---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-142882"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VCNX"
cik: "0001205922"
company_name: "VACCINEX, INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T02:13:21.594178+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vaccinex shareholders elect directors, ratify auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- Elected Gerald E. Van Strydonck and Barbara Yanni as directors for three-year terms ending 2026.
- Van Strydonck received 26,745,493 votes for and 213,769 withheld; Yanni 26,763,394 for and 195,868 withheld.
- Ratified Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor for FY2023 with 34,406,314 for, 108,269 against, 83,727 abstentions.
- Broker non-votes on director election were 7,639,048 for each nominee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-142882
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VCNX
- cik: 0001205922
- company_name: VACCINEX, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-12T23:59:59+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/1205922/000119312523142882/0001193125-23-142882-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1205922/000119312523142882/d482780d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  VACCINEX, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained 34,406,314 108,269 83,727
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1205922/000119312523142882/0001193125-23-142882-index.htm

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