---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001108205-23-000069"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "CRIS"
cik: "0001108205"
company_name: "CURIS INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T07:24:32.225080+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Curis stockholders approve 1-for-20 reverse stock split and increase in authorized shares

## Summary
- Stockholders approved increase in authorized common shares from 227,812,500 to 455,625,000 at Special Meeting on Sept 26.
- Board set reverse stock split at 1-for-20; effective 5:00 p.m. ET on Sept 28, trading on split-adjusted basis begins Sept 29.
- After reverse split and proportionate reduction, authorized common shares become 22,781,250.
- Reverse split proposal passed with 73M for, 12M against; authorized shares proposal passed with 71M for, 14M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001108205-23-000069
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: CRIS
- cik: 0001108205
- company_name: CURIS INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.03, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108205/000110820523000069/0001108205-23-000069-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108205/000110820523000069/cris-20230926.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  CURIS INC: Effected a 1-for-20 reverse stock split and proportionately reduced authorized common shares to 22,781,250 (effective 2023-09-28).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-09-28
  source text: On September 28, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), the Company filed the Reverse Stock Split Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, which will effect, as of 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Effective Date, the Reverse Stock Split.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108205/000110820523000069/0001108205-23-000069-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  CURIS INC: Increased authorized shares of capital stock from 232,812,500 to 460,625,000 and common stock from 227,812,500 to 455,625,000 (effective 2023-09-26).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-09-26
  source text: The Company filed the Increase in Authorized Shares Certificate of Amendment, which was effective upon filing, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 26, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108205/000110820523000069/0001108205-23-000069-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CURIS INC shareholders approved Increase authorized shares of capital stock from 232,812,500 to 460,625,000 and common stock from 227,812,500 to 455,625,000.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: The amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s capital stock from 232,812,500 to 460,625,000 and the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 227,812,500 to 455,625,000 (the “Authorized Shares Proposal”) was adopted and approved: For Against Abstain 71,422,423 13,859,070 187,356
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108205/000110820523000069/0001108205-23-000069-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CURIS INC shareholders approved Adjourn the Special Meeting to permit further solicitation of proxies if needed.
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: The proposal to adjourn the Special Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, to permit further solicitation of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the adoption and approval of the Authorized Shares Proposal or the Reverse Stock Split Proposal was approved: For Against Abstain 73,292,827 11,478,067 697,955
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108205/000110820523000069/0001108205-23-000069-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CURIS INC shareholders approved Reverse stock split of issued common stock at a ratio of not less than 1-for-5 and not more than 1-for-25.
  - Proposal: reverse split
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: The amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to effect a reverse stock split of the issued shares of Common Stock, by a ratio of not less than 1-for-5 and not more than 1-for-25, and a proportionate reduction in the number of authorized shares of capital stock and Common Stock, such ratio and the implementation and timing of such reverse stock split to be determined in the discretion of the Company’s board of directors without further approval or authorization of the Company’s stockholders (the “Reverse Stock Split Proposal”) was adopted and approved: For Against Abstain 73,031,848 12,284,263 152,738
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108205/000110820523000069/0001108205-23-000069-index.htm

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