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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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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 21, 2023

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SILK ROAD MEDICAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware

001-38847

20-8777622

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

1213 Innsbruck Drive

Sunnyvale, California

94089

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(408) 720-9002

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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, Par Value $0.001 Per Share

SILK

Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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

At an Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Silk Road Medical, Inc. (the “Company”) held on June 21, 2023, the Company’s stockholders adopted and approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to eliminate or limit the personal liability of certain officers of the Company to the extent permitted by recent amendments to Delaware law (the “Charter Amendment”). A description of the Charter Amendment can be found in “Proposal No. 3. Approval of an Amendment to Our Certificate of Incorporation to Eliminate or Limit the Personal Liability of Officers” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 28, 2023. The Charter Amendment became effective upon the filing of a Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Silk Road Medical, Inc. (the “Certificate of Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 21, 2023.

The foregoing description of the Charter Amendment is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

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

The Company held an Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 21, 2023 (the “Annual Meeting”).

As of the close of business on April 24, 2023, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 38,727,141 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Each share of common stock was entitled to one vote. Stockholders holding an aggregate of 35,403,960 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, representing 91.41% of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock as of the record date, and which constituted a quorum thereof, were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders considered four proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the SEC on April 28, 2023.

The final results of such stockholder voting on each proposal brought before the Annual Meeting are set forth below:

Proposal No. 1 - Election of Directors. The three Class I and two Class III director nominees proposed by the Board of Directors of the Company were elected to serve as members of the Board of Directors until the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified by the following final voting results:

Votes For

Votes Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Class I Director Nominees

Rick D. Anderson

32,437,130

1,740,452

1,226,378

Jack W. Lasersohn

31,582,599

2,594,983

1,226,378

Erica J. Rogers

33,787,354

390,228

1,226,378

Class III Director Nominees

Elizabeth H. Weatherman

23,943,783

10,233,799

1,226,378

Donald J. Zurbay

27,214,958

6,962,624

1,226,378


Proposal No. 2 - Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation. The Company’s stockholders did not approve the advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s executive officers named in the Company’s definitive proxy statement. The following are final voting results:

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes Abstained

Broker Non-Votes

13,904,626

20,247,589

25,367

1,226,378

Proposal No. 3 - Approval of an Amendment to Our Certificate of Incorporation to Eliminate or Limit the Personal Liability of Officers. The Company’s stockholders adopted and approved the Charter Amendment by the following final voting results:

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes Abstained

Broker Non-Votes

29,708,779

3,623,071

845,732

1,226,378

Proposal No. 4 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023, was approved by the Company’s stockholders by the following final voting results:

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes Abstained

Broker Non-Votes

35,191,470

190,320

22,170

0

Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)Exhibits.

Exhibit No.

Description

3.1

Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Silk Road Medical, Inc. (filed herewith)

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL)


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.

SILK ROAD MEDICAL, INC.

Date: June 23, 2023

By:

/s/ Kevin M. Klemz

Name:

Kevin M. Klemz

Title:

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Exhibit 31 Amended and Restated COI

Delaware

The First State

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I, JEFFREY W. BULLOCK, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF “SILK ROAD MEDICAL, INC.”, FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF JUNE, A.D. 2023, AT 6:34 O`CLOCK P.M.

































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4319923 8100

Authentication: 203598752

SR# 20232820521

Date: 06-22-23

You may verify this certificate online at corp.delaware.gov/authver.shtml



 


 

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF

SILK ROAD MEDICAL, INC.



Pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware



Silk Road Medical, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Corporation"), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify as follows:



l.    The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended by replacing Section 8.1 of Article VIII so that it would state in its entirety as follows:



"8.1 Limitation of Personal Liability. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended from time to time, a director or officer of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer. If the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors or officers, then the liability of a director or officer of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended."



2.  The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended by replacing the final paragraph of Section 8.2 of Article VIII so that it would state in its entirety as follows:



"Any repeal or amendment of this Article VIII by the stockholders of the Corporation or by changes in law, or the adoption of any other provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article VIII will, unless otherwise required by law, be prospective only (except to the extent such amendment or change in law permits the Corporation to further limit or eliminate the liability of directors or officers) and shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision."



3.  The foregoing amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of  Incorporation to be executed this 21st day of June, 2023, in its name and on its behalf by its Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, pursuant to Section 103 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.





 

 



SILK ROAD MEDICAL, INC.



 



By: /s/ Kevin M. Klemz



Name: Kevin M. Klemz



Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary







 

State of Delaware

 

Secretary of State

 

Division of Corporations

 

Delivered 06:34 PM 06/21/2023

 

FILED 06:34 PM 06121/2023

 

SR 20232820521 - File Number 4319923