Current Report Filing (8-k)
November 12 2014 - 7:32AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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): November 10, 2014
Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)
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Florida |
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001-33357 |
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65-0643773 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission File Number) |
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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2 Snunit Street |
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20100 |
Science Park, POB 455 |
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Carmiel, Israel |
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(Address of principal executive offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
Registrant's telephone number, including
area code +972-4-988-9488
(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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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Protalix BioTherapeutics,
Inc. (the “Company”) was held on November 10, 2014. Holders of 57.6% of the Company's outstanding shares of common
stock entitled to vote as of the record date for the meeting participated in person or by proxy.
The matters voted upon at the meeting are set forth below including
the number of votes cast for, number of votes cast against or withheld, as applicable, the number of abstentions, the number of
broker non-votes and other applicable votes with respect to each such matter.
(1) Election of Directors
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For |
Withheld |
Broker
Non-Votes |
Shlomo Yanai |
43,970,559 |
512,076 |
9,498,432 |
Moshe Manor |
42,850,085 |
1,632,550 |
9,498,432 |
Zeev Bronfeld |
35,152,707 |
9,329,928 |
9,498,432 |
Amos Bar Shalev |
42,358,303 |
2,124,332 |
9,498,432 |
Yodfat Harel Buchris |
42,142,806 |
2,339,829 |
9,498,432 |
Roger D. Kornberg, Ph.D. |
29,142,957 |
15,339,678 |
9,498,432 |
Aharon Schwartz, Ph.D. |
41,305,902 |
3,176,733 |
9,498,432 |
(2) Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation
of the Company’s named executive officers
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker
Non-Votes |
36,072,382 |
8,366,547 |
43,706 |
9,498,432 |
(3) Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, the frequency
(every one, two or three years) that shareholders of the Company will have a non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of
the Company’s named executive officers
One Year |
Two Years |
Three Years |
Abstain |
Broker
Non-Votes |
41,923,798 |
274,685 |
2,193,032 |
91,120 |
9,498,432 |
(4) Approval of an amendment to the Company’s articles
of incorporation providing that one-third (1/3) of the votes entitled to be cast on any matter by a voting group shall constitute
a quorum of that voting group for action on that matter
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker
Non-Votes |
37,572,751 |
6,878,159 |
31,725 |
9,498,432 |
(5) Approval of an amendment to the Company’s 2006
Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the plan and to amend
certain other terms of the plan
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker
Non-Votes |
36,208,885 |
8,238,765 |
34,985 |
9,498,432 |
(6) Ratification of the appointment of Kesselman & Kesselman
as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker
Non-Votes |
52,899,194 |
98,685 |
983,188 |
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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.
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PROTALIX BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC. |
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Date: November 12, 2014 |
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/s/ Yossi Maimon |
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Name: |
Yossi Maimon
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Title: |
Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer |
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