Company: HRTX
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-060882
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Company: HERON THERAPEUTICS, INC. /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
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 stockholders to vote well before the Annual Meeting, even if they plan to attend the Annual Meeting, using the methods described below and in the Notice or the proxy card you received. In addition, if you received copies of the proxy materials by mail, you can vote by mail by following the instructions on the proxy card. Stockholders who hold our shares in street name should refer to the voting instructions form provided by their broker, bank or other nominee for details on how to provide voting instructions to each person. For additional details, see “How can I vote at the Annual Meeting?” below.

Who can vote at the Annual Meeting?

Only stockholders of record at the close of business on the Record Date will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the close of business on the Record Date, there were 152,530,696 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote.

Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name

If at the close of business on the Record Date, your shares were registered directly in your name, then you are a stockholder of record. As a stockholder of record, you may vote electronically during the Annual Meeting or via one of the methods described in the Notice or the proxy card you received. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we urge you to vote well before the Annual Meeting to ensure your vote is counted.

Beneficial Owner: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker, Bank or Other Nominee

If at the close of business on the Record Date, your shares were held, not in your name, but in an account at a brokerage firm, bank or other nominee, then you are the beneficial owner of shares held in street name, and the Notice will be forwarded to you by your broker, bank or other nominee. The broker, bank or other nominee holding your account is considered to be the stockholder of record for purposes of voting at the Annual Meeting. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker, bank or other nominee on how to vote the shares in your account.

How can I attend the Annual Meeting?

You are entitled to attend the Annual Meeting only if you were a stockholder of record at the close of business on the Record Date or if you hold a valid proxy to vote at the Annual Meeting from a stockholder of record at the close of business on the Record Date.

We will be hosting the Annual Meeting solely by means of remote communication via the Internet.You will not be able to attend the Annual Meeting other than by means of