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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-032172"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARDX"
cik: "0001437402"
company_name: "ARDELYX, INC."
filed_at: "2025-06-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T02:42:45.642954+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ardelyx shareholders approve equity plan amendment increasing share reserve by 10M shares

## Summary
- Shareholders approved first amendment to 2014 equity plan, raising authorized shares from 58.5M to 68.5M.
- David Mott (92.1M for) and Michael Raab (101.2M for) elected as Class II directors.
- Say-on-pay proposal approved with ~91% of votes cast in favor (131.3M for).
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for FY2025 approved (182.5M for).
- Approximately 187.2M shares voted out of 239.3M outstanding; broker non-votes were 44.1M on most proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-032172
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARDX
- cik: 0001437402
- company_name: ARDELYX, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-06-18T23:59:59+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, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437402/000162828025032172/0001628280-25-032172-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437402/000162828025032172/ardx-20250618.htm

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