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

On November 11, 2021, Diana M. Brainard, M.D. was appointed to the board of directors (the "Board") of Nektar Therapeutics, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), as a Class III Director whose initial term will end at the Company's 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Board has determined that Dr. Brainard is an independent director as that term is defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Dr. Brainard and any other persons pursuant to which she was elected as a director of the Company. There are no current or proposed transactions between the Company and Dr. Brainard or her immediate family members that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Dr. Brainard will participate in the Company's Amended and Restated Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, pursuant to which Dr. Brainard will receive the Company's standard non-employee director cash and equity compensation, including an initial equity grant of an option to purchase 36,720 shares of the Company's common stock with such options vesting in substantially equal monthly installments over a three-year period and a restricted stock unit award of 18,360 shares of the Company's common stock vesting over a three-year period in substantially equal annual installments as well as an annual cash retainer of $65,000 payable in equal quarterly installments.


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