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): 

January 17, 2013

 

 

 

 


 

Enzo Biochem, Inc.

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

New York

 

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


 

 

 

001-09974

13-2866202

   

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

527 Madison Avenue

 

 

New York, New York

 

10022

     

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)


 

(212) 583-0100

 

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

          Enzo Biochem, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on January 17, 2013. The following matters, all of which were set forth in the Proxy Statement, were voted on at the Annual Meeting. The final results of such voting are as indicated below.

          1. Election of the two nominees listed below to serve as a Class I Directors on the Board of Directors of the Company, to hold office for a term of three (3) years or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominees

 

For

 

Withhold

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gregory M. Bortz

 

17,062,105

 

1,766,667

 

N/A

 

15,579,417

 

Dov Perlysky

 

15,892,960

 

2,935,812

 

N/A

 

15,579,417

 

          2. Approve, in a nonbinding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,964,546

 

7,835,955

 

28,271

 

15,579,417

 

          3. Ratification of the Company’s appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending July 31, 2013:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,159,922

 

172,924

 

75,343

 

0

 

          On the basis of the above votes, (i) the nominees listed above were elected to serve as Class I Directors on the Board of Directors of the Company, to hold office for a term of three (3) years or until his successor has been duly elected and qualified; (ii) the proposal to approve, in a nonbinding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved; and (iii) the proposal to ratify the Company’s appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending July 31, 2013 was approved.


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

          At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted an amendment to the Company’s Bylaws fixing the number of directors constituting the Board to five from six.

          The Bylaws are filed as Exhibit 3.1 and are incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

 

3(ii)

Amended and Restated to Bylaws of Enzo Biochem, Inc.



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.

 

 

 

 

 

ENZO BIOCHEM, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

Date: January 18, 2013

By: 

  /s/ Barry Weiner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barry Weiner

 

 

 

President

 



EXHIBIT INDEX

3(ii) Amended and Restated Bylaws of Enzo Biochem, Inc.