# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001088856
**File Stem:** 0001628280-26-038793
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 9993
**Document Hash:** 5efb9faa6e6e8dcc3c44ed08ea9df426
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001628280-26-038793.hdr.sgml**: 20260528

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001628280-26-038793

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 11

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260521

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260528

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260528

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001088856
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 03 Life Sciences
- **EIN:** 770487658
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-50679
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261035518

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 101 REDWOOD SHORES PARKWAY
- **CITY:** REDWOOD CITY
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94065
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 650.688.8803

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 101 REDWOOD SHORES PARKWAY
- **CITY:** REDWOOD CITY
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94065

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 8-K** 

**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

May 21, 2026

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

**Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated** 

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)**

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| **Delaware** | **000-50679** | **77-0487658** |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |

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**101 Redwood Shores Parkway, Redwood City, CA 94065** 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

**(650) 327-3270**

Registrant's telephone number, including area code

**Not Applicable**

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common Stock, $0.001 par value | CORT | The Nasdaq Capital Market |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

☐

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**Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.**

On May 21, 2026, Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (the "Company") held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders approved the Amendment to the Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated 2024 Incentive Award Plan (the "Amended 2024 Plan") to increase the number of shares available thereunder by 8,000,000 shares and clarify certain other language in the plan. The Amended 2024 Plan was previously approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, subject to stockholder approval. The Amended 2024 Plan became effective on May 21, 2026 upon stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting and replaces the Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated 2024 Incentive Award Plan.

A description of the material terms of the Amended 2024 Plan was included in "Proposals to be Acted upon at the 2026 Annual Meeting - Proposal No. 4 - Approval of the Amendment to the Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated 2024 Incentive Award Plan" in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2026, and which description and text are incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended 2024 Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

**Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders**

On May 21, 2026, the Company held the Annual Meeting to consider and vote on the following proposals: 1) to elect eight directors to hold office until its 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, 2) to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, 3) to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, and 4) to approve the Amended 2024 Plan.

A total of 107,356,686 shares of the Company's common stock held by stockholders of record at the close of business on April 9, 2026 were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The total number of shares voted at the Annual Meeting was 93,270,175. The voting on the four matters is set forth below:

Proposal 1 - Election of Directors. The following directors were elected to serve until the Company's 2027 annual meeting of stockholders.

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| **<u>Director</u>** | **<u>For</u>** | **<u>Withheld</u>** | **<u>Broker Non-Votes</u>** |
| Gregg Alton | 67977943 | 9316514 | 15975718 |
| G. Leonard Baker, Jr. | 64912506 | 12381951 | 15975718 |
| Joseph K. Belanoff, M.D. | 76965512 | 328945 | 15975718 |
| David L. Mahoney | 51078278 | 26216179 | 15975718 |
| Joshua M. Murray | 76753606 | 540851 | 15975718 |
| Kimberly Park | 70288833 | 7005624 | 15975718 |
| Daniel N. Swisher, Jr. | 67594098 | 9700359 | 15975718 |
| James N. Wilson | 72730017 | 4564440 | 15975718 |

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Proposal 2 - The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 was ratified.

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|:---|:---|
| For | 92,656,473 |
| Against | 569,010 |
| Abstain | 44,692 |
| Broker Non-Votes |  |

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Proposal 3 - The compensation of named executive officers was approved, on an advisory basis.

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|:---|:---|
| For | 72,511,429 |
| Against | 4,560,385 |
| Abstain | 222,643 |
| Broker Non-Votes | 15,975,718 |

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Proposal 4 - The amendment to the Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated 2024 Incentive Award Plan was approved.

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| For | 53,163,364 |
| Against | 23,867,363 |
| Abstain | 263,730 |
| Broker Non-Votes | 15,975,718 |

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**Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits**

**(d) Exhibits**

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| **Exhibits No.** | **Description** |
| 10.1 | <u>[Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated 2024 Incentive Award Plan](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001088856/000162828026025735/cort-20260417.htm#ib2254349db214897b295e9370c5c7783_776)[(](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001088856/000162828026025735/cort-20260417.htm#ib2254349db214897b295e9370c5c7783_776)[as](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001088856/000162828026025735/cort-20260417.htm#ib2254349db214897b295e9370c5c7783_776)[A](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001088856/000162828026025735/cort-20260417.htm#ib2254349db214897b295e9370c5c7783_776)[mended](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001088856/000162828026025735/cort-20260417.htm#ib2254349db214897b295e9370c5c7783_776)[)](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001088856/000162828026025735/cort-20260417.htm#ib2254349db214897b295e9370c5c7783_776)[(incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 1](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001088856/000162828026025735/cort-20260417.htm#ib2254349db214897b295e9370c5c7783_776)[7](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001088856/000162828026025735/cort-20260417.htm#ib2254349db214897b295e9370c5c7783_776)[, 202](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001088856/000162828026025735/cort-20260417.htm#ib2254349db214897b295e9370c5c7783_776)[6](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001088856/000162828026025735/cort-20260417.htm#ib2254349db214897b295e9370c5c7783_776)[).](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001088856/000162828026025735/cort-20260417.htm#ib2254349db214897b295e9370c5c7783_776)</u> |
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**SIGNATURE**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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| | | **CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INCORPORATED** | **CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INCORPORATED** |
| Date: | May 28, 2026 | By: | /s/ Atabak Mokari |
|  |  |  | Name: Atabak Mokari |
|  |  |  | Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |

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