---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-029394"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PEPG"
cik: "0001835597"
company_name: "PepGen Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T19:17:57.620553+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.05
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PepGen stockholders elect Ashton and Resnick as directors, ratify KPMG as auditor

## Summary
- Christopher Ashton elected with 22,342,065 votes for, 78,780 withheld.
- Joshua Resnick elected with 19,838,946 votes for, 1,570,173 withheld.
- KPMG LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY 2023: 22,610,683 for, 736 against, 0 abstentions.
- Broker non-votes: 190,574 on Ashton election, 1,202,300 on Resnick election; zero on auditor ratification.
- Total shares entitled to vote: 23,782,297; quorum present with 22,611,419 shares represented.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-029394
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PEPG
- cik: 0001835597
- company_name: PepGen Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.05
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835597/000095017023029394/0000950170-23-029394-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835597/000095017023029394/pepg-20230622.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  PepGen Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Accounting Firm at the 2023-06-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-22
  source text: The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP 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/1835597/000095017023029394/0000950170-23-029394-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PepGen Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-06-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-22
  source text: The Company’s stockholders elected the two Class I directors to the Company’s board of directors, to serve until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835597/000095017023029394/0000950170-23-029394-index.htm

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