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8-K filed May 8, 2026, 7:59 PM ET ticker NKTR CIK 0000906709
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Nektar enters $150M ATM equity agreement; appoints Linda Rubinstein as interim CFO

NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS

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Appointed (interim)

Linda Rubinstein

interim Chief Financial Officer
NKTR · NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS
Effective
2026-05-15
Filed
May 8, 2026, 7:59 PM ET
Effective May 15, 2026, Linda Rubinstein, a partner of FLG, will serve as the interim Chief Financial Officer and the principal financial and accounting officer of the Company.
Departed (interim)

Sandra Gardiner

interim Chief Financial Officer
NKTR · NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS
Effective
2026-05-15
Successor
Linda Rubinstein
Filed
May 8, 2026, 7:59 PM ET
On May 7, 2026, the Company announced that Sandra Gardiner will be retiring and stepping down as interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective May 15, 2026.

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Executive change SEC 8-K Item 5.02 confidence 0.95

Linda Rubinstein was appointed as interim Chief Financial Officer at NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS.

Action
appointed
Role
interim Chief Financial Officer
Exact text from the filing
Effective May 15, 2026, Linda Rubinstein, a partner of FLG, will serve as the interim Chief Financial Officer and the principal financial and accounting officer of the Company.
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Executive change SEC 8-K Item 5.02 confidence 0.95

Sandra Gardiner departed as interim Chief Financial Officer at NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS.

Action
retiring and stepping down
Role
interim Chief Financial Officer
Exact text from the filing
On May 7, 2026, the Company announced that Sandra Gardiner will be retiring and stepping down as interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective May 15, 2026.
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Material Agreements SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02 confidence 0.9

NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS entered into Equity Distribution Agreement with Guggenheim Securities, LLC and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC valued at $150,000,000 (effective 2026-05-08).

Action
entry
Agreement
atm program
Counterparty
Guggenheim Securities, LLC and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC
Value
$150,000,000
Effective
2026-05-08
Exact text from the filing
On May 8, 2026, Nektar Therapeutics (the “Company”) entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Guggenheim Securities, LLC (“Guggenheim Securities”) and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright”), pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time in its sole discretion, shares of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) having an aggregate offering price of up to $150,000,000 (the “Shares”), through Guggenheim Securities and Wainwright as its sales agents.
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