Ocugen Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On June 5, 2025, Ocugen, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) virtually at 8:00 a.m. ET. At the Annual Meeting, a total of 105,287,033 shares of the Common Stock were represented virtually or by proxy.
The following is a brief description of the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders at the Annual Meeting on June 5, 2025:
(a) Proposal 1 - Election of Two Class II Directors and One Class III Director. The stockholders elected Uday B. Kompella, Ph.D. and Blaise Coleman to the Board of Directors to serve as a director until the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successor, if any, is elected or appointed, or upon their earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, or removal, as well as Satish Chandran, Ph.D. to the Board of Directors to serve as a director until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor, if any, is elected or appointed, or upon his earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, or removal, as follows:
| Name | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Uday B. Kompella, Ph.D. | 30,446,126 | 10,433,640 | 64,407,267 | |||
| Blaise Coleman | 39,187,023 | 1,692,743 | 64,407,267 | |||
| Satish Chandran, Ph.D. | 39,040,889 | 1,838,877 | 64,407,267 |
(b) Proposal 2 - Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accountant. The ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2025 fiscal year, as follows:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 101,459,299 | 3,030,767 | 796,967 | - |
(c) Proposal 3 - Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The stockholders voted to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as follows:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 31,296,206 | 6,759,801 | 2,832,759 | 64,407,267 |
| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On June 5, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing they signed a binding term sheet for the license of OCU400 modifier gene therapy for retinitis pigmentosa in Korea. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
The following exhibits are being filed herewith:
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Document | |
| 99.1 | Press Release of the Company, dated June 5, 2025. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: June 5, 2025
| OCUGEN, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Shankar Musunuri | |
| Name: Shankar Musunuri | ||
| Title: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, & Co-Founder | ||