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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001384101-23-000112"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VCYT"
cik: "0001384101"
company_name: "VERACYTE, INC."
filed_at: "2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T03:39:08.399310+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Veracyte shareholders approve 2023 Equity Plan and board declassification; officer exculpation fails at annual meeting

## Summary
- Shareholders approved 2023 Equity Incentive Plan, reserving 5,306,156 shares for issuance.
- Board declassification amendment adopted; directors will now stand for annual election.
- Officer exculpation amendment under DGCL 102(b)(7) failed: 43.6M for, 21.2M against, 0.7M abstain.
- Re-elected Class I directors Robert S. Epstein and Evan Jones to serve until 2026.
- Ratified Ernst & Young as 2023 auditor; non-binding say-on-pay approved with 63.6M votes for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001384101-23-000112
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VCYT
- cik: 0001384101
- company_name: VERACYTE, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-06-09T23:59:59+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/1384101/000138410123000112/0001384101-23-000112-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1384101/000138410123000112/vcyt-20230608.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  VERACYTE, INC.: Amended and restated bylaws (Restated Bylaws) effective June 9, 2023, making changes consistent with the Declassification Amendment (effective 2023-06-09).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-06-09
  source text: On June 9, 2023, the Company’s amended and restated bylaws were amended and restated effective upon the filing and effectiveness of the Certificate of Amendment (the “Restated Bylaws”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1384101/000138410123000112/0001384101-23-000112-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  VERACYTE, INC.: Stockholders approved Declassification Amendment to declassify the Board with conforming changes; Certificate of Amendment filed and effective June 9, 2023 (effective 2023-06-09).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-06-09
  source text: On June 9, 2023, the Company filed a certificate of amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to the Current Charter that reflects the Declassification Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State and the Certificate of Amendment became effective on filing.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1384101/000138410123000112/0001384101-23-000112-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  VERACYTE, INC. shareholders approved Approval of the Veracyte, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan at the 2023-06-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-08
  source text: on June 8, 2023, at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Veracyte, Inc. (the “Company”), the Company’s stockholders approved the Company’s 2023 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2023 Plan”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1384101/000138410123000112/0001384101-23-000112-index.htm

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