8-K

ENERGOUS CORPORATION

Date: June 21, 2022

/s/ William Mannina

William Mannina

Acting Chief Financial Officer

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 15, 2022

ENERGOUS CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

001-36379

46-1318953

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

3590 North First Street, Suite 210

San Jose, California 95134

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 963-0200

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:

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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, $0.00001 par value

WATT

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.

At the annual meeting of the stockholders of Energous Corporation (the “Company”) held on June 15, 2022, the matters described below were voted on and the numbers of votes cast with respect to each matter were as indicated.

(1) Holders of the Company’s common stock voted to elect four members of the Board of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, as follows:


Name	For		Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Reynette Au		11,837,138		1,350,996		26,496,477
Rahul Patel		11,648,833		1,539,301		26,496,477
Sheryl Wilkerson		11,697,247		1,490,887		26,496,477
Kathleen Bayless		12,213,944		974,190		26,496,477

(2) Holders of the Company’s common stock voted to ratify the appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, as follows:

Shares voted in favor: 39,049,527

Shares voted against: 495,922

Shares abstaining: 139,162

Broker non-votes: 0

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.

Energous Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders