UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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):  May 28, 2021

SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

California

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-36747

 

 

02-0692322

 

         (Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

13170 Telfair Avenue
Sylmar, California 91342

 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(818) 833-5000

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

(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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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 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.

 

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

 

EYES

 

NASDAQ

Warrants

 

EYESW

 

NASDAQ

 

 

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ITEM 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

The 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Second Sight Medical Products Inc. ("Second Sight" or "Company") was held on May 28, 2021, in Los Angeles, California. Holders of 17,017,775 shares of Second Sight's common stock were represented at the meeting in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. The following are the voting results on each matter submitted to the shareholders of Second Sight at the annual meeting. The proposals acted upon by the shareholders are described in detail in Second Sight's Proxy Statement which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2021.

  

Proposal 1: The shareholders elected each of the six director nominees to the Board of Directors of the Company to serve until the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified, as follows: 

 

Nominee

 

For

 

Withheld/

Abstentions

 

Broker

Non-Votes

Gregg Williams

 

11,717,164

 

125,819

 

5,174,792

Aaron Mendelsohn

 

11,710,856

 

132,127

 

5,174,792

Jonathan Will McGuire

 

11,727,547

 

115,436

 

5,174,792

Matthew Pfeffer

 

11,728,271

 

114,712

 

5,174,792

Dean Baker

 

11,734,708

 

108,275

 

5,174,792

Alexandra Larson

 

11,728,992

 

113,991

 

5,174,792

 

Proposal 2: The shareholders, on an advisory basis, ratified the appointment of Gumbiner Savett Inc. as Second Sight’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021, as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker

Non-Votes

16,790,398

 

142,622

 

84,755

 

0

 

Proposal 3: The shareholders, on a non-binding basis, ratified the compensation of our named executive officers:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker

Non-Votes

11,546,765

 

207,655

 

88,563

 

5,174,792

 

Proposal 4: The shareholders, on an advisory basis, indicated the preferred frequency of shareholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:

 

 

 

For

1 Yr.

 

11,651,980

2 Yr.

 

     102,607

3 Yr.

 

       46,399

Abstentions

 

       41,997

Broker Non Vote

 

  5,174,792

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01

Other Events

On June 1, 2021, the Company issued a press release entitled “Second Sight Medical Products Announces Results of its 2021 Annual Meeting”.  The press release is attached to this report on form 8-K as exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

  

(d)

Exhibits.

 

 

99.1

Press Release “Second Sight Medical Products Announces Results of its 2021 Annual Meeting” dated June 1, 2021

 

 

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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.  

Date: June 1, 2021

SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.

 

 

/s/ Edward Sedo

By: Edward Sedo

Acting Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

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