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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8‑K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 28, 2017

 
NEUROMETRIX, INC.
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware
001-33351
04-3308180
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
1000 Winter Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(781) 890-9989
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
    
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Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

NeuroMetrix, Inc. (the “Company”) held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) at the offices of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., One Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111 on February 28, 2017. Of the Company’s 7,114,901 shares of common stock issued and outstanding and eligible to vote as of the record date of January 9, 2017, a quorum of 5,806,748 shares, or 81.6% of the eligible shares, was present in person or represented by proxy. Each of the matters set forth below is described in detail in the definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 23, 2017. The following actions were taken at the Special Meeting:

1.
Approval of the issuance of shares of the Company’s Series E convertible preferred stock and warrants to purchase shares of its common stock to an institutional investor and its affiliates (the “Investor”) pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2016, by and between the Corporation and the Investor (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) and to approve the other transactions contemplated thereby, including the resetting of the exercise prices of warrants to purchase shares of the Company's common stock, to comply with NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 5635(d):

Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Votes Abstained
 
 
Broker Non-Votes
 
2,823,278
 
257,058
 
8,044
 
 
2,718,368
 
2.
Approval of the resetting of the conversion price of the Company’s Series D convertible preferred stock held by the Investor, as required by the Securities Purchase Agreement:

Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Votes Abstained
 
 
Broker Non-Votes
 
2,823,278
 
257,058
 
8,044
 
 
2,718,368
 
3.
Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock authorized for issuance from 100,000,000 shares to 150,000,000 shares:

Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Votes Abstained
 
 
4,269,209
 
1,514,162
 
23,377
 
 

4.
Authorization to adjourn the Special Meeting, if necessary, if a quorum is present, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes in favor of Proposals 1, 2 and 3:

Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Votes Abstained
 
 
4,543,021
 
1,180,487
 
83,240
 
 

Adjournment of the Special Meeting was not necessary or appropriate because there were sufficient votes in favor of Proposals 1, 2 and 3.

    


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.


 
 
NEUROMETRIX, INC.
 
 
 
 
Date: February 28, 2017
 
/s/ THOMAS T. HIGGINS
 
 
Thomas T. Higgins
 
 
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
 
 
and Treasurer