METABOLIX, INC. (NASDAQ:MBLX) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

METABOLIX, INC. (NASDAQ:MBLX) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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

(a) On December 21, 2016, the Company held a Special Meeting of
its stockholders (the Special Meeting).
(b) At the Special Meeting, of the 28,342,625 shares of the
Companys common stock entitled to vote, 22,256,001 shares were
represented at the meeting in person or by proxy, constituting a
quorum. The voting results relating to the amendments to the
Companys 2014 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the 2014 Plan) are
as set forth below. This proposal is described in further detail
in the Companys definitive proxy statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on November 21, 2016 (the
Proxy Statement).
The stockholders approved a proposal authorizing amendments to
the 2014 Plan to increase the number of shares authorized for
issuance thereunder by 5,833,334 shares and to increase certain
limits on individual awards under the 2014 Plan.
Votes For
Votes Against
Votes Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
21,255,575
986,127
14,299


About METABOLIX, INC. (NASDAQ:MBLX)

Metabolix, Inc. is an advanced biomaterials company. The Company operates through the business of developing and commercializing technologies for the production of polymers and chemicals in microbes and plants segment. The Company is focused on delivering solutions to the plastics industry. The Company has its operations in the microbial genetics, fermentation process engineering, chemical engineering, polymer science, plant genetics and botanical science. The Company is focused on a family of biopolymers found in nature called polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), which occur naturally in living organisms and are chemically similar to polyesters. The Company is also focusing on applications where the performance, biodegradability, biocontent and other attributes of its PHA biopolymers provide functional advantages, such as biodegradation, required by such applications, including PHA resins for molded articles and films, as well as PHA latex and other PHA coatings for paper and cardboard.

METABOLIX, INC. (NASDAQ:MBLX) Recent Trading Information

METABOLIX, INC. (NASDAQ:MBLX) closed its last trading session down -0.060 at 0.370 with 589,119 shares trading hands.

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