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 19, 2019

 

 

RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

222 Berkeley Street

12th Floor

Boston, MA  02116

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (857) 264-4280

 

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:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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

 

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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 x

 

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.  x

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

 

 

 

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

 

(a)           Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 19, 2019.

 

(b)           The final voting results on each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

 

(1) The following director nominees were elected to serve as Class II directors until the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified:

 

Nominee		Votes For		Votes Withheld		Votes Abstaining		Broker Non-Votes
Jennifer Good		28,033,908		4,538		36,100		2,720,748
Todd Foley		24,084,965		19,553		3,970,028		2,720,748
Ed Mathers		21,664,321		2,177,752		4,232,473		2,720,748

 

(2) The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019 was ratified.

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Votes Abstaining
30,764,774		1,375		29,145

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Date: June 21, 2019	By:	/s/ Hunter Smith
		Hunter Smith
		Chief Financial Officer

 

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