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): June 24, 2015

 

 

ATHERSYS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		001-33876		20-4864095
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

3201 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio		44115-2634
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (216) 431-9900

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Athersys, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 24, 2015. Set forth below are the voting results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders.

Proposal One - Election of Directors.

All nominees for election to the Company’s Board of Directors named in the Company’s proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2015 were elected, each to a one-year term, with the following vote:

 

		Shares Voted For				Shares Withheld				Broker Non-Votes
Gil Van Bokkelen			14,993,851				1,784,123				49,738,220
John J. Harrington			16,076,175				701,799				49,738,220
Kenneth H. Traub			16,122,589				655,385				49,738,220
Lee E. Babiss			16,064,013				713,961				49,738,220
Ismail Kola			16,066,151				711,823				49,738,220
Lorin J. Randall			16,056,029				721,945				49,738,220
Jack L. Wyszomierski			16,090,545				687,429				49,738,220

Proposal Two - Ratification of the Appointment of the Company’s Independent Auditors.

The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 with the following vote:

 

For		Against		Abstain
64,148,534		2,278,451		89,209

Proposal Three - Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation.

The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers with the following vote:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
14,087,677		2,470,442		219,855		49,738,220

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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: June 25, 2015