Company: DNLI
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001714899-25-000087
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Company: Denali Therapeutics Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
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 determine, in his or her judgment, to obtain the more immediate attention of the appropriate committee of the board or non-management director, of independent advisors, or of Company management, as our Secretary considers appropriate.

Our Secretary may decide in the exercise of his or her judgment whether a response to any stockholder or interested party communication is necessary.

This procedure for stockholder and other interested party communications with the non-management directors is administered by the Company’s corporate governance and nominating committee. This procedure does not apply to (a) communications to non-management directors from officers or directors of the Company who are stockholders, (b) stockholder proposals submitted pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, or (c) communications to our audit committee pursuant to the Complaint Procedures for Accounting and Auditing Matters.

Corporate Governance Guidelines and Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

Our board of directors has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines. These guidelines address items such as the qualifications and responsibilities of our directors and director candidates and corporate governance policies and standards applicable to us in general. In addition, our board of directors has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to all of our employees, officers, and directors, including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating and Financial Officer, and other executive and senior financial officers. The full text of our Corporate Governance Guidelines and our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is posted on our website at https://denalitherapeutics.com/investors in the Corporate Governance section of our Investor & Media Relations web page. We intend to post any amendments to our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, and any waivers of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for directors and executive officers, on the same website.

#### Director Stock Ownership Guidelines
Our non-employee directors are subject to stock ownership guidelines to promote the ongoing alignment of the interests of our directors with the long-term interests of our stockholders. Our guidelines require that each non-employee director own a number of shares of our common stock or other qualifying Company equity with a value equal to at least three times such director’s annual cash retainer for service on our board, and maintain that minimum ownership throughout his or her tenure on our board. Each non-employee director is required to comply with our stock ownership guidelines by the later of April 16, 2026, which is the fifth anniversary of the effective date of the adoption of the guidelines, or the fifth anniversary of such director’s initial appointment or election to our board of directors. If the annual retainer for Board service is increased, each