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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-104647"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVKD"
cik: "0001937993"
company_name: "Cadrenal Therapeutics, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-29T20:05:25+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:48:12.601729+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.28
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.28
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cadrenal holders approve equity plan boost to 1,000,000 shares and 960,000-share warrant issuance

## Summary
- Stockholders approved Amendment No. 2 to the 2022 Successor Equity Incentive Plan, raising the share reserve by 323,542 shares to 1,000,000 shares; the ISO limit was also raised to 1,000,000.
- Quang X. Pham was elected Class I director with 1,039,666 votes for and 14,342 withheld, to serve until the 2029 annual meeting.
- Holders approved issuance of up to 960,000 shares of common stock upon exercise of Series C-1 warrants issued in the private placement that closed July 1, 2026, per Nasdaq Rule 5635(d).
- WithumSmith+Brown, P.C. ratified as independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 (2,110,693 for, 39,121 against, 5,527 abstentions).
- Record date July 27, 2026: 3,567,592 shares outstanding, with 2,155,341 shares represented (quorum) at the September 24, 2026 meeting; the adjournment proposal passed but was not needed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-104647
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVKD
- cik: 0001937993
- company_name: Cadrenal Therapeutics, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-29T20:05:25+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.28
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.28
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1937993/000121390026104647/0001213900-26-104647-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1937993/000121390026104647/ea0306613-8k_cadrenal.htm

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