Company: LGNZZ
Filing Date: 2025-04-22
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000886163-25-000025
Chunk: 73

Company: LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-22
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 73
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 for submitting a stockholder proposal for inclusion in our proxy statement and form of proxy for the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders is December 23, 2025 (120 calendar days in advance of the anniversary of the date of this proxy statement), unless the date of the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders is changed by more than 30 days from the anniversary of the 2025 annual meeting, in which case the deadline for such proposals will be a reasonable time before we begin to print and send our proxy materials. These proposals must comply with the requirements as to form and substance established by the SEC in Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act for such proposals in order to be included in the proxy statement.

Stockholders intending to present a proposal at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders, but not to include the proposal in our proxy statement, or to nominate a person for election as a director must comply with the requirements set forth in our amended and restated bylaws. Our amended and restated bylaws require, among other things, that our Secretary receive written notice from the stockholder of record of their intent to present such proposal or nomination not more than 120 days nor less than 90 days nor prior to the one-year anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting. Therefore, the Company must receive notice of such a proposal or nomination for the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders no earlier than February 6,
2026 and no later than March 8, 2026. In the event that the date of the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, then our Secretary must receive such written notice not later than the 90th day prior to the 2026 annual meeting or, if later, the 10th day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such meeting is first made by the Company. SEC rules permit management to vote proxies in its discretion in certain cases if the stockholder does not comply with this deadline and, in certain other cases, notwithstanding the stockholder’s compliance with this deadline. Stockholders are advised to review our amended and restated bylaws which also specify requirements as to the form and content of a stockholder’s notice. Our current amended and restated bylaws are available at the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov, or upon written request to our Corporate Secretary at the address listed below.

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Stockholder proposals and director nominations should be directed to Corporate