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 16, 2015
CAREDX, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-36536 | 94-3316839 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File No.) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
3260 Bayshore Boulevard
Brisbane, California 94005
(Address of principal executive offices)
(415) 287-2300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On June 16, 2015, CareDx, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Of the 11,824,384 shares of common stock outstanding as of April 21, 2015, the record date, 8,417,541 shares were represented at the meeting in person or by proxy, constituting 71.19% of the outstanding shares entitled to vote and constituting a quorum for the transaction of business.
The stockholders of the Company voted on the following items at the Meeting:
| 1. | To elect two Class I directors to serve until the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; |
| 2. | To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. |
Proposal One – Election of Directors
The table below presents the voting results of the election of the Class I directors to CareDx’s Board of Directors by the Company’s stockholders:
| Nominee |
Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| George W. Bickerstaff, III |
5,347,312 | 37,538 | 3,032,691 | |||||||||
| Ralph Snyderman |
5,346,268 | 38,582 | 3,032,691 | |||||||||
Proposal Two – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
CareDx’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst& Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 by the following votes:
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 8,331,463 |
86,078 | 0 | 0 |
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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.
| CAREDX, INC. | ||||||
| Date: June 18, 2015 | ||||||
| By: /s/ Ken Ludlum | ||||||
| Ken Ludlum | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||