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 17, 2020
EVELO BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-38473 | 46-5594527 | ||||||||||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||||||||||
620 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(617) 577-0300
(Registrant’s telephone number, include area code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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| 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, $0.001 par value per share | EVLO | Nasdaq Global Select Market | ||||||||||||
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 17, 2020, Evelo Biosciences, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders. A total of 28,288,917 shares of common stock were present or represented by proxy at the meeting, representing approximately 87.5% of the Company’s outstanding common stock as of the April 20, 2020 record date. The following are the voting results for the proposals considered and voted upon at the meeting, all of which were described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2020.
Item 1 — Election of two Class II directors to serve until the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified.
NOMINEES | Votes FOR | Votes WITHHELD | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| Juan Andres | 24,446,124 | 111,701 | 3,731,092 | ||||||||
| Lord Ara Darzi | 20,436,682 | 4,121,143 | 3,731,092 | ||||||||
Item 2 — Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2020.
| Votes FOR | Votes AGAINST | Votes ABSTAINED | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| 28,284,453 | 2,522 | 1,942 | 0 | ||||||||
Based on the foregoing votes, Mr. Andres and Lord Darzi were elected as Class II directors and Item 2 was approved.
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.
| EVELO BIOSCIENCES, INC. | |||||||||||
| Date: June 18, 2020 | By: | /s/ Daniel S. Char | |||||||||
| Daniel S. Char | |||||||||||
| General Counsel & Secretary | |||||||||||