiello, M.D.

Michael W. Bonney

John K. Clarke

Marsha H. Fanucci

John M. Maraganore, Ph.D.

David E.I. Pyott

Paul R. Schimmel, Ph.D.

Phillip A. Sharp, Ph.D.

2. The Company’s stockholders approved, in a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The voting results were as follows:

 

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

65,271,973

   6,957,004    45,037    4,813,661

3. The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment by the Company’s Board of Directors of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016. The voting results were as follows:

 

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

76,735,248

   324,156    28,271    0


SIGNATURE

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.

 

        ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Date: May 6, 2016      
    By:  

/s/ Michael P. Mason

     

Michael P. Mason

Vice President, Finance and Treasurer