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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): July 27, 2022

 

SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

California   001-36747   02-0692322

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

         

 13170 Telfair Ave 

Sylmar, California

91342
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (818) 833-5000

 

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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
   

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

Warrants

 

EYES

EYESW

 

Nasdaq

Nasdaq

         

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 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Second Sight Medical Products Inc. (“Second Sight” or “Company”) was held on July 27, 2022 (the “Annual Meeting”). Holders of 27,621,649 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.

  

Proposal 1: A proposal to approve the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated February 4, 2022, by and between the Company and Nano Precision Medical, Inc., a California corporation (“NPM”), pursuant to which NPM will merge with and into NPM Acquisition Corp., a California corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, with NPM surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company was approved as set forth below:

 

Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes
20,025,356 420,406 157,720 7,018,166

 

Proposal 2: A proposal to amend the Company’s Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock, within a range, as determined by the Company’s board of directors, of one (1) new share for every two (2) to ten (10) (or any number in between) shares outstanding was approved as set forth below:

 

Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes
25,461,881 1,946,693 213,074 N/A

 

Proposal 3: A proposal to amend the Company’s Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, to effect the change of name of the Company to “Vivani Medical, Inc.” was approved as set forth below:

 

Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes
26,729,124 589,489 303,035 N/A

 

 

 

 

Proposal 4: The shareholders elected each of the six director nominees to the Board of Directors of the Company to serve until the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified, as follows: 

 

Name Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes
Gregg Williams 18,908,597 1,694,885 7,018,166
Aaron Mendelsohn 19,915,717 687,765 7,018,166
Jonathan Will McGuire 19,916,497 686,985 7,018,166
Matthew Pfeffer 19,937,903 665,579 7,018,166
Dean Baker 18,832,943 1,770,539 7,018,166
Alexandra Larson 19,002,513 1,600,969 7,018,166

  

Proposal 5: The shareholders approved the Second Sight 2022 Omnibus Plan (the “Second Sight 2022 Plan”), as follows:

 

Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes
18,899,357 1,131,344 572,780 7,018,166

 

Proposal 6: The shareholders, on an advisory basis, ratified the appointment of BPM, LLP. as Second Sight’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, as follows:

 

Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes
27,173,462 293,238 154,948 N/A

 

Proposal 7: A proposal to consider and vote upon an adjournment of the Annual Meeting to solicit additional proxies if there were not sufficient votes in favor of the foregoing proposals was not called to a vote because there were sufficient votes in favor of the foregoing proposals.

 

Item 8.01  Other Events
   

On July 29, 2022, the Company issued a press release entitled “Second Sight Medical Products Announces Shareholder Approval for its Merger with Nano Precision Medical and other Results of its 2022 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 Shareholder Approval for its Merger with Nano Precision Medical and other Results of its 2022 Annual Meeting” dated July 28, 2022.
104 The cover page of this 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.

 

  SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
   
Date: July 29, 2022 By: /s/ Scott Dunbar
    Scott Dunbar
    Acting Chief Executive Officer