mnov-8k_20180607.htm

 

         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 7, 2018

 

 

MEDICINOVA, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DELAWARE

 

001-33185

 

33-0927979

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

4275 EXECUTIVE SQUARE,

SUITE 300, LA JOLLA, CA

 

92037

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 373-1500

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):

 

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))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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.

MediciNova, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2018 annual meeting of stockholders on June 7, 2018 (the “Annual Meeting”). The Company filed its definitive proxy statement for the proposals voted upon at the Annual Meeting with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2018.

At the close of business on April 12, 2018, the record date of the Annual Meeting, the Company had 41,129,073 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. The holders of a total of 26,919,207 shares of common stock were present at the Annual Meeting, either in person or by proxy, which total constituted a quorum of the issued and outstanding shares on the record date of the Annual Meeting.

Set forth below are the results of the matters submitted for a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting

 

 

(a)

To elect a Class II Director nominee named below to serve until the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The named nominee was so elected, with the votes thereon at the Annual Meeting as follows:

Final Voting Results

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominee

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-Vote

Yuichi Iwaki

 

24,089,320

 

911,014

 

1,918,873

 

 

(b)

To ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors of BDO USA, LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2018 This proposal was approved, with the votes thereon at the Annual Meeting as follows:

Final Voting Results

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Vote

26,335,057

 

291,083

 

293,067

 

0

 

 

(c)

To approve an amendment to the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan by 1,500,000 shares. This proposal was approved, with the votes thereon at the Annual Meeting as follows:

Final Voting Results

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Vote

23,300,255

 

1,248,552

 

451,527

 

1,918,873

 


 


 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MEDICINOVA, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Carla Reyes

 

 

 

 

Carla Reyes

Chief Financial Officer

Date: June 11, 2018