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FIBROGEN, INC.

409 Illinois Street

San Francisco, CA 94158

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

To Be Held On June 5, 2024

Dear Stockholder:

You are cordially invited to attend the 2024 Annual Meeting Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of FibroGen, Inc., a Delaware corporation (also referred to as “we,” “us,” “FibroGen,” and the “Company”). The Annual Meeting will be held via live audio webcast on the internet. You will be able to attend the Annual Meeting online, vote your shares electronically, and submit your questions during the meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/FGEN2024.

The Annual Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time for the following purposes:

These items of business are more fully described in the proxy statement accompanying this notice.

The record date for the Annual Meeting is April 8, 2024 (the “Record Date”). Only stockholders of record at the close of business on that date may vote by proxy or at the Annual Meeting (live audio webcast) or any adjournment thereof. Please see the attached proxy statement for information on how to vote by proxy and how to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting.

A list of our record stockholders entitled to vote as of the close of business on the Record Date will be available for review during regular business hours at our principal executive offices at 409 Illinois Street, San Francisco, California 94158 for ten days prior to the Annual Meeting for any legally valid purpose related to the Annual Meeting, and will available during the entire time of the Annual Meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/FGEN2024.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting

The proxy statement and Annual Report on Form 10-K

are available at www.proxyvote.com.

By Order of the Board of Directors

April 24, 2024

Your vote is very important. Whether or not you expect to attend the Annual Meeting, please vote online or by telephone prior to the Annual Meeting as instructed in these materials, or if you requested and received a proxy by mail, please complete, date, sign, and return the proxy as promptly as possible in order to ensure your representation at the Annual Meeting. Even if you have voted by proxy, you may still vote online if you attend the Annual Meeting. Please review the section below “How do I vote?” for specific instructions on voting your shares before and during the Annual Meeting.

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FIBROGEN, INC.

409 Illinois Street

San Francisco, CA 94158

PROXY STATEMENT

FOR THE 2024 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

June 5, 2024

INFORMATION CONCERNING SOLICITATION AND VOTING

The board of directors (the “Board”) of FibroGen is soliciting your proxy to vote at the Annual Meeting, including at any adjournments or postponements of the Annual Meeting. You are invited to attend the online Annual Meeting to vote on the proposals described in this proxy statement. However, you do not need to attend the Annual Meeting to vote your shares. Instead, please vote online or by telephone as instructed in these materials, or if you requested and received a proxy by mail, please complete, date, sign, and return the proxy as promptly as possible in order to ensure your representation at the Annual Meeting.

The proxy materials, including this proxy statement, proxy card or voting instruction card, and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed on February 26, 2024 (“Annual Report”), are being distributed and made available on or about April 24, 2024. This proxy statement contains important information for you to consider when deciding how to vote on the matters brought before the Annual Meeting. Please read it carefully.

In accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the United States (“U.S.”) Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), we have elected to provide our stockholders access to our proxy materials online. Accordingly, we intend to mail a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) on or about April 24, 2024 to stockholders of record entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Stockholders will have the ability to access the proxy materials at www.proxyvote.com, on the website referred to in the Notice, or request a printed set of the proxy materials be sent to them by following the instructions in the Notice.

The Notice will also provide instructions on how you can elect to receive future proxy materials electronically or in printed form by mail. If you choose to receive future proxy materials electronically, you will receive an email next year with instructions containing a link to the proxy materials and a link to the proxy-voting site. Your election to receive proxy materials electronically or in printed form by mail will remain in effect until you change such election.

Choosing to receive future proxy materials electronically will allow us to more rapidly provide you with the information you need, will conserve natural resources, and will reduce the costs of printing and mailing documents to you.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THESE PROXY MATERIALS AND VOTING

Why did I receive the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials instead of a full set of proxy materials?

Notices are sent to stockholders who have not yet made an election to receive proxy materials by mail or electronically. Instructions on how to access the full set of proxy materials online or to request a paper copy may be found in the Notice. In addition, you may request to receive future proxy materials in printed form by mail or electronically. Your election to receive future proxy materials by mail or electronically will remain in effect until you change such election.

Why did I receive a full set of proxy materials instead of a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials?

We are providing paper copies of the proxy materials to stockholders who have previously requested to receive them. If you would like to reduce the environmental impact of and the costs incurred by us in mailing proxy materials, you may elect to receive all future proxy materials electronically via email or access them online. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions provided with your proxy materials and on your proxy card or voting instruction card and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access future stockholder communications electronically. Alternatively, you can go to www.proxyvote.com where you can access the proxy materials and enroll for online delivery of the proxy materials.

How do I attend the Annual Meeting?

You must be a stockholder of record or a beneficial holder of FibroGen shares of common stock at the close of business on April 8, 2024 to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time via live audio webcast that can be accessed at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/FGEN2024.

You will not be able to attend the Annual Meeting in person. If you wish to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting online, you must have the 16-digit control number included on your Notice, your proxy card (that you may request or that was delivered to you) or the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials. Beneficial holders of FibroGen shares of common stock who do not receive a 16-digit control number from their bank or brokerage firm and who wish to attend the Annual Meeting should follow the instructions from their bank or brokerage firm, including any requirement to obtain a legal proxy. Most banks or brokerage firms allow a stockholder to obtain a legal proxy either online or by mail.

Online check-in will begin at 7:45 a.m. Pacific Time on June 5, 2024. We recommend allowing ample time for the online check-in process. Additional information on who can vote and how to vote at the Annual Meeting is discussed below.

How do I ask questions during the Annual Meeting?

Our Annual Meeting will be conducted online in a “virtual format” only (live audio webcast) and has been designed to allow stockholders to submit questions and comments pertaining to the meeting’s business before and during the Annual Meeting. You may submit questions when online check-in begins at 7:45 a.m. Pacific Time on June 5, 2024 and during the Annual Meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/FGEN2024. Company directors and key executive officers are expected to be available to answer questions. We will attempt to respond to as many inquiries pertaining to business properly brought before the Annual Meeting as time allows.

What if during the check-in time or during the Annual Meeting I have technical difficulties or trouble accessing the online meeting website?

Technicians will be available to assist you with any technical difficulties you may have accessing the virtual website platform. If you encounter any difficulties accessing the virtual meeting platform during the check-in or meeting time, please call the number posted on www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/FGEN2024.

If I cannot attend the Annual Meeting online, can I vote or listen to it later?

You may vote your shares electronically before the meeting by internet, by proxy or by telephone as described below. You do not need to access the Annual Meeting webcast to vote if you submitted your vote via proxy, by internet or by telephone in advance of the Annual Meeting. A recording of the Annual Meeting, including the questions answered during the meeting, will be available on our investor relations website at https://investor.fibrogen.com for 30-days following the Annual Meeting.

Will a list of record stockholders as of the Record Date be available?

A list of our record stockholders entitled to vote as of the close of business on the Record Date will be available for review during regular business hours at our principal executive offices at 409 Illinois Street, San Francisco, California 94158 for ten days prior to the Annual Meeting for any legally valid purpose related to the Annual Meeting, and will available during the entire time of the Annual Meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/FGEN2024.

Who can vote at the Annual Meeting?

Only stockholders of record at the close of business on April 8, 2024 will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. On the Record Date, there were 99,474,398 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote.

Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name

If on April 8, 2024 your shares were registered directly in your name with FibroGen’s transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, then you are a stockholder of record. As a stockholder of record, you may vote before or during the Annual Meeting or vote by proxy. You will need your 16-digit control number included on your Notice, your proxy card (that you may request or that was delivered to you) or the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials in order to be able to vote during the Annual Meeting. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting online, we urge you to fill out and return your proxy card or vote by proxy online or by telephone as instructed below to ensure your vote is counted.

Beneficial Owner: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker or Bank

If on April 8, 2024 your shares were held, not in your name, but rather in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, dealer or other similar organization, then you are the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” and these proxy materials are being forwarded to you by that organization. The organization holding your account is considered to be the stockholder of record for purposes of voting at the Annual Meeting. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker or other agent regarding how to vote the shares in your account. You will receive instructions from the stockholder of record that you must follow for your shares to be voted. You are also invited to attend the Annual Meeting. You will need your 16-digit control number included on your voting instruction form in order to be able to vote during the Annual Meeting. Beneficial holders of FibroGen shares who do not receive a 16-digit control number from their bank or brokerage firm and who wish to vote at the Annual Meeting should follow the instructions from their bank or brokerage firm, including any requirement to obtain a legal proxy. Most banks or brokerage firms allow a stockholder to obtain a legal proxy either online or by mail.

What am I voting on?

There are five matters scheduled for a vote:

What if another matter is properly brought before the Annual Meeting?

The Board knows of no other matters that will be presented for consideration at the Annual Meeting. If any other matters are properly brought before the Annual Meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the accompanying proxy to vote on those matters in accordance with their best judgment.

How do I vote?

For Proposal No. 1, you may either vote “For” each of our Class I director nominees to the Board or you may “Withhold” your vote for any Class I director nominee that you specify.

For Proposal No. 2, you may vote “For” or “Against,” or abstain from voting.

For Proposal No. 3, you may vote “For” or “Against,” or abstain from voting.

For Proposal No. 4, you may vote “For” or “Against,” or abstain from voting.

For Proposal No. 5, you may vote Every “One Year”, Every “Two Years”, Every “Three Years” or abstain from voting.

