8-K

Date: June 5, 2024

COGENT BIOSCIENCES, INC.

/s/ Evan Kearns

Evan Kearns

Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

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 5, 2024

COGENT BIOSCIENCES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-38443

46-5308248

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)


275 Wyman Street, 3rd Floor Waltham, Massachusetts		02451
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 945-5576

Not Applicable

(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:

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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, $0.001 Par Value

COGT

The 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 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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. ☐

On Wednesday, June 5, 2024, Cogent Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time. As of the close of business on April 10, 2024, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 95,613,396 shares of common stock, par value 0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), entitled to vote at the meeting.

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), to (i) increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 150,000,000 to 300,000,000, which also has the effect of increasing the total number of authorized shares from 160,000,000 to 310,000,000, and (ii) delete the now outdated provisions that previously effected a reverse stock split (collectively, the “Amendment”).

On June 5, 2024, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect the Amendment, which became effective immediately upon such filing.

The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

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

At the Annual Meeting, each of the Company’s director nominees was elected, a frequency of one year received a plurality of votes cast on Proposal 4 and each of the other proposals voted on were approved. The final voting results are set forth below.


	Votes For		Votes Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Proposal 1. Election of Directors
• Andrew Robbins		67,815,951		8,532,411		3,198,670
• Peter Harwin		51,730,466		24,617,896		3,198,670


	Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
Proposal 2. Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	79,462,753	79,190	5,089	0

	Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
Proposal 3. Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation	69,604,506	6,731,575	12,281	3,198,670


	1 Year	2 Years	3 Years	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
Proposal 4. Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation	75,185,417	7,763	1,119,915	35,267	0

In light of these voting results, the Company plans to hold future advisory votes on executive compensation annually until the next required vote on the frequency of such advisory votes, or until the Board of Directors of the Company otherwise determines that a different frequency is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.


	Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
Proposal 5. Approval of an Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation	79,137,647	393,220	16,165	0

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Description

3.1		Certificate of Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cogent Biosciences, Inc.

104		The cover page from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K formatted in Inline XBRL.

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.

SEC Form 8-K filed by Cogent Biosciences Inc.