---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-289077"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLRX"
cik: "0001746473"
company_name: "PLIANT THERAPEUTICS, INC."
filed_at: "2022-11-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T15:58:16.392587+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pliant Therapeutics director Neil Exter retires; board size reduced to eight

## Summary
- Neil Exter retired from the Board and Compensation Committee effective November 16, 2022.
- Retirement not due to any disagreement with the company on operations, policies, or practices.
- Board size reduced from nine to eight members, effective November 17, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-289077
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLRX
- cik: 0001746473
- company_name: PLIANT THERAPEUTICS, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-11-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1746473/000119312522289077/0001193125-22-289077-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1746473/000119312522289077/d421789d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Neil Exter retired as Member of the Board of Directors at PLIANT THERAPEUTICS, INC..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On November 16, 2022, Neil Exter, MBA, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) since 2015, notified the Board that he would retire from the Board and as a member of the Compensation Committee of the Board, in each case effective as of November 16, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1746473/000119312522289077/0001193125-22-289077-index.htm

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