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): August 22, 2013
Senesco Technologies, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 001-31326 | 84-1368850 |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 721 Route 202/206, Suite 130, Bridgewater, | NJ 08807 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
| (908) 864-4444 |
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code) |
|
Not applicable (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) |
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On August 22, 2013, Senesco Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) held a Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”). The matter voted on by stockholders at the Meeting was a proposal to authorize our Board of Directors to effect a reverse stock split of our outstanding Common Stock at any ratio up to 1-for-100, during the Company’s 2014 fiscal year ending June 30, 2014. There were represented at the Meeting, either in person or by proxy, 178,122,408 shares of the Company’s common stock out of a total number of 227,206,174 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Meeting. The results of the stockholders’ votes are as follows:
| To authorize our Board of Directors to effect a reverse stock split of our outstanding common stock, $0.01 par value per share, at any ratio up to 1-for-100. |
For
156,689,474 |
Against
21,273,390 |
Abstain
159,544 |
The foregoing votes reflect that the authorization to allow the Board to effect a reverse stock split of our outstanding Common Stock at any ratio up to 1-for-100 (the “Reverse Split”), having received the votes listed above, being a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock, was duly passed by the stockholders of the Company.
Item 8.01 Other Information.
Stockholders have approved giving the Board of Directors the discretion to implement the Reverse Split, however, the Board continues to evaluate its alternatives, and it has not made any determination regarding the Reverse Split at this time.
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.
| SENESCO TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | |||
| Dated: August 23, 2013 | By: | /s/ Joel Brooks | |
| Name: Joel Brooks | |||
| Title: Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer | |||