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accession: "0001193125-23-164489"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001785173"
company_name: "89bio, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T04:08:01.400163+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# 89bio stockholders approve increase in authorized shares from 110M to 210M

## Summary
- Stockholders voted to increase authorized common shares from 100M to 200M; total authorized shares from 110M to 210M.
- Class I directors elected: Rohan Palekar (56.6M for), Edward Morrow Atkinson III (44.8M), Gregory Grunberg (44.8M).
- Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent auditor approved (63.2M votes for).
- Amendment filed with Delaware Secretary of State effective June 8, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-164489
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001785173
- company_name: 89bio, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1785173/000119312523164489/0001193125-23-164489-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1785173/000119312523164489/d585312d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  89bio, Inc.: Increased authorized shares of Common Stock from 100,000,000 to 200,000,000 and total authorized shares from 110,000,000 to 210,000,000 (effective 2023-06-08).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-06-08
  source text: On June 8, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect the Amendment, which became effective immediately upon such filing.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1785173/000119312523164489/0001193125-23-164489-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  89bio, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of KPMG LLP as Independent Auditor.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 3. Ratification of KPMG LLP as Independent Auditor 63,185,388 17,074 5,639 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1785173/000119312523164489/0001193125-23-164489-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  89bio, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of an Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 2. Approval of an Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation 63,041,980 130,936 35,185 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1785173/000119312523164489/0001193125-23-164489-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  89bio, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class I Directors.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 1. Election of Class I Directors ● Rohan Palekar 56,557,195 93,635 6,557,271 ● Edward Morrow Atkinson III, Ph.D. 44,831,472 11,819,358 6,557,271 ● Gregory Grunberg, M.D. 44,801,040 11,849,790 6,557,271
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1785173/000119312523164489/0001193125-23-164489-index.htm

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