Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders - Form 8-K

Item 5.03Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

At the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 1, 2024 (the "Annual Meeting"), the stockholders of GlycoMimetics, Inc. (the "Company") approved (i) an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Restated Certificate") to increase the authorized number of shares of the Company's common stock from 100,000,000 to 150,000,000 shares and (ii) an amendment to the Restated Certificate to include a provision eliminating or limiting monetary liability for specified corporate officers for breach of fiduciary duty in certain actions as permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The increase in the authorized number of shares of the Company's common stock and the addition of the officer exculpation provision were effected pursuant to Certificates of Amendment of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificates of Amendment") filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 1, 2024 and were effective as of such date.

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by the Certificates of Amendment, which are attached as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.