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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-013807"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BCAB"
cik: "0001826892"
company_name: "BioAtla, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T04:25:42.148944+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BioAtla faces class action over advance notice bylaws; board waives challenged provisions for 2024 meeting

## Summary
- Upendar Golla filed putative class action in Delaware Chancery on Feb 6, 2024 against BioAtla and its Board.
- Lawsuit challenges certain advance notice bylaw provisions as invalid and alleges breach of fiduciary duties.
- Board will not enforce challenged provisions for 2024 annual meeting, easing disclosure requirements for stockholders.
- Company reserves right to waive compliance with any advance notice provisions for the meeting in its sole discretion.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-013807
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BCAB
- cik: 0001826892
- company_name: BioAtla, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1826892/000095017024013807/0000950170-24-013807-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1826892/000095017024013807/bcab-20240206.htm

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