The procedures for voting are fairly simple:

Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name

If you are a stockholder of record, you may vote online at the Annual Meeting, vote by proxy over the telephone, vote by proxy through the internet, or vote by proxy using a proxy card that you may request or that was delivered to you. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we urge you to vote by proxy to ensure your vote is counted. You may still attend the Annual Meeting and vote online even if you have already voted by proxy.

Beneficial Owner: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker or Bank

If you are a beneficial owner of shares registered in the name of your broker, bank or other nominee, you should have received a Notice containing voting instructions from that organization rather than from us. Simply follow the instructions in the Notice to ensure that your vote is counted. Please also note that since you are not the stockholder of record, you may only vote your shares during the Annual Meeting if you request and obtain a valid 16-digit control number from your broker, bank or other nominee. Beneficial owners who attend the Annual Meeting should follow the instructions at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/FGEN2024 to vote during the meeting.

What does it mean if I receive more than one set of proxy materials?

You should receive more than one set of proxy materials if your shares are registered under different names or held in different accounts as of the Record Date (for example, if you are both a stockholder of record and beneficial owner). Please follow the voting instructions and vote separately for each set of proxy card/materials you receive to ensure that all of your shares are voted. All of your shares may be voted at www.proxyvote.com regardless of which account they are registered or held in.

How many votes do I have?

On each matter to be voted upon, you have one vote for each share of common stock you own as of April 8, 2024.

Who is paying for this proxy solicitation?

We will pay for the entire cost of soliciting proxies. In addition to these proxy materials, our directors and employees may also solicit proxies in person, by telephone or by other means of communication. Directors and employees will not be paid any additional compensation for soliciting proxies.

Can I vote my shares by filling out and returning the Notice?

No. The Notice will, however, provide instructions on how to vote online, by telephone, by mail (by requesting a paper proxy card or voting instruction card), and at the Annual Meeting.

Can I change my vote after submitting my proxy?

Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name

Yes. You can revoke your proxy at any time before the final vote at the Annual Meeting. If you are the record holder of your shares, you may revoke your proxy in any one of the following ways:

Your most current vote (prior to the deadline) by internet, telephone or proxy card is the one that is counted.

Beneficial Owner: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker or Bank

If you are a beneficial owner of shares registered in the name of your broker, bank or other nominee, you must contact the organization holding your shares and follow their instructions for revoking or changing your vote.

When are stockholder proposals due for next year’s annual meeting of stockholders?

Any stockholder who meets the requirements of the proxy rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), may submit proposals to the Board to be presented at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders. Such proposals must comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. To be considered for inclusion in next year’s proxy materials, your proposal must be submitted in writing by December 25, 2024, to our Secretary at 409 Illinois Street, San Francisco, California 94158; provided, however, that if our 2025 annual meeting of stockholders is held before May 6, 2025 or after July 5, 2025, then the deadline is a reasonable amount of time prior to the date we begin to print and mail our proxy statement for the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders.

Our amended and restated bylaws also provide for separate notice procedures to recommend a person for nomination as a director or to propose business to be considered by stockholders at a meeting, provided that such proposal or nominee would not be included in next year’s proxy materials. Such proposals must comply with the requirements, including without limitation, the separate notice procedures, of our amended and restated bylaws. If you wish to submit such a proposal or nominate a director, written notice must be received by our Secretary no later than the close of business on March 7, 2025 nor earlier than the close of business on February 5, 2025; provided, however, that if our 2025 annual meeting of stockholders is held before May 6, 2025 or after July 5, 2025, then the proposal must be received no earlier than the close of business on the 120thday prior to such annual meeting and no later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10thday following the day on which public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is first made.

How are votes counted?

Votes will be counted separately for each proposal by the inspector of election appointed for the Annual Meeting. For the proposal to elect directors, only “For” votes will affect the outcome. With respect to Proposals No. 2, No. 3, and No.4, votes “For” and “Against” and abstentions will be counted, with abstentions having the same effect as “Against” votes. With respect to Proposal No. 5, only votes for “1 Year”, “2 Years” or “3 Years” will affect the outcome. Except for Proposal No.4, Broker non-votes have no effect and will not be counted towards the vote total for any proposal.

What if I return a proxy card or otherwise vote but do not make specific choices?

Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name. If you are a stockholder of record and return a signed and dated proxy card or otherwise vote without marking a voting selection, your shares will be voted as follows:

If any other matter is properly presented at the Annual Meeting, your proxy holder (one of the individuals named on the proxy card) will vote your shares as recommended by the Board or, if no recommendation is given, will vote your shares using his or her best judgment.

Beneficial Owner: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker or Bank. If you are a beneficial owner of shares registered in the name of your broker, bank, or other nominee, and you do not provide the broker or other nominee that holds your shares with voting instructions, the broker or other nominee may vote your shares if they have discretionary authority to vote on the particular matter.

What are “broker non-votes”?

Broker non-votes occur when a beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” does not give instructions to the broker or nominee holding the shares as to how to vote on matters deemed “non-routine.” Generally, if shares are held in street name, the beneficial owner of the shares is entitled to give voting instructions to the broker or nominee holding the shares. If the beneficial owner does not provide voting instructions, the broker or nominee can still vote the shares with respect to matters that are considered to be “routine,” but not with respect to “non-routine” matters. Under the rules and interpretations of The New York Stock Exchange, “non -routine” matters are matters that may substantially affect the rights or privileges of stockholders, such as mergers, stockholder proposals, elections of directors (even if not contested), approval of a new equity incentive plan, and executive compensation, including the advisory stockholder votes on executive compensation and on the frequency of stockholder votes on executive compensation.

How many votes are needed to approve each proposal?

What is the quorum requirement?

A quorum of stockholders is necessary to hold a valid Annual Meeting. A quorum will be present if stockholders holding at least a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote are present online at the Annual Meeting or represented by proxy. On the Record Date, there were 99,474,398 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. Thus, the holders of 49,737,199 shares must be present online or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting to have a quorum.

Your shares will be counted towards the quorum only if you submit a valid proxy (or one is submitted on your behalf by your broker, bank, or other nominee) or if you vote at the Annual Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted towards the quorum requirement. If there is no quorum, the holders of a majority of shares present at the Annual Meeting online or represented by proxy may adjourn the Annual Meeting to another date.

How can I find out the results of the voting at the Annual Meeting?

Preliminary voting results will be announced at the Annual Meeting. In addition, final voting results will be published in a current report on Form 8-K that we expect to file within four business days after the Annual Meeting. If final voting results are not available to us in time to file a current report on Form 8-K within four business days after the Annual Meeting, we intend to file a Form 8-K to publish preliminary results and, within four business days after the final results are known to us, file an amended report on Form 8-K to publish the final results.

Which proxy materials are available online?

The proxy statement and Annual Report on Form 10-K are available at www.proxyvote.com.

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This proxy statement contains forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance, or achievement to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “seeks,” “intends,” “strives,” “believes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “predicts,” “potential,” or the negative of those terms, and similar expressions and comparable terminology intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties, including those outlined in our Annual Report. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this proxy statement and, except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise after the date of this proxy statement.

PROPOSAL 1

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

The Board is divided into three classes: Class I, Class II, and Class III, with each class having a three-year term. Vacancies on the Board, unless the Board determines by resolution that any such vacancies shall be filled by stockholders, may be filled only by persons elected by a majority of the remaining directors. A director elected by the Board to fill a vacancy in a class, including vacancies created by an increase in the number of directors, shall serve for the remainder of the full term of that class and until the director’s successor is duly elected and qualified.

The Board presently has 9 members. There are four directors in Class I whose terms of office expire in 2024. The nominees for election this year to Class I, Thane Wettig, James A. Schoeneck, and Maykin Ho, Ph.D., are currently directors of the Company and were previously elected by our stockholders or appointed by the Board. If re-elected at the Annual Meeting, the Class I director nominees would serve until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified, or if sooner, until the director’s death, resignation, or removal. Jeffrey W. Henderson will continue in office only until the 2024 Annual Meeting. It is the Company’s policy to encourage directors and nominees for director to attend the Annual Meeting. Seven directors then-elected and serving as directors attended the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders.

Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes of the holders of shares present online at the Annual Meeting, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy and entitled to vote generally on the election of directors. The Class I director nominees receiving the three highest number of affirmative votes will be elected. Stockholders may not vote, or submit a proxy, for a greater number of Class I director nominees than the number of Class I director nominees named in this proxy statement. Shares represented by executed proxies will be voted, if authority to do so is not withheld, for the election of the Class I director nominees named below. If any Class I director nominee becomes unavailable for election as a result of an unexpected occurrence, shares that would have been voted for that Class I director nominee will instead be voted for the election of a substitute nominee proposed by the Company. Each person nominated for election has agreed to serve if elected. The Company’s management has no reason to believe that any Class I director nominee will be unable to serve.

NOMINEES FOR ELECTION FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM EXPIRING AT THE 2027 ANNUAL MEETING — CLASS I

Thane Wettig, 59, has served as our Chief Executive Officer beginning October 6, 2023, and was formerly Chief Commercial Officer between June 2020 and July 22, 2023. On July 23, 2023, Mr. Wettig was appointed as interim Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Wettig has more than 30 years of global biopharmaceutical leadership and commercial experience. Mr. Wettig previously served as Chief Commercial Officer and Metabolic Franchise Head at Intarcia Therapeutics. Prior to joining Intarcia in 2018, Mr. Wettig served as Chief Marketing Officer (Vice President of Global Marketing, Strategy and Alliance Management) for Lilly Diabetes, leading the development and launch of multiple blockbuster diabetes medicines during a period of unprecedented growth of Lilly’s diabetes business. Mr. Wettig began his career at Lilly in 1990. He was promoted to Vice President of Global Marketing for Diabetes Brands in 2004, and assumed the role as Chief Marketing Officer for Lilly Diabetes when it was formed in 2009. Mr. Wettig also played an integral role in the design and management of Lilly’s highly successful diabetes alliance between Lilly and Boehringer-Ingelheim. He is recognized throughout the industry as a seasoned executive with extensive brand building and launch experience. Mr. Wettig received his M.B.A. and B.A. in biology from Washington University in St. Louis.

