Form 8-K
8-K — Voyager Therapeutics, Inc.
Accession: 0001104659-26-072324
Filed: 2026-06-10
Period: 2026-06-09
CIK: 0001640266
SIC: 2836 (BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES))
Item: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
Item: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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 9, 2026
Voyager
Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-37625
46-3003182
(State
or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification No.)
75 Hayden Avenue
Lexington,
Massachusetts
02421
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(Zip
Code)
Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code: (857) 259-5340
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, $0.001 par value
VYGR
Nasdaq
Global Select Market
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. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change
in Fiscal Year.
On June 9, 2026, Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. (“Voyager”)
held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2026 Annual Meeting”). At the 2026 Annual Meeting, Voyager’s stockholders
approved an amendment to Voyager’s Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”),
to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s capital stock from 125,000,000 shares to 245,000,000 shares and to
increase the number of authorized shares of Voyager’s common stock from 120,000,000 shares to 240,000,000 shares. The additional
common stock authorized by the Certificate of Amendment has rights identical to Voyager’s currently outstanding common stock. Voyager
filed the Certificate of Amendment, which was effective upon filing, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 9,
2026.
The foregoing summary of the Certificate of Amendment is qualified
in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto
and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The following is a summary of the matters voted on at the 2026 Annual
Meeting.
(a) Voyager’s stockholders elected James A. Geraghty, Steven Hyman, M.D., and Alfred Sandrock, M.D., Ph.D., each to serve as a Class II
director until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until such nominee’s successor has been duly elected and qualified, subject
to such nominee’s earlier death, resignation, or removal. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to the election
of such Class II directors were as follows:
Name
Votes For
Votes
Withheld
Broker
Non-Votes
James A. Geraghty
23,336,364
9,772,133
13,057,844
Steven Hyman, M.D.
30,442,488
2,666,009
13,057,844
Alfred Sandrock, M.D., Ph.D.
31,890,428
1,218,069
13,057,844
(b) Voyager’s stockholders approved a non-binding, advisory proposal regarding the compensation of Voyager’s named executive
officers. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to such proposal were as follows:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
32,041,373
910,087
157,037
13,057,844
(c) Voyager’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Voyager’s independent registered public
accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to such ratification
were as follows:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
45,902,883
108,561
154,897
-
(d) Voyager’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Voyager Therapeutics, Inc.
to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s capital stock from 125,000,000 shares to 245,000,000 shares and increase
the number of authorized shares of common stock from 120,000,000 shares of common stock to 240,000,000 shares of common stock. The results
of the stockholders’ vote with respect to such proposal were as follows:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
43,464,491
2,593,426
108,424
-
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Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit
No.
Description
3.1
Certificate of Amendment of Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, of Voyager Therapeutics, Inc.
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).
3
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.
Date: June 10, 2026
VOYAGER THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By:
/s/ Alfred Sandrock, M.D., Ph.D.
Alfred Sandrock, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director
(Principal
Executive Officer)
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Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF
FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
VoYAGER
therapeutiCS, Inc.
(Pursuant to Section 242 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware)
Voyager Therapeutics, Inc.
(the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the provisions of the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify as follows:
A resolution was duly adopted
by the Board of Directors of the Corporation pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware setting
forth a proposed amendment to the Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and declaring said amendment
to be advisable. The stockholders of the Corporation duly approved said proposed amendment in accordance with Section 242 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The resolution setting forth the amendment is as follows:
RESOLVED:
That the first sentence of Article FOURTH of the Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation be and hereby is deleted in its entirety and the following is inserted in lieu thereof:
“The total number of
shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is two hundred and forty-five million (245,000,000) of which
(i) two hundred and forty million (240,000,000) shares shall be a class designated as common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
“Common Stock”), and (ii) five million (5,000,000) shares shall be a class designated as undesignated preferred stock,
par value $0.001 per share (the “Undesignated Preferred Stock”).”
***
A-1
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate
of Amendment has been executed by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation on this 9th day of June, 2026.
Voyager therapeutiCS, inc.
By:
/s/ Alfred W. Sandrock, Jr., M.D., Ph.D
Alfred W. Sandrock, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
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