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 23, 2023

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 Section12(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 9, 2023, Ocugen, Inc. (the “Company”) opened its 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) virtually. As there was not a sufficient number of shares represented in person or by proxy to constitute a quorum, the Company adjourned the Annual Meeting to June 23, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. ET. At the reconvened Annual Meeting, a total of 113,847,102 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), or 50.28% of the Common Stock outstanding as of April 13, 2023, the record date for the Annual Meeting, were represented virtually or by proxy.

The following is a brief description of the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the shareholders at the Annual Meeting on June 23, 2023:

(a) Proposal 1 - Election of Two Class IIIDirectors. The shareholders elected each director nominee to the Board of Directors to serve as a director until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders 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 shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year, as follows:

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

With regard to Proposal 3, the Company’s Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors takes note of the results of the advisory “say-on-pay” proposal and expects to consider these results and feedback received from the Company’s shareholders, among the factors considered in connection with setting the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

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 27, 2023