---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-013745"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PSTV"
cik: "0001095981"
company_name: "PLUS THERAPEUTICS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-04-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T21:06:44.441708+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Plus Therapeutics stockholders approve reverse stock split authorization at annual meeting

## Summary
- Reverse stock split approved; ratio of 1:3 to 1:15 to be set by board at a later date.
- All six director nominees elected, including Marc Hedrick and Howard Clowes.
- BDO USA ratified as independent auditor for 2023; say-on-pay passed with 4.58M for.
- Stockholders favored one-year frequency for future advisory votes on executive compensation.
- Amended 2020 Stock Incentive Plan approved; preferred stock (50M votes) voted proportionally on split.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-013745
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PSTV
- cik: 0001095981
- company_name: PLUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095981/000095017023013745/0000950170-23-013745-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095981/000095017023013745/pstv-20230420.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  PLUS THERAPEUTICS, INC. shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-04-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-20
  source text: 3. Proposal to provide a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers: For Against Abstain 4,580,421 1,735,989 179,468
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095981/000095017023013745/0000950170-23-013745-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PLUS THERAPEUTICS, INC. shareholders approved Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock, at a ratio of not less than 1-for-3 and not greater than 1-for-15 at the 2023-04-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: reverse split
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-20
  source text: 5. Proposal to approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to effect a reverse stock split of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock, at a specific ratio, ranging from one-for-three (1:3) to one-for-fifteen (1:15): For Against Abstain 52,798,957 12,179,757 517,698
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095981/000095017023013745/0000950170-23-013745-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PLUS THERAPEUTICS, INC. shareholders approved Election of six directors to serve until the 2024 annual meeting or until their successors are duly elected and qualified at the 2023-04-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-20
  source text: 1. Proposal to elect six directors to serve until the 2024 annual meeting or until their successors are duly elected and qualified: For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Howard Clowes 5,306,629 1,189,249 9,000,533 An van Es-Johansson 5,387,484 1,108,394 9,000,533 Richard J. Hawkins 5,364,397 1,131,481 9,000,533 Marc H. Hedrick, M.D. 5,700,185 795,693 9,000,533 Robert Lenk 5,308,285 1,187,593 9,000,533 Greg Petersen 5,675,200 820,678 9,000,533
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095981/000095017023013745/0000950170-23-013745-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PLUS THERAPEUTICS, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the 2023 fiscal year at the 2023-04-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-20
  source text: 2. Proposal to ratify the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the 2023 fiscal year: For Against Abstain 14,681,590 617,972 196,849
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095981/000095017023013745/0000950170-23-013745-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PLUS THERAPEUTICS, INC. shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of holding future non-binding advisory votes on executive officer compensation at the 2023-04-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-20
  source text: 4. Proposal to provide a non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of holding future non-binding advisory votes on executive officer compensation: One Year Two Years Three Years Abstain 5,695,824 105,972 401,874 292,208
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095981/000095017023013745/0000950170-23-013745-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PLUS THERAPEUTICS, INC. shareholders approved Approval of the third amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2020 Stock Incentive Plan at the 2023-04-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-20
  source text: 6. Proposal to approve the third amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2020 Stock Incentive Plan: For Against Abstain 4,279,475 2,112,637 103,766
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095981/000095017023013745/0000950170-23-013745-index.htm

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