---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-023389"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SRZN"
cik: "0001824893"
company_name: "Surrozen, Inc./DE"
filed_at: "2023-05-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T18:28:02.744347+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Surrozen stockholders re-elect three directors and ratify EY as auditor for 2023

## Summary
- Annual meeting held May 18, 2023; 18,247,744 of 30,079,441 shares represented.
- Directors Shao-Lee Lin, Mace Rothenberg, and David Woodhouse re-elected to three-year terms.
- Each director received over 10.9M votes for; broker non-votes were 3,087,115.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for FY2023: 18,240,296 for, 499,008 against, 4,440 abstain.
- No other matters submitted to shareholder vote.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-023389
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SRZN
- cik: 0001824893
- company_name: Surrozen, Inc./DE
- filed_at: 2023-05-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824893/000095017023023389/0000950170-23-023389-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824893/000095017023023389/srzn-20230518.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Surrozen, Inc./DE shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: The voting results with respect to the proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 were as follows: For Against Abstain 18,240,296 499,008 4,440 Accordingly, the Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824893/000095017023023389/0000950170-23-023389-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Surrozen, Inc./DE shareholders approved Election of three nominees to serve as directors until 2026 Annual Meeting at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: The votes cast for or withheld for each director nominee were as follows: Director Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Shao-Lee Lin, M.D., Ph.D. 10,955,283 4,205,346 3,087,115 Mace Rothenberg, M.D. 11,843,735 3,316,894 3,087,115 David J. Woodhouse, Ph.D. 17,744,296 3,316,894 3,087,115 Accordingly, the three nominees listed above were each elected to serve as a director of the Company until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until the election and qualification of his or her successor, subject to his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824893/000095017023023389/0000950170-23-023389-index.htm

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