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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): May 11, 2022 

SYNDAX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

001-37708

32-0162505

(state or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

Building D, Floor 3

35 Gatehouse Drive

Waltham, Massachusetts

02451

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 419-1400

 

(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))

Securities registered or to be 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

SNDX

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.

 

Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 11, 2022. The results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below. The proposals set forth below are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2022 (the “Proxy Statement”).

 

Proposal 1:  The Company’s stockholders elected all of the nominees for director to serve a three-year term until the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting, or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

Nominee

    For    

    Withheld    

    Broker Non-Votes    

Keith A. Katkin

27,678,960

16,421,107

5,108,503

Briggs W. Morrison, M.D.

25,378,018

18,722,049

5,108,503

Dennis G. Podlesak

23,356,637

20,743,430

5,108,503

 

Proposal 2:  The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

    For    

    Against    

    Abstain    

    Broker Non-Votes    

43,865,366

226,947

7,754

5,108,503

 

Proposal 3:  The Company’s stockholders recommended, on an advisory basis, a frequency of “one year” for the advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

    1 Year    

    2 Years    

    3 Years    

    Abstain    

    Broker Non-Votes    

43,352,824

4,886

685,702

56,655

5,108,503

 

After taking into consideration the foregoing voting results and the Board’s prior recommendation in favor of an annual advisory stockholder vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (“Say-on-Pay”), the Company’s Board of Directors determined that the Company will hold future advisory Say-on-Pay Votes on an annual basis. The Company will continue to hold Say-on-Pay Votes on an annual basis until the occurrence of the next stockholder advisory vote on the frequency of Say-on-Pay Votes, which will occur no later than the Company’s 2028 annual meeting of stockholders.

 

Proposal 4:  The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

    For    

    Against    

    Abstain    

49,190,850

16,961

759

 

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

 

 

 

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.

 

 

SYNDAX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael A. Metzger

 

 

Michael A. Metzger

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

Dated: May 11, 2022