8-K

KODIAK SCIENCES INC.

Date: June 6, 2024

/s/ Victor Perlroth

Victor Perlroth, M.D.

Chief Executive Officer

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 4, 2024

Kodiak Sciences Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

001-38682

27-0476525

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1200 Page Mill Road

Palo Alto, CA

94304

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 281-0850

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common stock, par value $0.0001

KOD

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On June 4, 2024, Kodiak Sciences Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, proxies representing 44,850,410 shares of the Company’s common stock, or 85.37% of the total shares entitled to vote, were present and voted on the following proposals, which are described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2024:

Proposal One - Election of Class III Directors.

The following nominees were each elected as a Class III director to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualified.


Nominee	For	Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Felix J. Baker, Ph.D.	27,555,597	13,043,671	4,251,142
Victor Perlroth, M.D.	39,408,580	1,466,194	3,975,636

Proposal Two – Advisory Approval of the Compensation of Named Executive Officers.

The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved, on an advisory basis, by the stockholders.


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
36,430,878	4,405,093	39,312	3,975,127

Proposal Three – Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 was ratified.


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
44,168,820	65,022	616,568	—

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.