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): October 6, 2020

CHF Solutions, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware
001-35312
No. 68-0533453
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

12988 Valley View Road, Eden Prairie, MN 55344
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(952) 345-4200
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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, par value $0.0001
per share
CHFS
Nasdaq Capital Market

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

On October 6, 2020, CHF Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) of CHF Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”), which was conducted in a virtual format via live webcast.

The following proposals were brought before the meeting:
1.
To approve an amendment to the Company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan to (i) increase the annual replenishment of the share reserve to 17% of the total number of fully diluted shares on December 31st of the preceding calendar year, (ii) remove and delete certain references to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, and (iii) increase the aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options;
2.
To approve an amendment to our Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to effect a reverse split of our outstanding common stock at a ratio in the range of 1-for-5 to 1-for-30, to be determined at the discretion of our Board of Directors, whereby each outstanding 5 to 30 shares would be combined, converted and changed into 1 share of our common stock, to enable the Company to comply with the Nasdaq Stock Market’s continued listing requirements; and
3.
To authorize one or more adjournments of the Special Meeting to solicit additional proxies in the event there are insufficient votes to approve Proposal 1 and 2.

Proposals 1 and 3 required an affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote and present at the Special Meeting, in person or by proxy.  Proposal 2 required an affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed on September 11, 2020 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A total of 62,140,350 shares of the Company’s common stock were present at the Special Meeting in person or by proxy, which represents approximately 75.71% of the shares of common stock outstanding as of the record date for the Special Meeting.

(b) The results of the voting are shown below.

Proposal 1—   To approve an amendment to the Company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan to (i) increase the annual replenishment of the share reserve to 17% of the total number of fully diluted shares on December 31st of the preceding calendar year, (ii) remove and delete certain references to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, and (iii) increase the aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options:

VOTES FOR
 
VOTES AGAINST
 
ABSTAIN
 
BROKER
NON-VOTES
34,812,198
 
5,083,325
 
473,658
 
N/A

Proposal 2—  To approve an amendment to our Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to effect a reverse split of our outstanding common stock at a ratio in the range of 1-for-5 to 1-for-30, to be determined at the discretion of our Board of Directors, whereby each outstanding 5 to 30 shares would be combined, converted and changed into 1 share of our common stock, to enable the Company to comply with the Nasdaq Stock Market’s continued listing requirements:

VOTES FOR
 
VOTES AGAINST
 
ABSTAIN
 
BROKER
NON-VOTES
47,840,019
 
14,096,613
 
203,713
 
N/A

Proposal 3—  To authorize one or more adjournments of the Special Meeting to solicit additional proxies in the event there are insufficient votes to approve Proposal 1 and 2:

VOTES FOR
 
VOTES AGAINST
 
ABSTAIN
 
BROKER
NON-VOTES
49,335,196
 
12,504,671
 
300,483
 
N/A


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: October 9, 2020
CHF SOLUTIONS, INC.
   
 
By:
/S/ CLAUDIA DRAYTON
 
       
 
Name:
Claudia Drayton
 
 
Title:
Chief Financial Officer