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

The 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Dynavax Technologies Corporation (the "Company") was held on May 26, 2022 in a virtual meeting format, pursuant to notice duly given (the "Annual Meeting"). At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment and restatement of the Company's 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") to, among other things, increase the aggregate number of shares of common stock of the Company ("Common Stock") authorized for issuance under the Plan by 15,000,000. A summary of the Plan is set forth in the Company's definitive proxy statement ("Proxy Statement") on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 14, 2022.

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

Proxies for the Annual Meeting were solicited by the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and there was no solicitation in opposition to the Board's solicitations. As of April 4, 2022, the record date for the Annual Meeting, a total of 126,311,669 shares of Common Stock were outstanding and entitled to vote. There were 93,003,400 shares present in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum, at the Annual Meeting, at which the stockholders were asked to vote on four (4) proposals. Set forth below are the matters acted upon by the stockholders, and the final voting results of each such proposal. The proposals are described in detail in the Company's Proxy Statement.

Proposal 1. Election of Directors



The stockholders elected Julie Eastland, Andrew Hack, M.D., Ph.D., Brent
MacGregor, Scott Myers and Elaine Sun, as Class I directors of the Company to
hold office until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders or until their
respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The voting for each
director was as follows:


Nominee                     Votes Cast For         Votes Withheld       Broker Non-Votes
Julie Eastland                   45,867,689             26,653,197             22,482,514
Andrew Hack, M.D., Ph.D.         59,946,855             12,574,031             22,482,514
Brent MacGregor                  69,898,687              2,622,199             22,482,514
Scott Myers                      68,323,554              4,197,332             22,482,514
Elaine Sun                       70,990,410              1,530,476             22,482,514

Proposal 2. Amendment and Restatement of the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan

The stockholders approved the amendment and restatement of the Company's 2018 Equity Incentive Plan to, among other things, increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock by 15,000,000. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan, as amended, will not exceed 32,600,000 shares of Common Stock. The votes were as follows:




   For         Against      Abstain     Broker Non-Votes
63,707,134     8,664,999   148,753          22,482,514

Proposal 3. Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. The votes were as follows:

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 67,697,574 4,551,027 272,285 22,482,514

Proposal 4. Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. The votes were as follows:




   For         Against      Abstain     Broker Non-Votes
90,508,221     4,006,259   488,920             N/A

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