---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001609550-26-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "INSP"
cik: "0001609550"
company_name: "Inspire Medical Systems, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T23:23:29.014884+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Inspire Medical shareholders approve declassification, 2.6M-share increase to equity plan

## Summary
- Stockholders approved phasing out classified board; all directors to be elected annually starting 2029.
- Approved amendment of 2018 Incentive Award Plan: adds 2.6M shares (total authorized 9.9M), removes evergreen, extends term to 2036.
- Elected Class II directors: Ellis, Melenikiotou, Mead Jr. with >17M votes for each.
- Ratified Ernst & Young as auditor (25.1M for); approved say-on-pay (22.5M for) with 1-year frequency (22.9M for).
- Proposal 5 (declassification) passed with 23.1M for; Proposal 6 (equity plan) passed with 14.3M for; broker non-votes not counted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001609550-26-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: INSP
- cik: 0001609550
- company_name: Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1609550/000160955026000026/0001609550-26-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1609550/000160955026000026/insp-20260430.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001609550-26-000026.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: ca0df37489976f4de75e1dc8a1825e2f2859805b
  claim: Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.: Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation to phase out classified board structure and provide for annual election of all directors beginning with 2029 annual meeting, effective May 1, 2026 (effective 2026-05-01).
  evidence_excerpt: On May 1, 2026, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, which became effective upon filing.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1609550/000160955026000026/0001609550-26-000026-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.