---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-224037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SRZN"
cik: "0001824893"
company_name: "Surrozen, Inc./DE"
filed_at: "2026-05-14T20:13:22+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T20:14:07.741533+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Surrozen stockholders elect two Class II directors, ratify EY auditor, approve say-on-pay on annual basis

## Summary
- Elected Mace Rothenberg, M.D. (5,982,651 for, 1,107,751 withheld) and David J. Woodhouse (7,087,293 for, 3,109 withheld) as Class II directors.
- Ratified Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor for 2026: 7,744,358 for, 284 against, 27 abstain.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 6,312,815 for, 776,738 against, 849 abstain, 654,267 broker non-votes.
- Stockholders preferred annual say-on-pay frequency (7,068,763 votes for 1 year); board adopted annual advisory vote going forward.
- Total shares represented at meeting: 7,744,669 of 11,486,707 entitled; no proposals opposed by management.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-224037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SRZN
- cik: 0001824893
- company_name: Surrozen, Inc./DE
- filed_at: 2026-05-14T20:13:22+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/1824893/000119312526224037/0001193125-26-224037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824893/000119312526224037/srzn-20260513.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Surrozen, Inc./DE shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K compensation tables and narrative discussions, by the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 6,312,815 776,738 849 654,267
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824893/000119312526224037/0001193125-26-224037-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Surrozen, Inc./DE shareholders approved Election of two Class II directors to serve until 2029 Annual Meeting at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: The votes cast for or withheld for each director nominee, and the number of broker non-votes, were as follows: Director Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Mace Rothenberg, M.D. 5,982,651 1,107,751 654,267 David J. Woodhouse, Ph.D. 7,087,293 3,109 654,267
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824893/000119312526224037/0001193125-26-224037-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Surrozen, Inc./DE shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: The voting results with respect to the proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026 were as follows: For Against Abstain 7,744,358 284 27
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824893/000119312526224037/0001193125-26-224037-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Surrozen, Inc./DE shareholders approved Advisory vote on the preferred frequency of advisory approval of executive compensation at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the frequency of holding an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, by the following votes: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 7,068,763 0 21,636 3 654,267
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824893/000119312526224037/0001193125-26-224037-index.htm

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