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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and KODIAK SCIENCES INC.’s Form 8-K, filed June 6, 2024 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 14, 2026.
Meeting of June 4, 2024: 4 items on KODIAK SCIENCES INC.’s Form 8-K, filed June 6, 2024: 2 elected · 2 approved.
Material dissent: a director nominee under 80% of the votes cast, say-on-pay under 70%, any other item the board put forward under 80%, or a shareholder proposal with more than 50%, on the company’s own Form 8-K tally. How this is decided
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These tallies are KODIAK SCIENCES INC.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed June 6, 2024 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.
| Ballot item | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Broker non-votes | Support (of votes cast) | Reported outcome | Voting standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elect Director: Felix J. Baker, Ph.D. | 27,555,597 | -- | -- | 13,043,671 | 4,251,142 | 68% | Elected | — |
| Elect Director: Victor Perlroth, M.D. | 39,408,580 | -- | -- | 1,466,194 | 3,975,636 | 96% | Elected | — |
| 2. Advisory Approval of the Compensation of Named Executive Officers | 36,430,878 | 4,405,093 | 39,312 | -- | 3,975,127 | 89% | Approved | — |
| 3. Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 44,168,820 | 65,022 | 616,568 | -- | -- | 99.8% | Approved | — |
Source: KODIAK SCIENCES INC., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on June 6, 2024 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 137 asset managers that disclosed a KODIAK SCIENCES INC. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report.
Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
68% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Elect two Class III directors nominated by our board and named in this proxy statement: Felix J. Baker, Ph.D.
KODIAK SCIENCES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Felix J. Baker, Ph.D.”): 27,555,597 for, 13,043,671 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 6, 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: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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.”
Support: 68% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 51 asset managers below reported 2,902,840 for, 3,922,953 withheld.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 1,656,454 | 0 | 0 | 32,000 | For |
| BlackRock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,615,727 | Withhold |
| Fidelity | 782,895 | 0 | 0 | 19,497 | For |
| Invesco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 649,255 | Withhold |
| BRUCE FUND INC | 423,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 263,410 | Withhold |
| Goldman Sachs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206,104 | Withhold |
| Dimensional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 191,312 | Withhold |
| SEI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138,370 | Withhold |
| Equitable | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125,175 | Withhold |
| BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114,200 | Withhold |
| Nationwide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79,306 | Withhold |
| QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58,852 | Withhold |
| TIAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53,947 | Withhold |
| American Century | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46,411 | Withhold |
| MFS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46,223 | Withhold |
| TARGET PORTFOLIO TRUST | 38,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33,510 | Withhold |
| Lincoln Financial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28,170 | Withhold |
| Thrivent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19,208 | Withhold |
| Putnam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16,220 | Withhold |
| AIG/SunAmerica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15,984 | Withhold |
| State Street | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13,859 | Withhold |
| Pacific Life | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13,781 | Withhold |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13,697 | Withhold |
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Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
96% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Elect two Class III directors nominated by our board and named in this proxy statement: Victor Perlroth, M.D.
KODIAK SCIENCES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Victor Perlroth, M.D.”): 39,408,580 for, 1,466,194 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 6, 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: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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.”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 51 asset managers below reported 6,615,972 for, 209,821 withheld.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 1,688,454 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 1,615,727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 802,392 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 649,255 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRUCE FUND INC | 423,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 263,410 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 206,104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 191,312 | Withhold |
| SEI | 138,370 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 125,175 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 114,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Nationwide | 79,306 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC | 58,852 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 53,947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 46,411 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MFS | 46,223 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TARGET PORTFOLIO TRUST | 38,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 33,510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 27,015 | 0 | 0 | 1,155 | For |
| Thrivent | 19,208 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Putnam | 16,220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AIG/SunAmerica | 15,984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 13,859 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Pacific Life | 13,781 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 13,697 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 51 asset managers. See all 51 in the interactive database.
Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
89% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Kodiak's named executive officers, as disclosed in the proxy statement.
KODIAK SCIENCES INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Advisory Approval of the Compensation of Named Executive Officers”): 36,430,878 for, 4,405,093 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 6, 2024 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The compensation of the Company's named executive officers was approved, on an advisory basis, by the stockholders.”
