UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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(Amendment No. 1)
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AMENDMENT No. 1 TO OUR PROXY STATEMENT
FOR OUR ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON MAY 17, 2016
May 3, 2016
This Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) amends and supplements the proxy statement of Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (the “Company”) dated April 4, 2016 (the “Proxy Statement”).
This Amendment does not change the proposals to be acted on at the Annual Meeting, or the recommendations of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) in relation thereto, which are described in the Proxy Statement. Except as specifically amended by the information contained in this Amendment, all information set forth in the Proxy Statement continues to apply and should be considered in voting your shares.
The sole purpose of this Amendment is to update the details of attendance of the Company’s directors at its Board and committee meetings, which appear in the “Board and Committee Meetings” section of the Proxy Statement. The first paragraph of such section is amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
“Our Board of Directors and its committees meet throughout the year on a set schedule, hold special meetings as needed, and act by written consent from time to time. During fiscal year 2015, each director attended at least 75% of the aggregate of (i) the total number of meetings of our Board of Directors held during the period for which he or she has been a director and (ii) the total number of meetings held by all committees of our Board of Directors on which he or she served during the periods that he or she served.”
This material should be read together with the Proxy Statement.
Important Information
The Company has filed a definitive Proxy Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and has furnished to its stockholders a Proxy Statement in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Company advises its stockholders to read the Proxy Statement relating to the 2016 Annual Meeting, as amended and supplemented by this Amendment, because it contains important information. Stockholders may obtain a free copy of the Proxy Statement and other documents that the Company files with the SEC at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.