{"url_path":"/sec/srznw/8-k/2026-05-14/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":"2026-05-14","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824893/0001193125-26-224037-index.html","accession_number":"0001193125-26-224037","cik":"0001824893","ticker":"SRZN","issuer_name":"Surrozen, Inc./DE","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824893/0001193125-26-224037-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001824893","primary_entity_name":"Surrozen, Inc./DE"},"word_count":652,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"## Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.\n\nOn May 13, 2026, Surrozen, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“Annual Meeting”). A total of 11,486,707 shares of the Company’s common stock were entitled to vote as of March 18, 2026, the record date for the Annual Meeting, of which 7,744,669 shares were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting. Proxies for the Annual Meeting were solicited pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and there was no solicitation in opposition of management’s solicitation.\n\nAt the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company voted on the following proposals:\n\n1.\nthe election of two nominees, each to serve as a Class II director of the Company until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until the election and qualification of his or her successor, subject to his or her earlier death, resignation or removal; and\n\n2.\nthe ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026.\n\n3.\nthe approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.\n\n4.\nthe advisory vote on the preferred frequency of the advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.\n\nThe results of each of the above proposals are discussed further below.\n\nProposal 1 – Election of Directors\n\nThe votes cast for or withheld for each director nominee, and the number of broker non-votes, were as follows:\n\nDirector Nominee\n\n \n\nFor\n\n \n\nWithheld\n\n \n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\nMace Rothenberg, M.D.\n\n \n\n 5,982,651\n\n \n\n 1,107,751\n\n \n\n 654,267\n\nDavid J. Woodhouse, Ph.D.\n\n \n\n 7,087,293\n\n \n\n 3,109\n\n \n\n 654,267\n\nAccordingly, the two nominees listed above were each elected to serve as a Class II director of the Company until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until the election and qualification of his or her successor, subject to his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.\n\nProposal 2 – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm\n\nThe voting results with respect to the proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026 were as follows:\n\nFor\n\n \n\nAgainst\n\n \n\nAbstain\n\n 7,744,358\n\n \n\n 284\n\n \n\n27\n\n \n\nAccordingly, the Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026.\n\nProposal 3 – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation\n\nThe Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K compensation tables and narrative discussions, by the following votes:\n\nFor\n\n \n\nAgainst\n\n \n\nAbstain\n\n \n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\n 6,312,815\n\n \n\n 776,738\n\n \n\n 849\n\n \n\n 654,267\n\n \n\nProposal 4 – Advisory Vote on the Preferred Frequency of Advisory Approval of Executive Compensation\n\nThe Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the frequency of holding an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, by the following votes:\n\n1 Year\n\n \n\n2 Years\n\n \n\n3 Years\n\n \n\nAbstain\n\n \n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\n7,068,763\n\n \n\n0\n\n \n\n21,636\n\n \n\n3\n\n \n\n 654,267\n\n \n\nIn accordance with the recommendation of the Company’s board of directors and based on the results of the advisory vote reported above, the Company has determined that it will hold future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers on an annual basis until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of stockholder advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.\n\n \n\nNo other matters were submitted to a vote of the stockholders at the Annual Meeting.\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\n \n\nSURROZEN, INC.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDate:\n\nMay 14, 2026\n\nBy:\n\n/s/ Charles Williams\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nName: Charles Williams\nTitle: Chief Operating Officer and Corporate Secretary"}