---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-089035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HCWB"
cik: "0001828673"
company_name: "HCW Biologics Inc."
filed_at: "2025-06-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T00:02:36.383509+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HCW Biologics director Gary M. Winer resigns after failing to be re-elected at 2025 annual meeting

## Summary
- Gary M. Winer resigned from board effective June 17, 2025; seat will remain vacant.
- Shareholder vote: Scott T. Garrett elected with 534,541 for; Winer had 133,365 for and 410,361 withheld.
- Stockholders ratified Crowe LLP as auditor for FY 2025 (693,874 for, 595 against).
- Broadridge technical glitch prevented some stockholders from virtual meeting; a quorum was present and meeting validly held.
- Replay of annual meeting available at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/HCWB2025 through July 31, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-089035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HCWB
- cik: 0001828673
- company_name: HCW Biologics Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-06-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828673/000095017025089035/0000950170-25-089035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828673/000095017025089035/hcwb-20250617.htm

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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-089035.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-089035.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gary M. Winer resigned as Director at HCW Biologics Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 17, 2025, after the Annual Meeting, HCW Biologics Inc. accepted Gary M. Winer’s resignation from the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828673/000095017025089035/0000950170-25-089035-index.htm

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