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 9, 2022
Rockwell Medical, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 000-23661 | 38-3317208 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
30142 S. Wixom Road, Wixom, Michigan 48393
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(248) 960-9009
(Registrant’s telephone number, including 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 | | Name of Each exchange on which registered |
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 | | RMTI | | Nasdaq Capital Market |
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).
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Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On May 9, 2022, Rockwell Medical, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2022 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The following matters were submitted to a vote of the stockholders at the Annual Meeting and the voting results were as follows:
Proposal One: To elect the Class I director to serve for a three-year term expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor has been duly elected and qualified.
| | For | | | Against | | | Abstain | | | Broker Non-Votes | |
Allen Nissenson, M.D. | | 24,041,638 | | | 2,393,357 | | | 528,617 | | | 35,799,968 | |
Proposal Two: To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
For | | | Against | | | Abstain | | | Broker Non-Votes | |
21,176,311 | | | 5,154,232 | | | 633,069 | | | 35,799,968 | |
Proposal Three: To ratify the selection of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2022.
For | | | Against | | | Abstain | |
| 59,196,022 | | | 2,231,488 | | | 1,336,070 | |
Proposal Four: To approve and adopt an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock with no change to the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock.
For | | | Against | | | Abstain | |
| 51,696,755 | | | 10,648,535 | | | 418,290 | |
Proposal Five: The proposal to approve and adopt amendments to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to (a) increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock from 170,000,000 shares to 340,000,000 shares and (b) effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock with a 55 percent decrease to the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock was withdrawn because the Company’s stockholders approved and adopted Proposal Four as noted above.
Proposal Six: To approve an amendment and restatement of the Rockwell Medical, Inc. 2018 Long Term Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder by 5,000,000 shares.
For | | | Against | | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes | |
19,769,445 | | | 6,967,282 | | | 226,885 | | | 35,799,968 | |
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.
| ROCKWELL MEDICAL, INC. |
| | |
Date: May 9, 2022 | By: | /s/ Russell Skibsted |
| | Russell Skibsted |
| | Chief Financial Officer |