DEFR14A

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 1)

 

 

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Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

 

(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This amendment replaces in its entirety the proxy card in the Proxy Statement filed April 30, 2015. Please note no changes have been made to the body of the proxy statement itself, and the form of the proxy card that is being mailed to the Company’s shareholders is the correct version. This amendment applies only to the version of the proxy card originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2015.


 

DICERNA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

87 CAMBRIDGEPARK DRIVE

CAMBRIDGE, MA 02140

 
        
     

Investor Address Line 1

Investor Address Line 2

Investor Address Line 3

Investor Address Line 4

Investor Address Line 5

John Sample

1234 ANYWHERE STREET

ANY CITY, ON A1A 1A1

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VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com

Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on June 24, 2015. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

 

ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE PROXY MATERIALS

If you would like to reduce the costs incurred by our company in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy materials electronically in future years.

 

VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903

Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on June 24, 2015. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.

 

VOTE BY MAIL

Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.

   

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THE COMPANY NAME INC. - COMMON

THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS A

THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS B

THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS C

THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS D

THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS E

THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS F

THE COMPANY NAME INC. - 401 K

 

  

 

SHARES

  

 

 

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TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:            x

KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS

 

DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY

THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.

 

                                                                            

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    The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:                                
   

 

1.

  

 

Election of Directors

     

For

 

  

Against

 

  

Abstain

 

                                
   

 

1a

  

 

Douglas M. Fambrough

  

 

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1b

  

 

Brian K. Halak

  

 

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      The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3.                
   

 

1c

  

 

Stephen J. Hoffman

  

 

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For

  

 

  Against

 

 

Abstain

       
   

 

1d

 

1e

  

 

Peter Kolchinsky

 

Dennis H. Langer

  

 

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2   To ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015

  

 

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1f

  

 

David M. Madden

  

 

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3    To adopt and approve our Amended

      and Restated 2014 Performance

       Incentive Plan

  

 

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    1g    Bruce Peacock    ¨    ¨    ¨      

 

NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof

               
                                              
                   
                     

 

Investor Address Line 1

Investor Address Line 2

Investor Address Line 3

Investor Address Line 4

Investor Address Line 5

John Sample

1234 ANYWHERE STREET

ANY CITY, ON A1A 1A1

       
            

 

Yes

  

 

No

               
   

 

Please indicate if you plan to attend this meeting

  

 

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Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer.

               
                                      

 

SHARES

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting: The Annual Report, Notice and Proxy Statement is/are available at www.proxyvote.com.

 

 

 

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Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Annual Meeting of Stockholders

June 25, 2015 9:00 AM

This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors

 

    
 

 

The undersigned hereby appoints Douglas M. Fambrough, III and James E. Dentzer, or either of them, as proxies, each with full power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this ballot, all of the shares of stock of Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at 9 AM Eastern Time on June 25, 2015, at 87 Cambridgepark Drive, Cambridge, MA 02140, and any adjournment or postponement thereof, with discretionary authority to vote on any other matter that may properly come before the meeting. You hereby revoke all proxies previously given.

 

This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein. If no such direction is made, this proxy will be voted “FOR” all of the director nominees listed in Proposal 1, “FOR” Proposal 2 and “FOR” Proposal 3 as more specifically indicated in the Proxy Statement, and at the direction of the proxies on any other matter that may properly come before the meeting. If you vote by telephone or Internet, you do not need to mail back this proxy.

 

Continued and to be signed on reverse side