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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): April 30, 2021

 

CRYOPORT, INC. 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   001-34632   88-0313393
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
         
112 Westwood Place, Suite 350
Brentwood, TN 37027
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
         
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (949) 470-2300
 
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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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   CYRX   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 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On April 30, 2021, Cryoport, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) at which the Company’s stockholders approved, among other things, the second amendment (the “Plan Amendment”) to the Cryoport, Inc. 2018 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock available for issuance thereunder from 5,000,000 to a total of 7,850,000 under the plan. The voting results relating to the approval of the Plan Amendment are set forth under Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The material terms of the Plan, as amended by the Plan Amendment, were described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2021 (the “Proxy Statement”) under the caption “Proposal No. 4 – To Approve an Amendment to the Cryoport, Inc. 2018 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan to Increase the Number of Authorized Shares Under the Plan,” which description is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The descriptions of the Plan, as amended by the Plan Amendment, contained herein and in the Proxy Statement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the amended Plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

 

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

 

The Company held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 30, 2021. The final voting results for the proposals submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting, each of which is described in detail in the Proxy Statement, are set forth below.

 

Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors. The individuals listed below were elected to serve as directors of the Company until the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified or their earlier death, resignation, or removal:

 

Director Nominee  Votes For   Votes Withheld   Broker Non-Votes 
Linda Baddour   41,288,002    301,868    3,172,098 
Richard Berman   33,474,115    8,115,755    3,172,098 
Daniel M. Hancock   40,916,893    672,977    3,172,098 
Robert Hariri, M.D., Ph.D.   15,575,738    26,014,132    3,172,098 
Ram M. Jagannath   40,974,436    615,434    3,172,098 
Ramkumar Mandalam, Ph.D.   38,901,803    2,688,067    3,172,098 
Jerrell W. Shelton   40,384,781    1,205,089    3,172,098 
Edward J. Zecchini   40,825,733    764,137    3,172,098 

 

Proposal No. 2: Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company and its subsidiaries for the year ending December 31, 2021. This proposal was approved as set forth below:

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes 
 37,951,073    6,783,091    27,804     

 

Proposal No. 3: Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. This proposal was approved as set forth below:

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes 
 39,853,716    1,206,310    529,844    3,172,098 

 

Proposal No. 4: Amendment to the Cryoport, Inc. 2018 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of authorized shares under the plan. This proposal was approved as set forth below:

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes 
 29,241,451    12,286,979    61,440    3,172,098 

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.  Description
    
10.1  Cryoport, Inc. 2018 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (as amended by the First Amendment and the Second Amendment, effective April 30, 2021)
    
104  Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XBRL document)

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Date: May 5, 2021 Cryoport Inc.
   
  /s/ Robert Stefanovich
  Robert Stefanovich
  Chief Financial Officer