---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-162502"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KOD"
cik: "0001468748"
company_name: "Kodiak Sciences Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T05:44:23.265283+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kodiak Sciences stockholders elect three Class II directors, approve executive compensation, ratify PwC as auditor

## Summary
- Elected Charles A. Bancroft, Bassil I. Dahiyat, and Taiyin Yang as Class II directors with >77% votes for each.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved: 32.5M for, 5.3M against, 43K abstain.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor: 41.4M for, 29K against, 355K abstain.
- Proxies representing 41.78M shares (79.82% of eligible) voted at the meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-162502
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KOD
- cik: 0001468748
- company_name: Kodiak Sciences Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468748/000119312523162502/0001193125-23-162502-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468748/000119312523162502/d517747d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Kodiak Sciences Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class II Directors at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: Proposal One - Election of Class II Directors. The following nominees were each elected as a Class II director to serve until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Charles A. Bancroft 29,577,783 8,223,448 3,979,672 Bassil I. Dahiyat, Ph.D. 35,943,055 1,858,176 3,979,672 Taiyin Yang, Ph.D. 35,936,395 1,864,836 3,979,672
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468748/000119312523162502/0001193125-23-162502-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Kodiak Sciences Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: Proposal Three – Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm . The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 41,396,664 29,004 355,235 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468748/000119312523162502/0001193125-23-162502-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Kodiak Sciences Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Approval of the Compensation of Named Executive Officers at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: Proposal Two – Advisory Approval of the Compensation of Named Executive Officers . The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved, on an advisory basis, by the stockholders. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 32,457,916 5,299,673 43,642 3,979,672
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468748/000119312523162502/0001193125-23-162502-index.htm

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