James A. Schoeneck, age 66, was appointed Chairperson of our Board of Directors in January 2020 and has served on our board of directors since April 2010. Following the unexpected passing of Thomas B. Neff, FibroGen’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Schoeneck served as Interim Chief Executive Officer from August 2019 until January 2020. Mr. Schoeneck was Chief Executive Officer of Depomed, Inc., a commercial specialty pharmaceutical company, from 2011 until 2017, and joined the Board of Depomed in 2007. In addition, from 2015 to 2018, Mr. Schoeneck served on the board of directors of AnaptysBio, Inc. From 2005 until 2011, he was Chief Executive Officer of BrainCells, Inc., a privately-held biopharmaceutical company. Prior to joining BrainCells, Inc., he served as Chief Executive Officer of ActivX BioSciences, Inc., a development-stage biotechnology company. Mr. Schoeneck’s pharmaceutical experience also includes three years as President and Chief Executive Officer of Prometheus Laboratories Inc., a pharmaceutical and diagnostics products company. Prior to joining Prometheus, Mr. Schoeneck spent three years as Vice President and General Manager, Immunology, at Centocor Inc. (now Janssen Biotech, Inc.), a biotechnology company, where he led the development of Centocor’s commercial capabilities. His group launched Remicade®, which became one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical brands. Earlier in his career, he spent 13 years at Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Inc. (now Sanofi), a pharmaceutical company, serving in various sales and marketing positions of increasing responsibility. Since July 2020, Mr. Schoeneck has served on the board of Calidi Biotherapeutics, a cancer therapeutics company focused on oncolytic viruses and stem cells. Mr. Schoeneck holds a

B.S. in Education from Jacksonville State University. We believe that Mr. Schoeneck is qualified to serve on the Board because of his extensive management experience in biotechnology.

Maykin Ho, Ph.D., age 71, joined our board of directors in December 2018. Dr. Ho has more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare and finance industries. She serves on the boards of directors for Agios Pharmaceuticals, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Neumora Therapeutics, Parexel International Corporation, the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, and the Institute for Protein Innovation. Dr. Ho is also a venture partner of Qiming Venture Partners, which she joined in July 2015, and a member of the Biotech Advisory Panel of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. In February 2015, Dr. Ho retired as a partner of the Goldman Sachs Group where she served as senior biotechnology analyst, co-head of healthcare for global investment research and advisory director for healthcare investment banking. Prior to Goldman Sachs, which she joined in 1992, Dr. Ho held various managerial positions in licensing, strategic planning, marketing and research at DuPont-Merck Pharmaceuticals and DuPont de Nemours & Company. She was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School and a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. Dr. Ho received a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology and a B.S. from the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. We believe Dr. Ho is qualified to serve on the Board because of her substantial experience in the healthcare and finance industries and her expertise in analysis of science and biotechnology.

DIRECTORS CONTINUING IN OFFICE UNTIL THE 2024 ANNUAL MEETING

Jeffrey W. Henderson, age 59, has served on our board of directors since August 2015. Mr. Henderson has more than 30 years of financial, commercial, and pharmaceutical industry experience. He most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for Cardinal Health Inc. from 2005 until 2014. His many responsibilities at Cardinal Health included oversight of the Company’s China commercial operations. Prior to Cardinal Health, Mr. Henderson was President and General Manager of Eli Lilly Canada Inc. and Vice President and Corporate Controller of Eli Lilly & Company. He joined Eli Lilly in 1998 as Vice President and Corporate Treasurer. His prior experience includes 10 years with General Motors, where he served in executive and managerial posts in Great Britain, Singapore, New York, and Canada. Mr. Henderson serves on the board of directors of Qualcomm Incorporated, Becton, Dickinson and Company, and Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. He was an Advisory Director to Berkshire Partners LLC, a private equity firm, from 2015 until December 2019. Mr. Henderson is also President of JWH Consulting LLC, a business advisory firm primarily focused on healthcare. Mr. Henderson holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Kettering University, Flint, Michigan, and his M.B.A. from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. We believe that Mr. Henderson is qualified to serve on the Board because of his financial and industry background, as well as his global experience in various leadership and management roles in the health and pharmaceutical industries.

DIRECTORS CONTINUING IN OFFICE UNTIL THE 2025 ANNUAL MEETING — CLASS II

Suzanne Blaug, age 66, joined the Board in June 2019. Ms. Blaug has more than 30 years of strategic and commercial experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. She has successfully brought new drugs to market at the global, regional, and local country levels in multiple therapeutic areas including Oncology, Cardiovascular, Immunology, Nephrology, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, and Psychiatry. Ms. Blaug most recently served as Senior Vice President, Global Marketing and Commercial Development at Amgen Inc. from 2012 to 2018. From 2004 until 2012, she was at Johnson & Johnson, where she held several positions including Head of Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy, Vice President Strategic Marketing and New Business Development at Janssen Europe, and Area Managing Director – UK, Italy, and Greece. Ms. Blaug started her career at Bristol-Myers Squibb in 1983, where she held numerous marketing, strategic, and general management positions in the U.S., Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Ms. Blaug serves on the Healthcare at Kellogg Advisory Council at Northwestern University and is an advisor at PrescriberPoint. Ms. Blaug received her B.S. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. We believe Ms. Blaug is qualified to serve on the Board based on her vast commercial and strategic experience in the pharmaceutical industry.

Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D., age 54, was appointed to our board of directors in August 2020. Dr. Cravatt is a Professor and the Norton B. Gilula Chair of Chemical Biology in the Department of Chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute. His research group is interested in developing chemical proteomic technologies that enable protein and drug discovery on a global scale and applying these methods to characterize biochemical pathways that play important roles in human physiology and disease. Professor Cravatt joined the faculty at The Scripps Research Institute in 1997. Dr. Cravatt is a cofounder of Activx Biosciences, Abide Therapeutics, Vividion Therapeutics, and Belharra Therapeutics. He serves on the Board of Directors of Vividion, Belharra, and Autobahn Therapeutics. Dr. Cravatt’s honors include a Searle Scholar Award, the Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry, a Cope Scholar Award, the ASBMB Merck Award, the RSC Jeremy Knowles Award, the AACR Award for Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research, and memberships in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Inventors, National Academy of Medicine, and National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Cravatt obtained his undergraduate education at Stanford University, receiving a B.S. in the Biological Sciences and a B.A. in History. He then received a Ph.D. from The Scripps Research Institute in 1996. We believe Dr. Cravatt is qualified to serve on the Board due to his extensive background in research and experience in founding companies as well as serving on advisory boards and boards of directors.

Jeffrey L. Edwards, age 63, was appointed to our board of directors in 2015 after Mr. Edwards retired Allergan Inc., which he joined in 1993 and where he served as Executive Vice President, Finance and Business Development, Chief Financial Officer from September 2005 to August 2014. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Edwards served as Allergan’s Corporate Vice President, Corporate and Business Development, and previously served as Senior Vice President, Treasury, Tax, and Investor Relations. Prior to joining Allergan, Mr. Edwards was with Banque Paribas and Security Pacific National Bank, where he held various senior-level positions in the credit and business development functions. In addition to serving on the board of directors of FibroGen, Inc., Mr. Edwards currently serves on the Compliance Committee, Audit Committee and as Compensation Committee Chairman of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a publicly traded, life sciences research and clinical diagnostic products company. Mr. Edwards serves on the board of directors, Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of Clearside Biomedical Inc., a publicly traded, clinical stage pharmaceutical company. Mr. Edwards also serves on the board of directors and as the Audit Committee chairman of Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. (formerly Landec Corporation), a publicly traded contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that focuses on products and technologies within the biopharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. Mr. Edwards received a B.A. in Sociology from Muhlenberg College and completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School. We believe that Mr. Edwards is qualified to serve on the Board due to his pharmaceutical industry experience and public financial expertise.

DIRECTORS CONTINUING IN OFFICE UNTIL THE 2026 ANNUAL MEETING — CLASS III

Aoife Brennan, M.B., B.Ch., age 48, was appointed to our board of directors in August 2020. Dr. Brennan was most recently President and Chief Executive Officer of Synlogic, Inc from October 2018 to March 2024. Prior to joining Synlogic, Dr. Brennan served as Vice President and Head of the Rare Disease Innovation Unit at Biogen where her responsibilities included the global marketing approvals of ALPROLIX®, ELOCTATE® and SPINRAZA® as well as the advancement of several early-phase programs and external collaborations. She served as a Director of Ra Pharmaceuticals from September 2018 through their acquisition in April 2020 and has served as a Director of Cerevance since January 2020. Dr. Brennan holds a medical degree from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland and completed residency and fellowship training in general internal medicine and endocrinology. She has completed post-doctoral training in clinical research and metabolism at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and is a graduate of the Harvard Medical School Scholars in Clinical Science Program. We believe Dr. Brennan is qualified to serve on the Board due to her broad clinical development background and management experience in biotechnology.

