{"url_path":"/sec/ardx/8-k/2026-06-17/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-17","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437402/0001437402-26-000029-index.html","accession_number":"0001437402-26-000029","cik":"0001437402","ticker":"ARDX","issuer_name":"ARDELYX, INC.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437402/0001437402-26-000029-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001437402","primary_entity_name":"ARDELYX, INC."},"word_count":354,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.\n\nOn June 16, 2026, the Company held its 2026 Annual Meeting virtually. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on April 22, 2026, the record date for the 2026 Annual Meeting, were entitled to vote. As of the record date, 247,029,387 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the 2026 Annual Meeting. At the 2026 Annual Meeting, 189,207,950 shares of the Company’s common stock were voted in person or by proxy for the five proposals set forth below, each of which is described in the Proxy Statement.\n\nProposal No. 1 - Election of Directors\n\nThe Company’s stockholders elected the Class III director nominees below to the Company’s Board to hold office until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected.\n\nClass II Director Nominees\nVotes ForVotes WithheldBroker Non-Votes\n\nRobert Bazemore143,174,3224,616,48041,417,148\n\nMuna Bhanji, R.Ph121,228,08126,562,72141,417,148\n\nRichard Rodgers141,495,7376,295,06541,417,148\n\nProposal No. 2 - Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, of the Say-On-Pay proposal\n\nThe Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the Say-On-Pay proposal.\n\nVotes ForVotes AgainstAbstentionsBroker Non-Votes\n\n137,617,7869,413,395759,62141,417,148\n\nProposal No. 3 - Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, of the Say-On-Frequency proposal\n\nThe Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the frequency of a Say-On-Pay vote occurring every one (1) year.\n\nOne YearTwo YearsThree YearsAbstentionsBroker Non-Votes\n\n141,539,889671,4513,426,6692,152,79341,417,148\n\nAfter taking into consideration the foregoing voting results and the Board’s prior recommendation in favor of an annual advisory stockholder vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, the Board intends to hold future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every year.\n\nProposal No. 4 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Accounting Firm\n\nThe Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment, by the Audit Committee of the Board, of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.\n\nVotes ForVotes AgainstAbstentionsBroker Non-Votes\n\n186,182,3402,012,9701,012,640—\n\nProposal No. 5 - Approval of the Equity Plan Amendment\n\nThe Company’s stockholders approved the Equity Plan Amendment.\n\nVotes ForVotes AgainstAbstentionsBroker Non-Votes\n\n77,395,30569,720,789674,70841,417,148"}