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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001299130-24-000146"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PACB"
cik: "0001299130"
company_name: "PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC."
filed_at: "2024-06-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T03:15:22.406352+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PACB shareholders approve 20M share increase, board declassification, officer exculpation

## Summary
- Stockholders approved amendment to 2020 Equity Incentive Plan, adding 20,000,000 shares for issuance.
- Board declassification over three-year period beginning at 2025 annual meeting approved.
- Amendment limiting officer liability as permitted by Delaware law approved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001299130-24-000146
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PACB
- cik: 0001299130
- company_name: PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-06-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1299130/000129913024000146/0001299130-24-000146-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1299130/000129913024000146/pacb-20240618.htm

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