Gerald Lema, age 63, has served on our board of directors since September 2017. Mr. Lema has more than 30 years of pharmaceutical, diagnostics, healthcare, and consumer experience in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the U.S., and Latin America. Mr. Lema currently serves as the Chairman and Managing Director of Windward Capital Ventures, a private investment fund based in Tokyo focused on biotechnology and technology ventures. Mr. Lema is also a Director of Catalyst, a global nonprofit organization. Prior to Windward Capital Ventures, Mr. Lema served as Corporate Vice President and President, Asia Pacific at Baxter International from 2005 until 2015. He has also served as Chairman and President, Japan at Baxter International since April 2007. Before Baxter, Mr. Lema worked for 18 years at Abbott Laboratories where he held several positions of increasing responsibility in general management, strategy and business development. His last position with Abbott was Corporate Vice President, Asia Pacific and Chairman, Abbott Japan, in Tokyo. He is co-author of Foreign Investment through Debt-Equity Swaps, and published in the MIT Sloan Management Review. Mr. Lema is a graduate of the Stanford University Executive Program, earned a Master of Business Administration from the Freeman School of Business at Tulane University, and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Universidad del Valle, Colombia. We believe

Mr. Lema is qualified to serve on the Board due to his experience in the consumer and healthcare industries, as well as his experience serving in leadership roles at various pharmaceutical companies and investment groups around the world.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS

A VOTE “FOR” EACH NAMED CLASS I DIRECTOR NOMINEE.

DIRECTORS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

INDEPENDENCE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Under the listing requirements and rules of Nasdaq, independent directors must comprise a majority of the Board. In addition, the rules of Nasdaq require that, subject to specified exceptions, each member of a listed company’s audit, compensation, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees must be independent. Audit committee members must also satisfy the independence criteria set forth in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. Under the rules of Nasdaq, a director will only qualify as an “independent director” if, in the opinion of that company’s board of directors, that person does not have a relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director.

In order to be considered to be independent for purposes of Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act, a member of an audit committee of a listed company may not, other than in his or her capacity as a member of the audit committee, the board of directors, or any other board committee: (1) accept, directly or indirectly, any consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee from the listed company or any of its subsidiaries; or (2) be an affiliated person of the listed company or any of its subsidiaries.

The Board has undertaken a review of its composition, the composition of its committees and the independence of each director. Based upon information requested from and provided by each director concerning his or her background, employment, and affiliations, including family relationships, the Board has determined that James A. Schoeneck, Suzanne Blaug, Aoife Brennan, M.B., B.Ch., Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D., Jeffrey L. Edwards, Jeffrey W. Henderson, Maykin Ho, Ph.D., and Gerald Lema, currently representing a majority of our directors, do not have any relationships that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director and that each of these directors is “independent” as that term is defined under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the listing requirements of Nasdaq. Thane Wettig, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, is not an independent director by virtue of his employment with the Company.

The Board also determined that Messrs. Edwards and Lema and Dr. Ho, who comprise our Audit Committee, Ms. Blaug, Dr. Brennan, and Mr. Lema, who comprise our Compensation Committee, and Messrs. Schoeneck and Henderson, Ms. Blaug, and Dr. Cravatt, who comprise our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, satisfy the independence standards for those committees established by applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the listing requirements of Nasdaq.

In making these determinations, the Board considered the current and prior business and personal activities and relationships that each non-employee director has, or has had, with our Company and all other facts and circumstances the Board deemed relevant in determining their independence, including the beneficial ownership of our capital stock by each non-employee director.

BOARD LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE

The Board believes that the composition, strength, and experience of the current members of the Board, with 8 of the 9 current members qualifying as independent directors, including our Chairperson of the Board, will ensure that the Board continues to perform its duties independently as it concentrates on the most important areas of concern to the Company and evaluates the performance of the Company’s executive officers, including our Chief Executive Officer.

The Board has been led by Mr. Schoeneck, an independent, non-executive Chairperson of the Board since January 2020. Our Board believes that it is in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders for Mr. Schoeneck to continue to serve as Chairperson of the Board. Mr. Schoeneck possesses significant knowledge and experience in our industry and a deep understanding of our strategic objectives, all of which will continue to benefit the Company during the year ahead. The Company believes that separation of the positions of the Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer reinforces the independence of the Board in its oversight of the business and affairs of the Company. In addition, the Company believes that having an independent Chairperson creates an environment that is more conducive to the Board’s objective evaluation and oversight of management’s performance, increasing management accountability, and improving the ability of the Board to monitor whether management’s actions are in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, including with respect to evaluating whether steps management is taking to manage risks are appropriate for the Company. The responsibilities of our Chairperson of the Board include: establishing the agenda for regular Board meetings and serving as Chairperson of such meetings; establishing the agenda for meetings of the independent directors; coordinating with the committee Chairs regarding meeting agendas and informational requirements; presiding over meetings of the independent directors; presiding

over any portions of meetings of the Board at which the evaluation or compensation of the Chief Executive Officer is presented or discussed; presiding over any portions of meetings of the Board at which the performance of the Board is presented or discussed; and presiding at all meetings of the stockholders. As a result, we believe that such separation can enhance the effectiveness of our Board as a whole. We believe that the leadership structure of our Board is appropriate and enhances its ability to effectively carry out its roles and responsibilities on behalf of our stockholders.

ROLE OF THE BOARD IN RISK OVERSIGHT

One of the Board’s key functions is informed oversight of the Company’s risk management process. The Board is responsible for monitoring and assessing fundamental financial and business strategies and major corporate actions, assessing major risks facing FibroGen and considering ways to address those risks, selecting and overseeing management and determining its composition, and overseeing the establishment and maintenance of processes and conditions to maintain the integrity of FibroGen.

Throughout the year, our Board of Directors and its Committees engage with management to discuss and mitigate a wide range of enterprise risks, including cybersecurity and the Company's overall enterprise risk management ("ERM").

Our Audit Committee of the Board of Directors has the responsibility to review and discuss with management the Company’s guidelines, policies, and governance with respect to financial risk exposures and enterprise risk management (including with respect to cybersecurity) and to regularly report to the full Board. Our Audit Committee also oversees our internal audit department and management’s internal controls over financial reporting, including with respect to cybersecurity. Our Audit Committee receives regular presentations and reports on cybersecurity risks, progress on continued updates to the Company’s cybersecurity procedures, as well as is made aware, on a timely basis, of any cybersecurity incidents deemed significant enough to be raised to their attention by management, as well as ongoing updates regarding any such incident until it has been remediated.

Our Audit Committee also monitors legal matters and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements regarding the Company’s financial statements and accounting and other policies. Our Audit Committee also has overall responsibility for our Environmental Social and Governance plan and reporting.

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee monitors the effectiveness of our corporate governance guidelines and policies as well as diversity matters with respect to the composition of the Board.

Our Compensation Committee assesses and monitors whether any of our compensation and human capital policies and programs have the potential to encourage excessive risk-taking, as well as employee diversity and pay-equity matters.

It is the responsibility of the committee Chairs to report findings to the Board. In addition, the Board meets with certain members of our executive team, including the head of our legal and compliance functions, who discuss the risks and exposures involved in their respective areas of responsibility, as well as any developments that could impact our risk profile or other aspects of our business.

CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY

At FibroGen, we have embraced a corporate vision statement across our enterprise: At FibroGen, our purpose is to accelerate the development of novel therapies at the frontiers of cancer biology. Our vision is to be oncology innovators making a meaningful impact on the lives of patients in urgent need of transformative therapies. To reach this goal, our mission is to apply pioneering oncology expertise to deliver breakthrough therapies to patients.

Further, to enable our vision of excellence, we established a set of company-wide core values: empowerment, integrity and respect.

Empowerment – We lead, inspire, trust and encourage each other to share ideas and assume new challenges to excel. We are accountable to each other and our commitment to our patients.

Integrity – We intend to hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards in all we do: our work to bring therapies to market, the science we perform and our commitment to each other.

Respect for People – We strive to foster individual growth and promote an environment that supports continued learning. We stand together as a community to build and sustain a culture of diversity, equity & inclusion; and value each other’s opinion and work collaboratively to achieve optimal outcomes while treating each other with high regard and dignity. We also believe it is critical to conserve our world’s resources and strive to create a safe and healthy environment for our employees and patients.

These values are an integral part of our culture, our rewards, and recognition and performance management systems.

During 2023, FibroGen accomplished a number of environmental, social, and governance goals, including: adopting a clawback policy and expanding the robustness of our governance, cybersecurity and ESG public disclosures, as well as, establishing a patient diversity policy for clinical trials, a human rights policy, environmental policy, clinical trial code of ethics and a code of vendor conduct. During 2024, we plan to further refine our cybersecurity incidence response processes, and depending on the extent of the SEC’s pause with respect to the implementation of climate disclosure rules and regulations, explore a method of analysis designed to comply with such rules and regulations upon their eventual implementation.

Environment, Health and Safety

For pharmaceutical companies, the product life cycle and supply chain require the use of valuable resources. FibroGen is committed to continuously reducing its environmental footprint. We adhere to California environmental, health and safety standards and city ordinances. Reports from city inspections are shared with the management and appropriate corrective actions are executed across the Company. We have implemented programs to recycle or donate electronic equipment when possible, provide organic compost services in the workplace, use environmentally preferred office and janitorial supplies, reduced paper waste, and have worked with our collaboration partners to reduce the amount of our product packaging and to implement good shipping practices to consolidate waste. In addition to adhering to environmental regulations, we offer a subsidized public transit commuter program, onsite electric vehicle charging stations, a flexible work from home policy, global access to video conferencing and meetings, and online medical monitoring to reduce travel.

Ensuring that we have numerous programs in place to increase safety is critical to our success and fosters an experience of excellence at FibroGen. We continue to invest in lab and employee safety as well as employee health. We are also continuing to make investments in product safety and quality, and patient safety through our support of patient advocacy groups, patient support groups, expanded drug access programs, and clinical trial extensions.

Social, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Our state-of-the-art human capital management system has significantly expanded our capabilities to develop and assess our employees. The biotechnology industry is an extremely competitive labor market and recruiting and retaining employees is critical to the continued success of our business. We are highly committed to building a diverse, dedicated, and impassioned team to deliver innovative therapies to patients facing serious unmet medical needs. Our core values of empowerment, integrity and respect for people are fundamental to how we attract, grow, engage, and retain our people. We focus on recruiting, retaining, and developing employees from a diverse range of backgrounds to conduct our research, development, commercialization, and administrative activities.

We consistently review and evaluate our people practices to ensure that we develop and retain a diverse, engaged and talented workforce. Our offerings include competitive, innovative and equitable pay practices, comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement and life insurance offerings, learning and giving programs, and flexible work arrangements. In addition to our employee and manager fundamentals learning programs, we offer wellness workouts, personal coaching and resiliency sessions, as well as access to LinkedIn Learning - an on-demand global learning management system. Our employees are offered up to 20 hours of internal career development programs each year in addition to tuition reimbursement eligibility. We build comprehensive development and succession plans at all levels in the organization to ensure that we have a strong pipeline of ready talent to meet our business outcomes. We also foster cross-functional growth opportunities and sponsor an annual promotions nomination and approval process.

The Company implemented pay transparency practices for all U.S. employees in December 2022. This initiative is part of our commitment to reduce gender and racial pay gaps by ensuring our pay practices are transparent for candidates and employees. Additionally, every two years, we hire outside counsel to complete a pay parity study, which includes differences in pay by gender, ethnicity, tenure and other demographic factors. We review the results of the study with the Compensation Committee of the Board and use such results to inform whether we have any gaps that need to be addressed. In our most recent pay parity study, in 2022 there were no significant findings. Minor differences in pay did not trend to one gender or the other; differences were not substantial and easily attributed to variables such as years of experience, education or certifications. We plan to conduct another pay parity study at the end of 2024 to ensure continued vigilance in this critical area.

We have increased our human capital and diversity efforts, and we expanded our diversity dashboards for statistical reporting to ensure visibility of our recruitment candidates as well as employee demographics. For the past three years, female representation in leadership has been a corporate goal.

Ensuring diversity in our workforce begins with role modeling and striving for diversity in senior management:

Board of Directors

On our Board of Directors, 3 of 9 members (33%) are female and 2 of 9 members (22%) identify as Asian or Hispanic.

U.S. Executives

Of our U.S. Executive population (Vice President and above), 37.5% are female. Of our U.S. executives that self-report ethnicity, 25% identify as Asian, Hispanic, or two or more ethnicities.

U.S. Workforce

Our U.S. workforce is 50% female. Our U.S. employees that self-report ethnicity are 58% Asian, Hispanic or Black.

China

Our China workforce is 57% female and of our China Executives (Vice President and above), 67% are female, an increase from 50% in 2022.

We continue to expand our efforts and corporate objectives to ensure female representation ethnic diversity in our workforce and leadership.

In 2022, FibroGen launched Women’s Network Group, which is devoted to supporting and encouraging women to develop and advance their skills and leadership potential by providing opportunities for connection, collaboration, mentorship, and support. The Group is open to all employees regardless of gender. Engagement includes such opportunities as special guest speakers, panel discussions with senior leaders, learning workshops “I am Remarkable”, mentorship, resiliency, allyship and book club discussions for example.

In 2023, we conducted a company-wide employee engagement survey. We had an overall participation rate of 96% with over 89% of respondents reporting that they felt highly engaged. Further, we continued to apply an independent firm’s established index for diversity, equity and inclusion index of 10 employee questions within the survey to measure the effectiveness of, and employee sentiment about, our progress in nurturing a culture of diversity, equity, belonging and inclusion; our diversity index score increased by a point to 89% over 2022. These scores significantly exceed normative industry participation and engagement benchmarks. Additionally, we have facilitated training in unconscious bias, increased transparency and communications with employees through increased “Ask Me Anything” all-employee sessions and town halls, and our employee assistance programs have been expanded to include tele-health options and digital applications for expanded access. FibroGen’s recognition platform called FUSE (FibroGen Unites, Supports, Engages) continued to serve as an outstanding platform for connection, community, reward and collaboration with over 1,200 recognitions in the calendar year with an average US employee population of 250 FTEs. We encourage employees to use this platform to recognize each other for living our vision and values and for the everyday things we do to support getting medicines to patients.

FibroGen believes that we have a responsibility to give back to our community by supporting career opportunities for those who would not otherwise have had access to learning, developing, and mentoring in our industry. During the summer of 2023, we again partnered with NextGene Girls and Young Community Developers and continued our high school and college internship program by providing meaningful opportunities in science for young women and men of color and those in

underserved areas. We believe that by growing a pipeline of talent today, we will benefit the biotech industry and the community at large tomorrow. In addition, we partnered again with our local community Family House and donated toys to children that are either hospitalized at or receiving treatment from UCSF’s Benioff Children’s Hospital. We also participated in and donated to the PanCAN Purple Strides Walk to promote clinical trials and important research to improve the lives of patients with pancreatic cancer.

Governance and Risk Management

To enhance our corporate governance efforts, we maintain an internal audit function, made substantial improvements to our Sarbanes-Oxley compliance program and strengthened our internal controls over financial reporting. Throughout the year, the Board and its Committees engage with management to discuss a wide range of enterprise risks, such as risks related to FibroGen’s businesses, cybersecurity, enterprise risk management, and they confirm the alignment of risk assessment and mitigation with business strategy.

In 2022, we implemented an ERM program. Since then, we have performed enterprise risk assessments to help us identify and manage risks and seize opportunities that may arise as we seek to accomplish our corporate goals. ERM affects all areas of our business, including how we approach new or emerging challenges and opportunities and allocate resources. One of the organic benefits of a formal ERM process is that it builds and strengthens the risk awareness across the organization (enterprise-level, functional, and project-level risks) with a patient-first mindset. As we pursue our mission of delivering therapies in areas of significant unmet need, ERM facilitates and supports the delivery of our corporate objectives. This will be achieved through understanding and identifying risks and opportunities while putting the appropriate plans in place to capitalize on the ERM.

With respect to cybersecurity risks, our Board of Directors recognizes that cybersecurity represents an important component of the Company's overall enterprise risk management. Throughout the year, our Board of Directors and its Committees engage with management to discuss and mitigate a wide range of enterprise risks, including cybersecurity. We seek to mitigate cybersecurity risks through a cross-functional approach, including our Cybersecurity Committee, focused on preserving the confidentiality, security, and availability of the information that the Company collects and stores by identifying, preventing and mitigating cybersecurity threats and effectively responding to and remediating cybersecurity incidents as and if they occur.

We continually invest in information and cybersecurity services and technologies. Technical safeguards are designed to protect the Company's information systems from cybersecurity threats, including firewalls, continuous intrusion detection and response system(s), data leak prevention strategies, enhanced email protection software, antimalware functionality and access controls. These safeguards are evaluated and improved through periodic assessments and review of cybersecurity threat intelligence. We rely on third parties to support its cybersecurity program, including but not limited to email security management, security operations and vulnerability management.

We provide regular (at least annual) training for personnel regarding cybersecurity threats to equip our personnel with effective tools to address cybersecurity threats, and to communicate the Company's evolving information security procedures.

To better support our Company to continue meeting the needs of our patients globally, we streamlined existing systems and launched the enterprise resource planning system, System Analysis Program (“SAP”), at the beginning of 2023, covering Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing. With the implementation of this advanced technology platform, we aim to create a better user experience and reduce our Company’s overall risk profile through greater reliance on automated controls and system generated data.

Our compliance program is an essential application of our core value of integrity. Employees are enrolled in the annual compliance program, which emphasizes the shared responsibility for all colleagues to be good stewards of our organization through our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of business conduct and ethics. The annual compliance program includes certifications to confirm that employees understand and agree to abide by FibroGen’s corporate policies and guidelines, including our Anti-Bribery Policy, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Insider Trading and Trading Window Policy, Speak-Up and Reporting Policy, Social Media Policy, and Related Persons Transactions & SEC Compliance Policy, as well as engaging video program and presentations to enhance the understanding of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in general and to clarify our anti-bribery and data privacy guidelines. 100% of employees completed the 2023 annual compliance program. All new hires are also enrolled into such compliance program after they are hired. In addition, the Company operates a telephone hotline and whistleblower website available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, that allow employees to report unethical practices anonymously.

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board met 14 times during the year ended December 31, 2023, including telephone and video conference meetings. All directors attended or participated in at least 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of the Board and the committees on which they served during the portion of 2023 for which they were directors and committee members.

As required under applicable Nasdaq listing standards during the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company’s independent directors met in regularly scheduled executive sessions, a total of 6 times at which only independent directors were present.

COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board has three committees: an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The following table provides membership and meeting information for the year ended December 31, 2023 for each of the Board committees:

* Committee Chair

Our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee each have authority to engage legal counsel or other experts or consultants, as they deem appropriate to carry out their responsibilities. The Board has determined that each member of each committee meets the applicable Nasdaq rules and regulations regarding “independence” and that each member is free of any relationship that would impair his or her individual exercise of independent judgment with regard to the Company.

Audit Committee

Our Audit Committee consists of Mr. Edwards, Dr. Ho and Mr. Lema. The Board has determined that Mr. Edwards, Dr. Ho and Mr. Lema are independent under Nasdaq listing standards and Rule 10A-3(b)(1) of the Exchange Act. The Chair of our Audit Committee is Mr. Edwards. The Board has determined that Mr. Edwards and Dr. Ho are each an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of the SEC regulations. The Board has also determined that each member of our Audit Committee can read and understand fundamental financial statements in accordance with applicable requirements. In arriving at these determinations, the Board has examined each Audit Committee member’s scope of experience and the nature of their employment in the corporate finance sector. The functions of this committee include:

The Board reviews the Nasdaq listing standards definition of independence for Audit Committee members on an annual basis. Our Audit Committee met seven times during the year ended December 31, 2023. Our Audit Committee operates under a written charter that satisfies the applicable standards of the SEC and Nasdaq and which is available to stockholders on the Corporate Governance portion of our website at https://fibrogen.gcs-web.com/corporate-governance/highlights; however, information found on our website is not incorporated by reference into this proxy statement.

Compensation Committee

Our Compensation Committee consists of Ms. Blaug, Dr. Brennan, and Mr. Lema. The Board has determined that Ms. Blaug, Dr. Brennan, and Mr. Lema are independent under Nasdaq listing standards, each is a “non-employee director” as defined in Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act and each is an “outside director” as that term is defined in Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Chair of our Compensation Committee is Ms. Blaug. The Compensation Committee shall assist the Board in its oversight of the development, implementation, and effectiveness of the Company’s policies and strategies relating to its human capital management function, including:

Under its charter, our Compensation Committee may form, and delegate authority to, subcommittees as appropriate.

Our Compensation Committee met thirteen times during the year ended December 31, 2023. The charter of our Compensation Committee is available to stockholders on the Corporate Governance portion of our website at https://fibrogen.gcs-web.com/corporate-governance/highlights; however, information found on our website is not incorporated by reference into this proxy statement.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee consists of Messrs. Schoeneck and Henderson, Ms. Blaug, and Dr. Cravatt. The Board has determined that Messrs. Schoeneck and Henderson, Ms. Blaug, and Dr. Cravatt are independent under the current rules and regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq. The Chair of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is Mr. Schoeneck. The functions of this committee include:

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee met six times during the year ended December 31, 2023. The charter of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is available to stockholders on the Corporate Governance portion of our website at https://fibrogen.gcs-web.com/corporate-governance/highlights; however, information found on our website is not incorporated by reference into this proxy statement.

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee believes that candidates for director should have certain minimum qualifications, including the ability to read and understand basic financial statements and having the highest personal integrity and ethics. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also intends to consider such factors as possessing relevant expertise upon which to be able to offer advice and guidance to management, having sufficient time to devote to the affairs of the Company, demonstrated excellence in his or her field, having the ability to exercise sound business judgment, and having the commitment to rigorously represent the long-term interests of the Company’s stockholders. The Board also believes that diversity in background, experience, perspective, and skills contributes to and enhances the Board’s capabilities. In identifying and recommending nominees to the Board, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers, in addition to a candidate’s professional qualifications, diversity of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, age and sexual orientation. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee retains the right to modify these qualifications from time to time. Candidates for director nominees are reviewed in the context of the current composition of the Board, the operating requirements of the Company and the long-term interests of stockholders. In conducting this assessment, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee typically considers diversity, age, skills, and such other factors as it deems appropriate given the current needs of the Board and the Company, to maintain a balance of knowledge, experience, and capability. In the case of incumbent directors whose terms of office are set to expire, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviews these directors’ overall service to the Company during their terms, including the number of meetings attended, level of participation, quality of performance and any other relationships and transactions that might impair the directors’ independence. In the case of new director candidates, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also determines whether the nominee is independent for Nasdaq purposes, which determination is based upon applicable Nasdaq listing standards, applicable SEC rules and regulations and the advice of counsel, if necessary. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may engage, if it deems appropriate, a professional search firm specializing in the recruitment of directors to compile a list of potential candidates. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee conducts any appropriate and necessary inquiries into the backgrounds and qualifications of possible candidates after considering the function and needs of the Board. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee meets to discuss and consider the candidates’ qualifications and then selects a nominee for recommendation to the Board by majority vote.

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, to date, has not adopted a formal policy with regard to the consideration of director candidates recommended by stockholders and will consider director candidates recommended by stockholders on a case-by-case basis, as appropriate. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee does not intend to alter the manner in which it evaluates candidates, including the minimum criteria set forth above, based on whether or not the candidate was recommended by a stockholder. To date, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has not received any such nominations nor has it rejected a director nominee from a stockholder or stockholders holding more than 5% of our voting stock. Stockholders who wish to recommend individuals for consideration by our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee to become nominees for election to the Board may do so by delivering a written recommendation to the Company’s Secretary at the following address: FibroGen, Inc., 409 Illinois Street, San Francisco, California 94158, no later than the close of business on March 7, 2025 nor earlier than the close of business on February 5, 2025; provided, however, that if our 2025 annual meeting of stockholders is held before May 6, 2025 or after July 5, 2025, then the proposal must be received no earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and no later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is first made. Submissions must include the name, age, business address, and residence address of such nominee, the principal occupation or employment of such nominee, the class and number of shares of each class of capital stock of the Company which are owned of record and beneficially by such nominee, the date or dates on which such shares were acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition, and such other information concerning such nominee as would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement soliciting proxies for the election of such nominee as a director in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or that is otherwise required to be disclosed pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. Any such submission must be accompanied by the written consent of the proposed nominee to be named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected.

BOARD DIVERSITY

Our Board collectively possesses deep biopharmaceutical and healthcare industry experience, financial expertise and proven leadership abilities that we believe enables it to effectively oversee our strategy and operations. Further, our Board believes that the range of director skills, diversity and tenure across its members provides for breadth of knowledge, with a well-rounded balance of longer tenured, mid-term and newer directors to provide both perspective gained through historic institutional experience as well as fresh insights.

The following Board Diversity Matrix provides the self-identified personal characteristics for the Board:

Our Board Diversity Matrix as of April 27, 2023 can be found in our proxy statement for the 2023 Annual Meeting filed with the SEC on April 27, 2023.

STOCKHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board has adopted a formal process by which stockholders may communicate with the Board or any of its directors. Stockholders who wish to communicate with the Board may do so by sending written communications addressed to Secretary, FibroGen, Inc., 409 Illinois Street, San Francisco, California 94158. All communications will be reviewed by our Secretary and, if requested by the stockholder, forwarded to the Board or an individual director, as applicable. Our Secretary reserves the right not to forward to the Board or any individual director any unduly frivolous, hostile, threatening, or similarly inappropriate materials.

CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS

We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to all executive officers, directors and employees, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer. This Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available on the Corporate Governance portion of our website at https:///fibrogen.gcs-web.com/corporate-governance/highlights. A copy may also be obtained without charge by contacting investor relations, attention Director of Investor Relations, 409 Illinois Street, San Francisco, California 94158, or by calling (415) 978-1200. We plan to post on our website at the address described above any future amendments to or waivers of our Codes of Business Conduct and Ethics.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION

None of the members of our Compensation Committee is currently or has been at any time during the last year one of our employees. None of our executive officers currently serves, or has served during the last year, as a member of the Board or Compensation Committee of any entity that has one or more executive officers serving as a member of the Board or Compensation Committee.

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

The Board adopted a non-employee director compensation policy in connection with our initial public offering. The initial adoption and each subsequent amendment of the non-employee director compensation policy was adopted following a benchmarking review with our independent compensation consultant of our peer group and overall board compensation trends. This policy was amended on March 4, 2015, February 23, 2016, June 5, 2018, June 5, 2019, February 10, 2020, April 13, 2022, February 14, 2023, and April 22, 2024. Pursuant to this policy, our non-employee directors are paid annual cash compensation of $50,000 each and our non-executive Chairperson is paid annual cash compensation of $50,000. The non-executive Chairperson annual retainer fee was changed from $100,000 in 2023 to $50,000, effective January 1, 2024. In addition, non-employee directors are paid $10,000 annually for serving on our Audit Committee ($20,000 annually for the Chairperson), $7,500 annually for serving on our Compensation Committee ($17,500 annually for the Chairperson), $5,000 annually for serving on our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee ($10,000 annually for the Chairperson) and $25,000 for serving on our Scientific Advisory Board. Non-employee directors are reimbursed for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses to cover attendance at and participation in meetings of the Board and other activities performed in the course of their service on the Board.

Upon the 2023 annual meeting of our stockholders, each individual who was elected or appointed as a non-employee director and each other non-employee director who continued to serve as a non-employee director immediately after such annual meeting of our stockholders was granted a stock option award with an aggregate value of $142,000 and an RSU award with an aggregate value of $142,000.

Commencing on our 2024 annual meeting of our stockholders and each annual meeting thereafter, each individual who is elected or appointed as a non-employee director and each other non-employee director who continues to serve as a non-employee director immediately after such annual meeting of our stockholders will be granted a stock option award of 70,000 shares; provided, that if the individual is elected or appointed to the Board at a time other than at our annual meeting of stockholders, the number of shares of our common stock subject to such annual grant will be pro-rated based on the number of days between the date of such director’s election or appointment and the first anniversary of the most recent annual stockholder meeting to occur prior to such director’s election or appointment to the Board.

The annual option awards will vest upon the earlier of (x) June 5 of the following year and (y) the following year’s annual stockholder meeting, subject to the non-employee director’s continuous service. All options granted under our non-employee director compensation policy will be granted with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of our common stock on the grant date. The vesting of all options and RSU awards will cease upon a non-employee director’s resignation from the Board or other cessation of service, unless the Board determines otherwise. All unvested options and RSU awards will vest in full immediately prior to a change in control (as defined in the 2014 Plan), subject to the non-employee director’s continuous service as of the day prior to the closing of such change in control.

Our non-employee directors are granted initial and annual awards under our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”). Newly appointed directors will be granted a stock option award of 70,000 shares. The initial stock option grants will vest in equal quarterly installments over three years from the date of grant, subject to the non-employee director’s continuous service on each applicable vesting date.

The following table sets forth information regarding compensation earned by or paid to our non-employee directors during fiscal year 2023:

* Paid in addition to the annual retainer paid to all non-employee directors.

The amount for James Schoeneck includes a chair stipend payment of $12,501; the payment to Benjamin Cravatt for his appointment to the Scientific Advisory Board was prorated to reflect an appointment date of February 13, 2023.

DIRECTOR STOCK OWNERSHIP GUIDELINES

In 2018, the Board adopted formal guidelines for ownership of shares of our common stock by our directors. These guidelines, which were revised in 2021, require our directors to achieve and maintain ownership of shares valued at three times their annual cash retainer within five years of adoption of the policy or election to the Board. Shares owned outright and unvested RSUs apply towards the calculation of compliance with the guidelines. The average tenure of our directors as of April 24, 2024 is approximately 6.23 years. Each of our directors had established an ownership position in the Company in compliance with these guidelines prior to the 2023 decline in the Company’s stock price. In light of this decline, we intend to revisit our stock ownership guidelines in 2024 to reflect our current market capitalization.

PROPOSAL 2

APPROVAL OF THE FIBROGEN, INC. 2024 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

We are asking stockholders to approve the FibroGen 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2024 Plan”). The 2024 Plan is intended to replace our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, which was adopted by the Board of Directors on September 9, 2014, and approved by the Stockholders on September 30, 2014 prior to FibroGen’s IPO on November 13, 2014 (the “2014 Plan”).

We believe this proposal is appropriate given the number of important upcoming development milestones we have as a company, and the criticality as equity compensation as an effective tool to retain key employees to meet these milestones.

We expect that the number of shares we are proposing to roll over into the 2024 Plan, plus the number of shares we are requesting for approval here, will last us approximately two (2) years, as further described below.

The following table includes information regarding all of our available and outstanding equity awards under the 2014 Plan as of March 1, 2024: (there are no available or outstanding equity awards under any prior or existing plans, other than our Employee Stock Purchase Plan):

Key Considerations for 2024 Plan/Reasons for 2024 Plan:

In addition to retaining employees for our important upcoming milestones in 2024, 2025, and beyond, there are several additional factors that support this request for a new plan and additional shares.

While determining whether our proposal ensures sufficient equity plan capacity to compensate, incentivize, and retain our employees to create long term shareholder value during these upcoming developments, we also analyzed the impact of utilizing equity on our stockholders by considering both our “burn rate” and “overhang.”

Reasonable Grant Practices Given Circumstances: While the gross burn rate and fully-diluted overhang being higher than our peer group, it is important to note that we made several key executive hires, including two new CEOs, two new CMOs, and a Chief Financial Officer since the adoption of the 2014 Plan, all of whom were critical to our future success, and all of whom have received new hire grants during these periods. In addition, a significant number of the grants issued to our previous CEO, CMO, and CFO during these periods, which affect the burn rates in 2021, 2022, and 2023, have been cancelled and returned to the plan.

Our 2024 Plan Combines Compensation and Governance Best Practices

The 2024 Plan includes provisions that are designed to protect our stockholders’ interests and to reflect corporate governance best practices:

Description of the 2024 Plan

The material features of the 2024 Plan are outlined below. The following description of the 2024 Plan is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the 2024 Plan. Stockholders are urged to read the actual text of the 2024 Plan in its entirety, a copy of which is attached to this Proxy Statement as Appendix A.

Purpose

The 2024 Plan is designed to secure and retain the services of our employees, directors and consultants, provide incentives for our employees, directors and consultants to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its affiliates, and provide a means by which our employees, directors and consultants may be given an opportunity to benefit from increases in the value of our common stock.

Types of Awards

The 2024 Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, nonstatutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards, performance stock awards, performance cash awards, and other stock awards (“awards,” and all awards other than performance cash awards, “stock awards”).

Shares Available for Awards

Subject to adjustments described below in this section and in the section entitled “Changes to Capital Structure,” if this Proposal 2 is approved by our stockholders, a total of 11,466,792 shares (2,200,000 new shares plus the number of shares available for grant under the 2014 Plan as of March 1, 2024), less one share for every share granted under the 2014 Plan after March 1, 2024 and prior to June 5, 2024 will be authorized for awards granted under the 2024 Plan (the “Share Reserve”). Awards issued in connection with a merger or acquisition in connection with the assumption of, or substitution for, an existing award will not reduce the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan.

From and after 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time on June 5, 2024, no further awards may be made under the 2014 Plan, and any shares subject, at such time, to outstanding stock awards granted under the 2014 Plan that (i) expire or terminate for any reason prior to exercise or settlement; (ii) are forfeited because of the failure to meet a contingency or condition required to vest such shares or are repurchased at the original issuance price; or (iii) are otherwise reacquired or withheld (or not issued) to satisfy a tax withholding obligation in connection with an award or as consideration for the exercise or purchase price of an award (such shares, the “Returning Shares”) will immediately be added to the Share Reserve if and when such shares become Returning Shares.

If a stock award or any portion of a stock award (i) expires or otherwise terminates without all of the shares covered by such stock award having been issued or (ii) is settled in cash, such expiration, termination or settlement will not reduce (or otherwise offset) the number of shares that may be available for issuance under the 2024 Plan. If any shares issued pursuant to a stock award are forfeited back to or repurchased by the Company because of the failure to meet a contingency or condition required to vest such shares in the participant, then the shares that are forfeited or repurchased will revert to and again become available for issuance under the 2024 Plan. Any shares reacquired by the Company in satisfaction of tax withholding obligations on a stock award or as consideration for the exercise or purchase price of a stock award will again become available for issuance under the 2024 Plan.

Eligibility

All of our (including our affiliates’) employees, consultants and non-employee directors are eligible to participate in the 2024 Plan and may receive all types of awards other than incentive stock options. Incentive stock options may be granted under the 2024 Plan only to our (including our affiliates’) employees. Currently, approximately 451 employees, 8 non-employee directors and 5 consultants are eligible for grants under the 2024 Plan.

Administration

The 2024 Plan will be administered by our Board, which may in turn delegate authority to administer the 2024 Plan to a committee. Our Board has delegated concurrent authority to administer the 2024 Plan to our Compensation Committee. Our Board and Compensation Committee are each considered to be a Plan Administrator for purposes of this Proposal 2.

Subject to the terms of the 2024 Plan, the Plan Administrator may determine the recipients, the types of awards to be granted, the number of shares of our common stock subject to or the cash value of awards, and the terms and conditions of awards granted under the 2024 Plan, including the period of their exercisability and vesting. The Plan Administrator also has the authority to provide for accelerated exercisability and vesting of awards. Subject to the limitations set forth below, the Plan Administrator also determines the fair market value applicable to a stock award and the exercise or strike price of stock options and stock appreciation rights granted under the 2024 Plan.

Repricing; Cancellation and Re-Grant of Stock Awards

Under the 2024 Plan, the Plan Administrator does not have the authority to reprice any outstanding stock option or stock appreciation right by reducing the exercise or strike price of the stock option or stock appreciation right or to cancel any outstanding stock option or stock appreciation right that has an exercise or strike price greater than the then-current fair market value of our common stock in exchange for cash or other stock awards without obtaining the approval of our stockholders. Such approval must be obtained within 12 months prior to such an event.

Dividends and Dividend Equivalents

The 2024 Plan provides that dividends or dividend equivalents may be paid or credited with respect to any shares of our common stock subject to an award (other than a stock option or stock appreciation right), as determined by the Plan Administrator and contained in the applicable award agreement; provided, however, that (i) no dividends or dividend equivalents may be paid with respect to any such shares before the date such shares have vested, and (ii) any dividends or dividend equivalents that are credited with respect to any such shares will be subject to all of the terms and conditions applicable to such shares under the terms of the applicable award agreement (including any vesting conditions).

Stock Options

The 2024 Plan permits the grant of stock options that are intended to qualify as incentive stock options, or ISOs, and nonstatutory stock options, or NSOs.

The exercise price of a stock option granted under the 2024 Plan may not be less than 100% of the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant.

