ARDELYX INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: To elect two Class I directors to hold office until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified: Onaiza Cadoret-Manier

ARDELYX INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Onaiza Cadoret-Manier”): 106,512,641 for, 18,450,860 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 17, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 85% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 56 asset managers below reported 54,994,000 for, 2,220 against, 7,029,629 withheld, 84,230 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect two Class I directors to hold office until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified: William A. Bertrand, Jr., Esq.

ARDELYX INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: William A. Bertrand, Jr., Esq.”): 100,210,607 for, 24,752,894 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 17, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 80% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 56 asset managers below reported 54,711,723 for, 2,220 against, 7,310,300 withheld, 85,836 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: To approve the Amended and Restated 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan;

ARDELYX INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Approval of the Amendment and Restatement of the Company's 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan”): 119,752,756 for, 4,639,502 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 17, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal No. 3 - Approval of the Amendment and Restatement of the Company's 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan The Company's stockholders approved the proposal to amend and restate the Company's 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 60 asset managers below reported 62,649,489 for.

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Description as filed by funds: To approve the Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Award Plan;

ARDELYX INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Approval of the Amendment and Restatement of the Company's 2014 Equity Incentive Award Plan”): 78,258,953 for, 46,104,633 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 17, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal No. 2 - Approval of the Amendment and Restatement of the Company's 2014 Equity Incentive Award Plan The Company's stockholders approved the proposal to amend and restate the Company's 2014 Equity Incentive Award Plan.”
Support: 63% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 59 asset managers below reported 37,104,045 for, 25,195,444 against.

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Description as filed by funds: To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement accompanying this notice pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Say-on-Pay");

ARDELYX INC.’s own tally for this item (“4. Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, of the Say-On-Pay proposal”): 116,195,368 for, 7,710,125 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 17, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal No. 4 - 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.”
Support: 94% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 57 managers: 62,241,965 for, 54,304 against. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 136 managers: 70,242,702 for, 942,711 against, 333 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: To ratify the selection, by the Audit and Compliance Committee of our Board of Directors, of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024; and

ARDELYX INC.’s own tally for this item (“5. Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Accounting Firm”): 167,099,574 for, 3,561,017 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 17, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal No. 5 - Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Accounting Firm The Company's stockholders ratified the selection, 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 3…”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 58 asset managers below reported 62,287,417 for, 11,072 against.

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