# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000906709
**File Stem:** 0001213900-26-065845
**Filing Date:** 2026-6
**Character Count:** 6075
**Document Hash:** 808693846e35ead7f118124d4968d38f
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001213900-26-065845.hdr.sgml**: 20260605

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001213900-26-065845

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 11

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260605

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

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260605

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260605

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000906709
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 03 Life Sciences
- **EIN:** 943134940
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-24006
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261069578

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 455 MISSION BAY BOULEVARD SOUTH
- **CITY:** SAN FRANCISCO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94158
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 4154825300

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 455 MISSION BAY BOULEVARD SOUTH
- **CITY:** SAN FRANCISCO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94158

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** INHALE THERAPEUTIC SYSTEMS INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19980723

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** INHALE THERAPEUTIC SYSTEMS
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19940303

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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**

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 5, 2026

**NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS**

**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)**

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| **Delaware** | **0-24006** | **94-3134940** |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction <br> of Incorporation)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(IRS Employer<br> Identification No.)** |

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**455 Mission Bay Boulevard South**

**San Francisco, California 94158**

**(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)**

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (415) 482-5300

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:

☐ 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, $0.0001 par value | NKTR | 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 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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. ☐

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

At the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of Nektar Therapeutics, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), held on June 4, 2026 (the "Annual Meeting"), the following actions were taken. The proposals below are described in detail in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2026.

**Proposal 1**

The individual listed below was elected, by a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors, to serve on the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") until the Company's 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

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| Nominee | For | For | Against | Against | Abstain | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | Broker Non-Votes |
| Howard W. Robin |  | 13164879 |  | 4975288 |  | 286175 |  | 4588835 |

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In addition to the directors elected above, Jeffrey Ajer, Diana Brainard, Robert Chess, R. Scott Greer and Roy Whitfield continue to serve as directors after the Annual Meeting.

**Proposal 2**

The proposal to approve an amendment to the Amended and Restated 2017 Performance Incentive Plan to increase the aggregate number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance thereunder by 3,000,000 shares was approved with the following votes.

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| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| 13160661 | 4902925 | 362756 | 4588835 |

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**Proposal 3** 

The proposal to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 was approved with the following votes.

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| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| 22591556 | 118592 | 305029 | 0 |

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**Proposal 4**

The proposal to approve the non-binding advisory resolution regarding our executive compensation was approved with the following votes.

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| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| 18154226 | 161005 | 111111 | 4588835 |

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**SIGNATURES**

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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|:---|:---|:---|
|  | NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS | NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS |
| Date: June 5, 2026 | By: | /s/ Elizabeth Zhang |
|  |  | Elizabeth Zhang |
|  |  | *Vice President, Legal* |

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