8-K
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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 8, 2022

 

 

 

 

OMEGA THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-40657

 

81-3247585

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

20 Acorn Park Drive

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(617) 949-4360

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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

 

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share

OMGA

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

 

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

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On June 8, 2022, Omega Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”). A total of 42,144,271 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”) were present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting, representing approximately 88% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock as of the April 11, 2022 record date. The following are the voting results for the proposals considered and voted upon at the Meeting, each of which were described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2022.

Item 1 — Election of two Class I directors for a term of office expiring on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2025 and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified or until each such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

 

Votes For

Votes Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Noubar B. Afeyan, Ph.D.

37,291,057

2,369,920

2,483,294

Mahesh Karande

37,605,322

2,055,655

2,483,294

 

Item 2 — Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022.

 

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes Abstained

Broker Non-Votes

41,823,321

317,487

3,463

-

 

Based on the foregoing votes, Noubar B. Afeyan, Ph.D. and Mahesh Karande were elected and Item 2 was approved.

 

 

 

 


 

 

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.

 

Date: June 9, 2022

OMEGA THERAPEUTICS, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mahesh Karande

 

 

Mahesh Karande

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer