UNITED STATES

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):  May 19, 2020

 

CALYXT, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

 

2800 Mount Ridge Road, Roseville, MN 55113-1127

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

 

(651) 683-2807

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

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

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

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Items under Sections 1 through 4 and 6 through 9 are not applicable and therefore omitted.

 

On May 19, 2020, Calyxt, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). Of the 32,990,647 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting on the March 24, 2020 record date, 31,613,657 shares, or approximately 95.82%, were present at the Annual Meeting either by attendance via live audio webcast or by proxy.

The following describes the matters considered by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting, as well as the results of the votes cast at the meeting:

1.To elect seven directors to the Board of Directors, each to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. 

 

2.To ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2020.

 

As a result, each nominee was elected as a director of the Company and the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP was ratified at the Annual Meeting.

 

 

 

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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.