---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-047061"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001564824"
company_name: "Allakos Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T11:54:18.256389+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Allakos board reclassifies director Dolca Thomas; Janney and Sutherland not re-nominated

## Summary
- Daniel Janney and E. Rand Sutherland, Class III directors, not nominated for re-election at 2024 annual meeting; no disagreement with management or board.
- Dolca Thomas resigned as Class I director effective upon election at annual meeting, nominated as Class III director to balance board classes.
- Board size reduced to 7 directors; Thomas's compensation unchanged, no new plan or arrangement entered into.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-047061
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001564824
- company_name: Allakos Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564824/000095017024047061/0000950170-24-047061-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564824/000095017024047061/allk-20240419.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-047061
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-047061.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-047061.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  E. Rand Sutherland departed as Class III Director at Allakos Inc..
  - Action: not nominated for re-election
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: neither Daniel Janney nor E. Rand Sutherland, current Class III directors, were nominated by the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Allakos Inc. (the “ Company ”) for re-election at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “ Annual Meeting ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564824/000095017024047061/0000950170-24-047061-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dolca Thomas changed role as Director (reclassified from Class I to Class III) at Allakos Inc..
  - Action: reclassified
  - Role: Director (reclassified from Class I to Class III)
  source text: Dolca Thomas, M.D., tendered her resignation as a Class I director, to be effective immediately upon the election of directors at the Annual Meeting, and Dr. Thomas has been nominated by the Board for election at the Annual Meeting as a Class III director (the “ Reclassification ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564824/000095017024047061/0000950170-24-047061-index.htm
- Executive change
  Daniel Janney departed as Class III Director at Allakos Inc..
  - Action: not nominated for re-election
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: neither Daniel Janney nor E. Rand Sutherland, current Class III directors, were nominated by the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Allakos Inc. (the “ Company ”) for re-election at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “ Annual Meeting ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564824/000095017024047061/0000950170-24-047061-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.