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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-101688"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PTGX"
cik: "0001377121"
company_name: "Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc"
filed_at: "2024-09-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T02:44:34.849289+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Daniel N. Swisher Jr. resigns from Protagonist board; board reduced to six

## Summary
- Daniel N. Swisher Jr. resigned from the Board effective September 17, 2024; no disagreement with company operations.
- Swisher will continue as an advisor to the company under an advisory agreement.
- Sarah A. O'Dowd appointed to the Audit Committee effective September 19, 2024.
- Board size reduced from seven to six members concurrent with Swisher's resignation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-101688
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PTGX
- cik: 0001377121
- company_name: Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc
- filed_at: 2024-09-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1377121/000110465924101688/0001104659-24-101688-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1377121/000110465924101688/tm2424445d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-101688.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Daniel N. Swisher Jr. resigned as Member of the Board of Directors at Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On September 17, 2024, Daniel N. Swisher Jr., a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) and a member of the Audit Committee of the Board, resigned from the Board, effective September 17, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1377121/000110465924101688/0001104659-24-101688-index.htm

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