8-K

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): June 28, 2024

OCUGEN,

INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

11

Great Valley Parkway

Malvern**,Pennsylvania**

19355

(484

)

328-4701

(Addresses, including zip code, and telephone numbers, including area code, of principal executive offices)

N/A

(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:

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

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. ¨

On June 28, 2024, Ocugen, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) virtually at 8:00 a.m. ET. At the Annual Meeting, a total of 107,738,208 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 (the “Common Stock”), and 107,845,946,208 shares of Series C Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Series C Preferred Stock”), were represented virtually or by proxy. Each whole share of Series C Preferred Stock entitles the holder to one million votes per share.

The following is a brief description of the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders at the Annual Meeting on June 28, 2024:

(a) Proposal 1 - Election of Two Class IDirectors. The stockholders elected each director nominee to the Board of Directors to serve as a director until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successor, if any, is elected or appointed, or upon their earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, or removal, as follows:

(b) Proposal 2 - Ratification of IndependentRegistered Public Accountant. The Company withdrew the proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year.

(c) Proposal 3 - Approval, on an advisorybasis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The stockholders voted to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as follows:

(d) Proposal 4 – Approval of anamendment to the Company’s charter to limit the liability of certain officers of the Company as permitted by recent amendments tothe Delaware General Corporation Law (the ‘DGCL”), as follows:

The stockholders did not approve this proposal.

(e) Proposal 5 – Approval of an amendment to the Company’scharter to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, as follows:

The stockholders approved this proposal.

(f) Proposal 6 – Approval of anamendment to the Company’s charter to adjust voting requirements for certain future amendments to the Company’s charter inaccordance with recent amendments to Section 242(d) of the DGCL, as follows:

The stockholders did not approve this proposal.

(g) Proposal 7 – Approval of anadjournment of the Annual Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the AnnualMeeting to approve all proceeding, as follows:

The stockholders approved this proposal.

SIGNATURE

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.

Date: June 28, 2024