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) December 11, 2016

 

 

NANOVIRICIDES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Nevada 000-1379006 76-0674577
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
   

1 Controls Drive,

Shelton, Connecticut

06484
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

(203) 937-6137
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

(a)       On December 11, 2016, NanoViricides, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”). Of the 58,180,000 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Meeting, 49,274,264 shares of common stock were present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote and 3,545,163 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Shares”) were present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote, representing approximately 84.8% of the Company’s outstanding voting capital stock.

 

(b)       At the Meeting, the Company’s stockholders: (i) re-elected Dr. Eugene Seymour, MD, MPH, as a Class II Director and Stanley Glick, CPA, as a Class III Director, each for a two-year term expiring at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders and until each of their respective successors are duly elected and qualified or until each of their respective earlier resignation or removal; (ii) voted to conduct an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers; and (iii) ratified the appointment of Eisner Amper, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017. Each proposal is described in more detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 28, 2016.

 

The voting results of the shares of common stock for each proposal are set forth below:*

 

Proposal 1 – Election of All Directors:

 

Total Shares Voted Votes Against Total Votes Withheld Percentage
Voted For

Broker

Non-Votes

22,184,857 0 814,742 96.45% 26,274,665

 

Re-election of Dr. Eugene Seymour, MD, MPH as a Class II Director:

 

Votes For Votes Against Votes Withheld Percentage
Voted For
22,049,582 0 950,017 95.87%

 

Re-election of Stanley Glick, CPA as a Class III Director:

 

Votes For Votes Against Votes Withheld Percentage
Voted For
22,025,517 0 974,082 95.76%

 

Proposal 2- To conduct an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers:

 

Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Percentage
Voted For

Broker

Non-Votes

21,962,923 481,424 555,252 95.49% 26,274,665

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal 3- To ratify the appointment of Eisner Amper, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017:

 

Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Percentage
Voted For

Broker

Non-Votes

47,094,500 905,977 1,273,787 95.57% 0

 

*These results do not include the votes of the 3,545,163 outstanding shares of the Company’s outstanding Series A Preferred Shares, which votes the rate of 9 votes per share, and of which 3,545,163 shares voted in favor of each of Proposals 1, 2 and 3.

 

 

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 THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.

 

 

  NANOVIRICIDES, INC.  
       
       
Date: December 15, 2016 By:  /s/ Eugene Seymour, MD  
 

Name: Eugene Seymour

Title: Chief Executive Officer