Relay Therapeutics, Inc 8-K, filed Jun 9, 2026
Relay Therapeutics, Inc. (RLAY)
About this 8-K
Relay Therapeutics, Inc filed this 8-K on June 9, 2026.
Items reported
- Item 5.03: Charter or bylaw amendment, or fiscal year change
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On June 9, 2026, Relay Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Second Amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock from 300,000,000 shares to 450,000,000 shares. The increase in the number of authorized shares was approved by the holders of a majority of the votes cast on the matter at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), as described in Item 5.07 below.
The foregoing description of the Certificate of Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 9, 2026, the Company held its Annual Meeting to consider and vote on the four proposals set forth below, each of which is described in detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2026. The final voting results are set forth below.
Proposal 1. Election of directors.
The Company’s stockholders elected each of the following individuals to serve as class III directors for a three-year term ending at the Company’s 2029 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her respective successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal, with the votes cast as follows:
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Douglas S. Ingram |
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120,859,999 |
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26,195,825 |
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24,200,700 |
Claire Mazumdar, Ph.D. |
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122,859,060 |
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24,196,764 |
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24,200,700 |
Proposal 2. Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation.
The Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, with the votes cast as follows:
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143,849,919 |
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3,154,118 |
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51,787 |
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24,200,700 |
Proposal 3. Ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm.
The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, with the votes cast as follows:
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Abstain |
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171,030,133 |
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204,449 |
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21,942 |
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Proposal 4. Approval of amendment to the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended.
The Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 300,000,000 shares to 450,000,000 shares, with the votes cast as follows:
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Abstain |
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170,323,683 |
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909,020 |
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23,821 |
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No other matters were submitted to or voted on by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
3.1 |
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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.
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RELAY THERAPEUTICS, INC. |
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June 9, 2026 |
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/s/ Soo-Yeun Lim |
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Soo-Yeun Lim |
Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF SECOND AMENDMENT
OF
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
RELAY THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Relay Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “General Corporation Law”),
DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:
RESOLVED, that the first paragraph of ARTICLE IV of the Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, is hereby replaced in its entirety to read as follows:
“The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 460,000,000 of which (i) four hundred and fifty million (450,000,000) shares shall be a class designated as common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and (ii) ten million (10,000,000) shares shall be a class designated as undesignated preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Undesignated Preferred Stock”).”
In Witness Whereof, this Certificate of Second Amendment has been executed by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation on this 9th day of June, 2026.
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/s/ Sanjiv K. Patel |
Name: Sanjiv K. Patel
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer