---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001108205-23-000051"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRIS"
cik: "0001108205"
company_name: "CURIS INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T11:12:59.452028+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Curis shareholders elect directors, approve say-on-pay, and ratify auditor at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Martyn D. Greenacre and Kenneth I. Kaitin elected as Class III directors with 30.4M and 26.8M votes for, respectively.
- Nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 27.7M for, 2.9M against.
- Shareholders recommended future say-on-pay votes every 1 year with 30.1M votes for that frequency.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for FY2023 passed with 60.4M for, 818k against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001108205-23-000051
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRIS
- cik: 0001108205
- company_name: CURIS INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108205/000110820523000051/0001108205-23-000051-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108205/000110820523000051/cris-20230523.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001108205-23-000051
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001108205-23-000051.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001108205-23-000051.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CURIS INC shareholders approved Election of Class III directors at the 2023-05-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-23
  source text: 1. The following nominees were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) as Class III directors for terms of three years expiring at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders: Name For Withheld Broker Non-votes Martyn D. Greenacre 30,381,457 1,423,224 30,528,148 Kenneth I. Kaitin, Ph.D 26,754,025 5,050,656 30,528,148
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108205/000110820523000051/0001108205-23-000051-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CURIS INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-05-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-23
  source text: 2. A nonbinding advisory proposal on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved: For Against Abstain Broker Non-votes 27,694,106 2,897,742 1,212,833 30,528,148
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108205/000110820523000051/0001108205-23-000051-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CURIS INC shareholders approved Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor at the 2023-05-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-23
  source text: 4. The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified: For Against Abstain 60,410,407 818,940 1,103,482
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108205/000110820523000051/0001108205-23-000051-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CURIS INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of say-on-pay at the 2023-05-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-23
  source text: 3. The stockholders recommended, in a nonbinding advisory vote, that future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers be held every one year: Every 1 Year Every 2 Years Every 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-votes 30,138,922 553,855 411,702 700,202 30,528,148
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108205/000110820523000051/0001108205-23-000051-index.htm

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