{"url_path":"/sec/pepg/8-k/2026-06-22/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":"2026-06-22","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835597/0001193125-26-277579-index.html","accession_number":"0001193125-26-277579","cik":"0001835597","ticker":"PEPG","issuer_name":"PepGen Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835597/0001193125-26-277579-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001835597","primary_entity_name":"PepGen Inc."},"word_count":335,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"## Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.\n\nThe 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2026 Annual Meeting”) of PepGen Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 18, 2026. The proposals set forth below were submitted to the stockholders at the 2026 Annual Meeting, with each such proposal described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2026 in connection with the 2026 Annual Meeting.\n\nThe number of shares of common stock entitled to vote at the 2026 Annual Meeting was 69,169,215. The number of shares of common stock present or represented by valid proxy at the 2026 Annual Meeting was 54,650,845. Therefore, a quorum was present. The number of votes cast for and withheld/against and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each proposal voted upon are set forth below.\n\nProposal 1 - Election of Directors\n\nThe Company’s stockholders elected the three Class I directors to the Company’s board of directors, to serve until the 2029 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.\n\nDirector Nominee\n\nVotes For\n\nVotes Withheld\n\nHoward Mayer, M.D.\n\n36,111,969\n\n8,502,248\n\nJoshua Resnick, M.D., M.B.A.\n\n35,766,232\n\n8,847,985\n\nLisa Wyman, M.S.\n\n39,423,497\n\n5,190,720\n\nThere were 10,036,628 broker non-votes regarding the election of each of Howard Mayer, Joshua Resnick, and Lisa Wyman.\n\nProposal 2 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Accounting Firm\n\nThe Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.\n\nVotes For\n\nVotes Against\n\nAbstentions\n\n54,556,255\n\n77,083\n\n17,507\n\nThere were zero broker non-votes regarding this proposal.\n\n \n\nSIGNATURES\n\nPursuant 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.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nPEPGEN INC.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDate:\n\nJune 22, 2026\n\nBy:\n\n/s/ Noel Donnelly\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nNoel Donnelly, Chief Financial Officer"}