Support: 89% 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).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 1,688,454 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 1,615,727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 802,392 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 0 | 649,255 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| BRUCE FUND INC | 423,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 263,410 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 0 | 206,104 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Dimensional | 0 | 191,312 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| SEI | 0 | 138,370 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Equitable | 125,175 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 0 | 114,200 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Nationwide | 55,108 | 24,198 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC | 58,852 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 0 | 53,947 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| American Century | 0 | 46,411 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| MFS | 46,223 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TARGET PORTFOLIO TRUST | 0 | 38,200 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 33,510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 27,015 | 1,155 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Thrivent | 19,208 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Putnam | 0 | 16,220 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| AIG/SunAmerica | 15,984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 13,859 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Pacific Life | 13,781 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 13,697 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 51 managers: 5,326,250 for, 1,499,543 against. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER BROS. ADVISORS LP | 17,310,490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 1,664,542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| EcoR1 Capital, LLC | 1,613,600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ICONIQ Capital, LLC | 0 | 1,016,864 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Newtyn Management, LLC | 0 | 1,000,000 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| TCG Crossover Management, LLC | 899,999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SILVERARC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 854,805 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | 818,539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 707,146 | 113 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University | 691,767 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 678,461 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 0 | 659,330 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC | 576,240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| DE Shaw | 414,610 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 263,410 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Renaissance | 231,815 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP | 203,455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp | 164,261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 157,618 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Point72 | 146,787 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SEI | 0 | 138,499 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Northern Trust | 134,503 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Wellington | 0 | 131,732 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Dimensional | 0 | 131,441 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | 0 | 125,495 | 0 | 0 | Against |
Institutional-manager reports, all 107 managers: 28,102,775 for, 3,760,798 against. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99.8% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024.
KODIAK SCIENCES INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm”): 44,168,820 for, 65,022 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 6, 2024 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “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.”
Support: 99.8% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 51 asset managers below reported 6,825,632 for, 161 against.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 1,688,454 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 1,615,727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 802,392 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 649,255 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRUCE FUND INC | 423,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 263,410 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 206,104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 191,312 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SEI | 138,370 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 125,175 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 114,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Nationwide | 79,306 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC | 58,852 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 53,947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 46,411 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MFS | 46,223 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TARGET PORTFOLIO TRUST | 38,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 33,510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 28,170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Thrivent | 19,208 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Putnam | 16,220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AIG/SunAmerica | 15,984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 13,859 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Pacific Life | 13,781 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 13,697 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 51 asset managers. See all 51 in the interactive database.
Ranked separately for each type of Form N-PX report. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two tables can list the same shares and are never added together. Each is ranked by the shares voted on the item that the most managers of that type reported, shown as a share of the 52,523,447 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanguard | 3.21% |
| 2 | BlackRock | 3.08% |
| 3 | Fidelity | 1.53% |
| 4 | Invesco | 1.24% |
| 5 | BRUCE FUND INC | 0.81% |
| 6 | Charles Schwab | 0.50% |
| 7 | Goldman Sachs | 0.39% |
| 8 | Dimensional | 0.36% |
| 9 | SEI | 0.26% |
| 10 | Equitable | 0.24% |
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BAKER BROS. ADVISORS LP | 32.96% |
| 2 | BlackRock | 3.17% |
| 3 | EcoR1 Capital, LLC | 3.07% |
| 4 | ICONIQ Capital, LLC | 1.94% |
| 5 | Newtyn Management, LLC | 1.90% |
| 6 | TCG Crossover Management, LLC | 1.71% |
| 7 | SILVERARC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 1.63% |
| 8 | ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | 1.56% |
| 9 | State Street | 1.35% |
| 10 | Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University | 1.32% |
As disclosed to the SEC in Form 13F (quarter-end holdings of 30 large managers), Schedules 13D and 13G (beneficial ownership above 5%) and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A). Each row names its form.
| Holder | % outstanding | Disclosure |
|---|---|---|
| Felix J. Baker, Ph.D. | 33.09% | DEF14A |
| Entities affiliated with Baker Bros. Advisors LP | 32.96% | DEF14A |
| Victor Perlroth, M.D. | 15.11% | DEF14A |
| D. Victor Perlroth, M.D. | 10.96% | 13G |
| Entities affiliated with BlackRock, Inc. | 7.68% | DEF14A |
| BlackRock | 5.62% | 13F |
| Vanguard Group | 3.71% | 13F |
| D.E. Shaw | 1.99% | 13F |
| John A. Borgeson | 1.83% | DEF14A |
| State Street | 1.42% | 13F |
Percentages above are of 52,523,447 shares outstanding, as reported by KODIAK SCIENCES INC. on its Form 10-Q dated March 31, 2024 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2023-2024 meeting, not today’s. Each holding is as of its own filing, which may be dated before or after the meeting.
Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered funds disclose how they voted every proxy and institutional managers disclose their votes on executive pay (say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and golden parachutes), and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from KODIAK SCIENCES INC.’s 10-Q dated March 31, 2024. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 14, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
At KODIAK SCIENCES INC.'s shareholder meeting held June 4, 2024, in the 2023-2024 proxy season, 137 asset managers reported how they voted on 4 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 761 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — Approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Kodiak's named executive officers, as… — KODIAK SCIENCES INC.'s filing reports the proposal as approved, with 89% support of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side). Source: KODIAK SCIENCES INC.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2024.
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