8-K
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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 10, 2022

 

 

Finch Therapeutics Group, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-40227

82-3433558

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

200 Inner Belt Road

 

Somerville, Massachusetts

 

02143

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (617) 229-6499

 

 

(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)
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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

 

FNCH

 

The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 


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

 

On June 10, 2022, Finch Therapeutics Group, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders. A total of 36,785,341 shares of the Company’s common stock were present electronically or by proxy at the meeting, representing approximately 77.35% of the Company’s outstanding common stock as of the April 11, 2022 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 26, 2022.

 

Item 1: To elect three nominees Class I directors: Domenic Ferrante, Nicholas Haft and Samuel A. Hamood, each to hold office until the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2025.

 

Nominee

Votes For

Votes Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Domenic Ferrante

26,834,882

1,962,749

7,987,710

Nicholas Haft

26,900,076

1,897,555

7,987,710

Samuel A. Hamood

28,790,064

7,567

7,987,710

 

Item 2: To ratify the selection by the audit committee of the board of directors of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

 

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

36,759,831

20,585

4,925

0

 

Based on the foregoing votes, each of Messrs. Ferrante, Haft and Hamood was elected as a Class I director 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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

FINCH THERAPEUTICS GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date:

June 16, 2022

By:

/s/ Mark Smith

 

 

 

Mark Smith, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer