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


February 11, 2021
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

Surmodics, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Minnesota
  
0-23837
  
41-1356149
(State of Incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

9924 West 74th Street
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
  
 
55344
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)

(952) 500-7000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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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, $0.05 par value
SRDX
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.
 
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Surmodics, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on February 11, 2021.  The final voting results of the proposals, which were described in more detail in the Company’s proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 22, 2020, are set forth below.
 
1.            Election of Directors.  Each of the individuals nominated by the Company’s Board of Directors to serve as Class III directors was duly elected by the Company’s shareholders, and the final results of the votes cast are as follows:
 
 
For
  
Withheld
  
Broker Non-Votes
David R. Dantzker, M.D.
11,256,231
  
295,992
  
824,386
Lisa W. Heine
11,248,878
  
303,345
  
824,386
Gary R. Maharaj
11,444,005
  
108,218
  
824,386

2.            Set the Number of Directors.  The Company’s shareholders approved the proposal to set the number of directors at six (6) by the following vote:
 
For
  
Against
  
Abstain
  
Broker Non-Votes
11,508,429
  
24,001
  
19,793
  
824,386

3.            Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP.  The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2021 by the following vote:
 
For
  
Against
  
Abstain
  
Broker Non-Votes
12,281,480
  
75,586
  
19,543
  
-

4.            Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation.  The Company’s shareholders approved the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, on an advisory basis, by the following vote:
 
For
  
Against
  
Abstain
  
Broker Non-Votes
11,234,762
  
274,983
  
42,478
  
824,386

 
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits.    
       
 
Exhibit Number
  
Description
 
104
  
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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.
 
 
 SURMODICS, INC.
 
 
 
Date:  February 16, 2021
 
/s/ Gordon S. Weber
 
 
Gordon S. Weber
 
 
Senior Vice President of Legal, General Counsel
and Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number
  
Description
104
  
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