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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-011050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAPR"
cik: "0001133869"
company_name: "CAPRICOR THERAPEUTICS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-06-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T01:50:04.743894+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Capricor Therapeutics amends charter to extend officer exculpation under DGCL

## Summary
- Stockholders approved the amendment on June 12, 2023.
- Certificate of Amendment filed with Delaware Secretary of State on June 13, 2023, effective same day.
- Amendment extends exculpation of monetary liability to officers for breach of fiduciary duty, as permitted by DGCL Section 102(b)(7).
- Previously only directors were exculpated; change aligns with Delaware law update effective August 1, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-011050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAPR
- cik: 0001133869
- company_name: CAPRICOR THERAPEUTICS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-06-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133869/000155837023011050/0001558370-23-011050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133869/000155837023011050/capr-20230612x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-011050.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  CAPRICOR THERAPEUTICS, INC.: Amended the Certificate of Incorporation to add exculpation of officers for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty, as permitted by Delaware law (effective 2023-06-13).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-06-13
  source text: On June 13, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of Delaware to effect the Amendment, effective as of June 13, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133869/000155837023011050/0001558370-23-011050-index.htm

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