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): September 6, 2013

 

CRYOPORT, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   000-34632   88-0313393
(State of other jurisdiction
of incorporation)		   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

20382 Barents Sea Circle, Lake Forest, California 92630

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (949) 470-2300

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On September 6, 2013, the Board of Directors of Cryoport, Inc. (the “Company”) named Richard G. Rathmann Chairman of the Board of Directors. Stephen E. Wasserman, former Chairman of the Board of Directors will continue to serve as a director.

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The Company held its 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“Annual Meeting”) on September 6, 2013. Out of 38,260,628 shares of Common Stock (as of the record date of August 1, 2013) entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, there were 20,427,872 shares present in person or represented by proxy, representing 53.39% of the total outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on and approved each of the following three proposals. The final voting results of each proposal are set forth below.

 

Proposal No. 1: Election of the Board of Directors to serve until the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

 

Directors   Votes
For		   Votes
Withheld		   Broker
Non-Votes
Richard G. Rathmann     7,601,307      286,066   12,540,499
Jerrell W. Shelton     7,595,473      291,900   12,540,499
Stephen E. Wasserman     7,602,973      284,400   12,540,499

 

  Votes
For		   Votes
Against		   Abstain   Broker
Non-Votes
               
Proposal No. 2: Ratify the Audit Committee’s selection of KMJ Corbin & Company LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014. 18,807,766   145,828   1,474,278    
               
Proposal No. 3:  Approve an amendment to the Company’s 2011 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock available for issuance thereunder by 7,100,000 shares and to increase the annual limitation of the number of shares granted to a Covered Employee in any fiscal year to 1,500,000 shares. 4,209,103   3,577,437   100,833   12,540,499
               
Proposal No. 4: To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers, as disclosed in our Proxy Statement for the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. 6,528,127   994,329   364,917   12,540,499

  

  One Year   Two Years   Three Years   Abstain Broker
Non-Votes
                 
Proposal No. 5: To determine, on an advisory basis, the frequency with which the stockholders of the Company wish to have an advisory vote on the compensation of the named executive officers.   6,143,118   371,496   1,155,338   217,421 12,540,499

 

 
 

 

Based on the results of Proposal No. 5, the Company has determined that it will hold a non-binding, advisory vote to approve the compensation of the named executive officers every year, until the next stockholder advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote to approve the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company.

 

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.

 

  CRYOPORT, INC.
     
Date: September 10, 2013 By: /s/ Robert Stefanovich,
    Robert Stefanovich
    Chief Financial Officer