---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-267830"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NKTX"
cik: "0001787400"
company_name: "Nkarta, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-11T20:59:06+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T21:00:09.909267+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nkarta shareholders elect directors, approve auditor and say-on-pay, choose 1-year frequency

## Summary
- Ali Behbahani and Zachary Scheiner elected as Class III directors with 32.3M and 37.3M votes for, respectively.
- Ernst & Young ratified as auditor for FY2026 with 53.7M for, 76K against, 20K abstain.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 43.5M for, 3.3M against, 38.7K abstain.
- Shareholders voted for 1-year frequency on future say-on-pay; company will hold annual votes.
- Broker non-votes of 6.9M on director election and say-on-pay proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-267830
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NKTX
- cik: 0001787400
- company_name: Nkarta, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-11T20:59:06+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787400/000119312526267830/0001193125-26-267830-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787400/000119312526267830/nktx-20260610.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Nkarta, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class III directors at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: The stockholders elected the following two Class III directors to serve until the Company’s 2029 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The voting results were as follows: For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Ali Behbahani, M.D., M.B.A. 32,285,680 14,559,531 6,934,994 Zachary Scheiner, Ph.D. 37,313,469 9,531,742 6,934,994
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787400/000119312526267830/0001193125-26-267830-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Nkarta, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Approval of the Compensation Paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: The stockholders approved, on a non- binding, advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers. The voting results were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 43,493,065 3,313,424 38,722 6,934,994
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787400/000119312526267830/0001193125-26-267830-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Nkarta, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: The stockholders voted, on a non-binding, advisory basis, on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers. The voting results were as follows: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 34,447,256 21,461 4,565,940 354,355 6,934,994
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787400/000119312526267830/0001193125-26-267830-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Nkarta, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026. The voting results were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 53,684,352 76,073 19,780 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787400/000119312526267830/0001193125-26-267830-index.htm

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