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, 2016

AMICUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (609) 662-2000

(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:

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d)  On June 9, 2016, Craig A. Wheeler was elected to the Board of Directors of Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) as a Class II director. Mr. Wheeler joins the Board of Directors as an independent director and is expected to serve on the Compensation Committee and Science and Technology Committee.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Wheeler and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Wheeler was elected as director of the Company. There are no relationships or transactions in which Mr. Wheeler has or will have an interest, or was or is a party, requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

(e) On June 9, 2016, the stockholders of the Company approved the Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) at the Company’s 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The amendments to the Plan make an additional 15,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock available for issuance as equity incentive awards.  Only 5,000,000 shares may be granted or sold as awards of restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock grants and any other similar awards.

The foregoing description of the Plan is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Plan filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

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

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders elected John F. Crowley, Margaret G. McGlynn, R.Ph., Michael G. Raab and Glenn P. Sblendorio as Class III directors to serve a three-year term expiring at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successors have been elected. In addition, the stockholders (i) approved the Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, (ii) approved the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock in connection with a specific milestone payment that may become payable to the former Scioderm stockholders in accordance with the NASDAQ Rules, (iii) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, and (iv) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers. The final voting results on these matters were as follows:

1.                                      Election of Directors.

2.                                      Approval of the Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan.

3.                                      Approval of the issuance of Company common stock to pay a certain milestone payment that may become due to former Scioderm stockholders.

4.                                      Ratification of Ernst & Young LLC as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2016.

5.                                      Approval, on an advisory basis, of the Company’s executive compensation.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:

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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.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

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