Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

At the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of Nektar Therapeutics, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), held on June 8, 2022 (the "Annual Meeting"), the following actions were taken. The proposals below are described in detail in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2022.





Proposal 1

Each of the individuals listed below was elected, by a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors, to serve on the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") until the Company's 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.





Nominee                 For        Against     Abstain   Broker Non-Votes

Diana M. Brainard 155,973,501 1,534,296 130,427 14,439,235 R. Scott Greer 111,452,305 46,046,819 139,100 14,439,235

In addition to the directors elected above, Jeff Ajer, Robert B. Chess, Myriam J. Curet, Karin Eastham, Howard W. Robin and Roy A. Whitfield continue to serve as directors after the Annual Meeting.





Proposal 2

The proposal to approve an amendment to the Amended and Restated 2017 Performance Incentive Plan to increase the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance thereunder by 5,000,000 shares was approved with the following votes.





    For        Against    Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
150,942,083   6,480,027   216,114      14,439,235




Proposal 3

The proposal to ratify the appointment, by the audit committee of the Board, of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 was approved with the following votes.





    For        Against    Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
168,176,428   3,707,885   193,146          0




Proposal 4

The proposal to approve the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers, on a non-binding advisory basis, was approved with the following votes.





    For        Against     Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
130,982,076   26,344,578   311,570      14,439,235




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