---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-015683"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001029142"
company_name: "DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORP"
filed_at: "2025-01-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T06:20:52.530432+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dynavax appoints two new directors; two directors to resign before 2025 annual meeting

## Summary
- Lauren Silvernail (Class I) and Emilio Emini (Class III) appointed effective Feb 3, 2025.
- Each receives initial grant of 42,750 stock options and 8,636 RSUs, vesting over 3 years.
- Peggy V. Phillips and Julie Eastland to resign effective immediately before 2025 Annual Meeting; not due to disagreements.
- Board size increased to 11, then decreased to 9 effective prior to 2025 Annual Meeting.
- Silvernail to serve as Audit Committee chair from 2025 Annual Meeting; annual cash retainer of $50k, plus $25k for chair role.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-015683
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001029142
- company_name: DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORP
- filed_at: 2025-01-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1029142/000119312525015683/0001193125-25-015683-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1029142/000119312525015683/d64200d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-015683.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lauren Silvernail was appointed as Director at DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 26, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Dynavax Technologies Corporation (the “Company”) appointed (i) Lauren Silvernail to serve as a Class I Director, to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2025 Annual Meeting”) and (ii) Emilio Emini, Ph.D. to serve as a Class III Director, to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, in each case effective as of February 3, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1029142/000119312525015683/0001193125-25-015683-index.htm
- Executive change
  Peggy V. Phillips retired as Director at DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 26, 2025, Peggy V. Phillips, a member of the Board, notified the Company that she will be retiring from the Board, effective immediately prior to the 2025 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1029142/000119312525015683/0001193125-25-015683-index.htm
- Executive change
  Julie Eastland resigned as Director at DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 26, 2025, Julie Eastland, a member of the Board, notified the Company that she will be resigning from the Board, effective immediately prior to the 2025 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1029142/000119312525015683/0001193125-25-015683-index.htm
- Executive change
  Emilio Emini was appointed as Director at DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 26, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Dynavax Technologies Corporation (the “Company”) appointed (i) Lauren Silvernail to serve as a Class I Director, to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2025 Annual Meeting”) and (ii) Emilio Emini, Ph.D. to serve as a Class III Director, to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, in each case effective as of February 3, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1029142/000119312525015683/0001193125-25-015683-index.htm

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