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 9, 2023

 

 

Disc Medicine, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-39438   85-1612845
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 

(Commission

File Number)

  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

321 Arsenal Street, Suite 101  
Watertown, Massachusetts   02472
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (617) 674-9274

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):

 

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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, par value $0.0001 per share   IRON   The Nasdaq Global 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 9, 2023, Disc Medicine, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders considered and voted on the two proposals set forth below, each of which is described in greater detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20, 2023. The final voting results are set forth below.

Proposal 1 - Election of Class II and Class III Director Nominees

The stockholders of the Company elected Georges Gemayel, Ph.D., Mark Chin, MS, MBA, and Liam Ratcliffe, M.D., Ph.D. as Class II directors of the Company, for a two-year term ending at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2025 and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to the election of the Class II directors were as follows:

 

Name

   Votes For      Votes Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Georges Gemayel, Ph.D.

     13,073,343        16,929        980,030  

Mark Chin, MS, MBA

     13,073,267        17,005        980,030  

Liam Ratcliffe, M.D., Ph.D.

     13,081,593        8,679        980,030  

The stockholders of the Company elected Donald Nicholson, Ph.D., William White, MPP, J.D., and John Quisel, J.D., Ph.D. as Class III directors of the Company, for a three-year term ending at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2026 and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to the election of the Class III directors were as follows:

 

Name

   Votes For      Votes Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Donald Nicholson, Ph.D.

     13,033,283        56,989        980,030  

William White, MPP, J.D.

     13,087,710        2,562        980,030  

John Quisel, J.D., Ph.D.

     13,087,705        2,567        980,030  

Proposal 2 – Ratification of Appointment of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The stockholders of the Company ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to such ratification were as follows:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstain

13,678,267

  18,084   373,951

No other matters were submitted to or voted on by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.


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.

 

    DISC MEDICINE, INC.
Date: June 9, 2023     By:  

/s/ John Quisel

    Name:   John Quisel, J.D., Ph.D.
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer