Company: ARWR
Filing Date: 2025-01-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-002848
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Company: ARROWHEAD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-01-29
Form: DEF 14A
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 ”) is described below in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis of this proxy statement for the year ended September 30, 2024. The Board is asking stockholders to cast a non-binding, advisory vote FOR the following resolution: “RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, as set forth in the compensation tables and narrative discussion, is hereby APPROVED.” Although the vote we are asking you to cast is non-binding, the Compensation Committee and the Board value the views of our stockholders and will consider the outcome of the vote when determining future compensation arrangements for our NEOs. The Board has adopted a policy providing for annual advisory votes to approve executive compensation. Unless stockholders approve a different frequency in Proposal Three or the Board modifies its policy on the frequency of holding advisory votes to approve executive compensation, the next such advisory vote will occur in 2026. Vote Required; Recommendation of the Board Proposal Two must be approved by the Required Vote, assuming a quorum is present. For this purpose, abstentions will be counted as a vote “AGAINST” the proposal, while broker non-votes, if any, will have no effect on the outcome of the vote.

| THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE 
 “FOR”PROPOSAL TWO.                      |

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2025 PROXY STATEMENT Proposal Two — Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation Proposal Three —Advisory Vote on Frequency of Executive Compensation Advisory Votes In Proposal Two, we are asking stockholders to cast an advisory vote to approve the compensation disclosed in this proxy statement that we paid in fiscal 2024 to our named executive officers. This advisory vote is referred to as a “Say-on-Pay” vote. In this Proposal Three, the Board is asking stockholders to cast a non-binding, advisory vote on how frequently we should have Say-on-Pay votes in the future. Stockholders will be able to mark the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction form on whether to hold say-on-pay votes every one, two or three years. Alternatively, you may indicate that you are abstaining from voting. “RESOLVED, that the stockholders of the Company recommend, in a non-binding vote, whether an advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers should occur every one, two or three years.” This vote, like the Say-on-Pay vote itself, is not binding on the Board. Although the Board