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):  July 27, 2017

 

EXACT SCIENCES CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

441 Charmany Drive
Madison, WI  53719

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (608) 284-5700

 

Not Applicable

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

 

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Item 5.02                                           Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On July 27, 2017, the stockholders of Exact Sciences Corporation (the “Company”) approved an amendment to the Company’s 2010 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective April 28, 2015) (the “Omnibus Plan Amendment”).  A description of the terms and conditions of the Omnibus Plan Amendment is set forth in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2017 (the “2017 Proxy Statement”) under the heading “Proposal 4 - Approval of First Amendment to 2010 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective April 28, 2015)”, which such description is incorporated by reference herein.  This summary is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Omnibus Plan Amendment set forth in Appendix A to the 2017 Proxy Statement, which is also incorporated by reference herein.

 

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

 

Annual Meeting Results

 

On July 27, 2017, the Company held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).  The certified results of the matters voted upon at the meeting, which are more fully described in the 2017 Proxy Statement, are as follows:

 

The Company’s stockholders elected the three nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve for three year terms as Class II directors, with the votes cast as follows:

 

Director Name		For		Withheld		Broker Non- Votes
Maneesh K. Arora		48,941,434		22,185,389		28,390,983
James E. Doyle		51,884,349		19,242,474		28,390,983
Lionel N. Sterling		53,228,332		17,898,491		28,390,983

 

The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, with votes cast as follows:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non- Votes
62,050,806		8,835,770		240,246		28,390,985

 

The Company’s stockholders recommended, on an advisory basis, that future advisory votes on executive compensation be held every year, with votes cast as follows:

 

Every Year		Every Two Years		Every Three Years		Abstain		Broker Non- Votes
62,456,169		643,869		7,892,916		133,822		28,390,985

 

The Company’s stockholders approved the Omnibus Plan Amendment, with votes cast as follows:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non- Votes
62,260,864		8,554,726		311,232		28,390,985

 

The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2017, with votes cast as follows:

 

For		Against		Abstain
98,542,166		490,255		485,386

 

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Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Named Executive Officer Compensation

 

A non-binding, advisory vote was taken at the Annual Meeting on the frequency of our future advisory votes regarding named executive officer compensation. A majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting were in favor of holding advisory votes regarding named executive officer compensation every year. After considering the preference of the Company’s stockholders and other factors, our Board of Directors determined on July 27, 2017, that we will hold a non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation paid to our named executive officers every year until the next advisory vote regarding the frequency of such advisory votes on named executive officer compensation is submitted to stockholders.

 

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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.

 

	EXACT SCIENCES CORPORATION
Date: July 28, 2017	By:	/s/ Jeffrey T. Elliott
		Jeffrey T. Elliott
		Chief Financial Officer

 

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