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accession: "0000950170-24-072462"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TERN"
cik: "0001831363"
company_name: "Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-06-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T04:54:09.641201+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Terns Pharmaceuticals shareholders elect Kindler and Burroughs as directors; ratify Ernst & Young as auditor

## Summary
- Jeffrey Kindler elected with 45,958,352 votes for, 6,735,358 withheld, 5,131,121 broker non-votes.
- Amy Burroughs elected with 52,570,019 votes for, 123,691 withheld, 5,131,121 broker non-votes.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY2024 with 57,570,954 for, 23,950 against, 229,927 abstentions.
- Annual Meeting held June 10, 2024; 64,674,780 shares outstanding and entitled to vote as of record date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-072462
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TERN
- cik: 0001831363
- company_name: Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-06-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831363/000095017024072462/0000950170-24-072462-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831363/000095017024072462/tern-20240610.htm

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