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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On December 6, 2022, the Board of Directors of Vaxcyte, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Elvia Cowan, its Senior Vice President, Finance, as the Company’s principal accounting officer, effective January 1, 2023.
Ms. Cowan, age 50, has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Finance since July 2022. From October 2018 to March 2022, she served as the Vice President, Controller at 23andMe Holding Co., a publicly held personal genomics and biotechnology company. From March 2017 to October 2018, Ms. Cowan served as the Chief Financial Officer of Ruby Ribbon, Inc., a privately held social commerce apparel company. Throughout her career, Ms. Cowan has held various finance and accounting positions, including Vice President of Finance at Stella & Dot LLC, Controller at NuGEN Technologies, Inc., Director, Collaborations Management and Revenue Accounting at Gilead Sciences, Inc., Director, Global Consolidations at Levi Strauss & Co. and Assurance Manager at KPMG US LLP and KPMG SA. Ms. Cowan holds a B.A. in Business Administration and Management, with an emphasis in accounting, from Mount Saint Mary’s University and is a certified public accountant in California.
Ms. Cowan has no family relationships with any director, executive officer or person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer of the Company. Ms. Cowan is not a party to any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
The Company’s President and Chief Financial Officer, Andrew Guggenhime, who is currently serving as both principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, will continue serving as the Company’s principal financial officer.
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Pursuant 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 thereunto duly authorized.
| Date: December 12, 2022 | By: | /s/ Andrew Guggenhime | ||||
| Andrew Guggenhime President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||