---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437402-26-000029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARDX"
cik: "0001437402"
company_name: "ARDELYX, INC."
filed_at: "2026-06-17T21:00:54+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T21:02:40.170542+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ardelyx stockholders approve 9M share increase to equity plan, re-elect three directors

## Summary
- Stockholders approved amendment increasing share reserve under 2014 Equity Plan by 9M to 77.46M shares.
- Class III directors Robert Bazemore, Muna Bhanji, and Richard Rodgers re-elected to board until 2029.
- Non-binding say-on-pay proposal approved with 137.6M votes for; say-on-frequency set at every one year.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for FY2026 approved with 186.2M votes for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437402-26-000029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARDX
- cik: 0001437402
- company_name: ARDELYX, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-06-17T21:00:54+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437402/000143740226000029/0001437402-26-000029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437402/000143740226000029/ardx-20260616.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437402-26-000029.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ARDELYX, INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-06-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-16
  source text: Proposal No. 1 - Election of Directors The Company’s stockholders elected the Class III director nominees below to the Company’s Board to hold office until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected. Class II Director Nominees Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Robert Bazemore 143,174,322 4,616,480 41,417,148 Muna Bhanji, R.Ph 121,228,081 26,562,721 41,417,148 Richard Rodgers 141,495,737 6,295,065 41,417,148
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437402/000143740226000029/0001437402-26-000029-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARDELYX, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Accounting Firm at the 2026-06-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-16
  source text: Proposal No. 4 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Accounting Firm The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment, by the Audit Committee of the Board, of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 186,182,340 2,012,970 1,012,640 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437402/000143740226000029/0001437402-26-000029-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARDELYX, INC. shareholders approved Approval of the Equity Plan Amendment at the 2026-06-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-16
  source text: Proposal No. 5 - Approval of the Equity Plan Amendment The Company’s stockholders approved the Equity Plan Amendment. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 77,395,305 69,720,789 674,708 41,417,148
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437402/000143740226000029/0001437402-26-000029-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARDELYX, INC. shareholders approved Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, of the Say-On-Pay proposal at the 2026-06-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-16
  source text: Proposal No. 2 - Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, of the Say-On-Pay proposal The Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the Say-On-Pay proposal. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 137,617,786 9,413,395 759,621 41,417,148
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437402/000143740226000029/0001437402-26-000029-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARDELYX, INC. shareholders approved Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, of the Say-On-Frequency proposal at the 2026-06-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-16
  source text: Proposal No. 3 - Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, of the Say-On-Frequency proposal The Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the frequency of a Say-On-Pay vote occurring every one (1) year. One Year Two Years Three Years Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 141,539,889 671,451 3,426,669 2,152,793 41,417,148
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437402/000143740226000029/0001437402-26-000029-index.htm

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