The term of stock options granted under the 2024 Plan may not exceed ten years. Except as otherwise provided in an agreement with a participant, if the participant’s service relationship with us or any of our affiliates (referred to in this Proposal 2 as “continuous service”) terminates, the participant may exercise any vested stock options for up to three months following the participant’s termination of continuous service (12 months in the case of disability, and 18 months in the case of death). However, if a participant’s continuous service is terminated for cause (as defined in the 2024 Plan), all stock options held by the participant will generally terminate.

Acceptable forms of consideration for the purchase of our common stock pursuant to the exercise of a stock option under the 2024 Plan will be determined by the Plan Administrator and may include payment: (i) by cash, check, bank draft or money order payable to us; (ii) pursuant to a program developed under Regulation T promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board; (iii) by delivery to us of shares of our common stock (either by actual delivery or attestation); (iv) by a net exercise arrangement (for NSOs only); or (v) in other legal consideration approved by the Plan Administrator.

Limitations on Incentive Stock Options

The aggregate fair market value, determined at the time of grant, of shares of our common stock with respect to ISOs that are exercisable for the first time by a participant during any calendar year under all of our stock plans may not exceed $100,000. The stock options or portions of stock options that exceed this limit or otherwise fail to qualify as ISOs are treated as NSOs. No ISO may be granted to any person who, at the time of grant, owns or is deemed to own stock possessing more than 10% of our total combined voting power or that of any affiliate unless the following conditions are satisfied:

​Subject to adjustment for certain changes in our capitalization, the aggregate maximum number of shares of our common stock that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of ISOs under the 2024 Plan is 11,466,792 shares.

Stock Appreciation Rights

Each stock appreciation right is denominated in common stock share equivalents. The strike price of each stock appreciation right will be determined by the Plan Administrator, but will in no event be less than 100% of the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant. The Plan Administrator may also impose restrictions or conditions upon the vesting of stock appreciation rights that it deems appropriate. The appreciation distribution payable upon exercise of a stock appreciation right may be paid in shares of our common stock, in cash, in a combination of cash and stock, or in any other form of consideration determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the stock appreciation right agreement. Stock appreciation rights will be subject to the same conditions upon termination of continuous service and restrictions on transfer as stock options under the 2024 Plan.

Restricted Stock Awards

A restricted stock award may be granted in consideration for cash, check, bank draft or money order payable to us, the participant’s services performed for us or any of our affiliates, or any other form of legal consideration acceptable to the Plan Administrator. Shares of our common stock acquired under a restricted stock award may be subject to forfeiture to or repurchase by us in accordance with a vesting schedule to be determined by the Plan Administrator. Rights to acquire shares of our common stock under a restricted stock award may be transferred only upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the restricted stock award agreement. Upon a participant’s termination of continuous service for any reason, any shares subject to restricted stock awards held by the participant that have not vested as of such termination date may be forfeited to or repurchased by us.

Restricted Stock Unit Awards

A restricted stock unit award may be settled by the delivery of shares of our common stock, in cash, in a combination of cash and stock, or in any other form of consideration determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the restricted stock unit award agreement. Restricted stock unit awards may be subject to vesting in accordance with a vesting schedule to be determined by the Plan Administrator. Except as otherwise provided in a participant’s restricted stock unit award agreement or other written agreement with us or one of our affiliates, restricted stock units that have not vested will be forfeited upon the participant’s termination of continuous service for any reason.

Performance Awards

A performance stock award is a stock award that is payable (including that may be granted, may vest, or may be exercised) contingent upon the attainment of pre-determined performance goals during a performance period. A performance stock award may require the completion of a specified period of continuous service. The length of any performance period, the performance goals to be achieved during the performance period, and the measure of whether and to what degree such performance goals have been attained will be determined by the Plan Administrator. In addition, to the extent permitted by applicable law and the performance stock award agreement, the Plan Administrator may determine that cash may be used in payment of performance stock awards.

A performance cash award is a cash award that is payable contingent upon the attainment of pre-determined performance goals during a performance period. A performance cash award may require the completion of a specified period of continuous service. The length of any performance period, the performance goals to be achieved during the performance period, and the measure of whether and to what degree such performance goals have been attained will be determined by the Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator may specify the form of payment of performance cash awards, which may be cash or other property, or may provide for a participant to have the option for his or her performance cash award to be paid in cash or other property.

Other Stock Awards

Other forms of stock awards valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, our common stock may be granted either alone or in addition to other stock awards under the 2024 Plan. Subject to the terms of the 2024 Plan, the Plan Administrator will have sole and complete authority to determine the persons to whom and the time or times at which such other stock awards will be granted, the number of shares of our common stock to be granted and all other terms and conditions of such other stock awards.

Clawback Policy

Awards granted under the 2024 Plan will be subject to recoupment in accordance with the Company’s clawback policy, as it may be amended from time to time. In addition, the Plan Administrator may impose such other clawback, recovery or recoupment provisions in an award agreement as it determines necessary or appropriate.

Changes to Capital Structure

In the event of certain capitalization adjustments, the Plan Administrator will appropriately adjust: (i) the class(es) and maximum number of securities subject to the 2024 Plan; (ii) the class(es) and maximum number of securities that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of ISOs; and (iii) the class(es) and number of securities and price per share of stock subject to outstanding stock awards.

Corporate Transaction and Change in Control

Corporate Transactions. Our 2024 Plan provides that in the event of certain specified significant corporate transactions, as defined under our 2014 Plan, unless otherwise provided in an individual agreement between us and the award holders, each outstanding award will be treated as our Plan Administrator determines. The Plan Administrator may (1) arrange for the assumption, continuation or substitution of a stock award by a successor corporation; (2) arrange for the assignment of any reacquisition or repurchase rights held by us to a successor corporation; (3) accelerate the vesting (and exercisability, if applicable), in whole or in part, of the stock award and provide for its termination, if not exercised, as applicable, prior to the transaction; (4) arrange for the lapse, in whole or in part, of any reacquisition or repurchase rights held by us; or (5) cancel or arrange for the cancellation of the stock award, to the extent not vested or not exercised prior to the transaction, in exchange for a cash payment, if any, determined by the board; or (6) cancel or arrange for the cancellation of the stock award, to the extent not vested or not exercised prior to the transaction, in exchange for a payment (in such form as determined by the board), equal to the excess, if any, of the value of the property the participant would have received upon exercise of the award immediately prior to the transaction, over any exercise price payable in connection with such exercise. The Plan Administrator is not obligated to treat all stock awards or portions of stock awards, even those that are of the same type, in the same manner.

Change in Control. A stock award may be subject to additional acceleration of vesting and exercisability upon or after a change in control, as defined in the 2024 Plan, as may be provided in the stock award agreement for such stock award or in any other written agreement between us and a participant, but in the absence of such a provision, no such acceleration will occur.

Plan Amendments and Termination

The Board (or a committee of one or more directors delegated by the Board) may amend or terminate the 2024 Plan at any time. However, except as otherwise provided in the 2024 Plan or an award agreement, no amendment of the 2024 Plan may materially impair a participant’s rights under his or her outstanding awards without the participant’s written consent. We will obtain stockholder approval of any amendment to the 2024 Plan as required by applicable law and listing requirements. No incentive stock options may be granted under the 2024 Plan after April 22, 2034.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences

The following is a summary of the principal United States federal income tax consequences to participants and us with respect to participation in the 2024 Plan. This summary is not intended to be exhaustive and does not discuss the income tax laws of any local, state or foreign jurisdiction in which a participant may reside. The information is based upon current federal income tax rules and therefore is subject to change when those rules change. Because the tax consequences to any participant may depend on his or her particular situation, each participant should consult the participant’s tax adviser regarding the federal, state, local and other tax consequences of the grant or exercise of an award or the disposition of stock acquired under the 2024 Plan. The 2024 Plan is not qualified under the provisions of Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and is not subject to any of the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

Nonstatutory Stock Options

Generally, there is no taxation upon the grant of an NSO if the stock option is granted with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the underlying stock on the grant date. Upon exercise, a participant will recognize ordinary income equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the underlying stock on the date of exercise of the stock option over the exercise price. If the participant is employed by us or one of our affiliates, that income will be subject to withholding taxes.

Subject to the requirement of reasonableness, the provisions of Section 162(m) of the Code and the satisfaction of our tax reporting obligation, we will generally be entitled to a tax deduction equal to the taxable ordinary income realized by the participant.

Incentive Stock Options

The 2024 Plan provides for the grant of stock options that are intended to qualify as “incentive stock options,” as defined in Section 422 of the Code. Under the Code, a participant generally is not subject to ordinary income tax upon the grant or exercise of an ISO. If the participant holds a share received upon exercise of an ISO for more than two years from the date the stock option was granted and more than one year from the date the stock option was exercised, which is referred to as the required holding period, the difference, if any, between the amount realized on a sale or other taxable disposition of that share and the participant’s tax basis in that share will be long-term capital gain or loss.

If, however, a participant disposes of a share acquired upon exercise of an ISO before the end of the required holding period, which is referred to as a disqualifying disposition, the participant generally will recognize ordinary income in the year of the disqualifying disposition equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the share on the date of exercise of the stock option over the exercise price. However, if the sales proceeds are less than the fair market value of the share on the date of exercise of the stock option, the amount of ordinary income recognized by the participant will not exceed the gain, if any, realized on the sale. If the amount realized on a disqualifying disposition exceeds the fair market value of the share on the date of exercise of the stock option, that excess will be short-term or long-term capital gain, depending on whether the holding period for the share exceeds one year.

For purposes of the alternative minimum tax, the amount by which the fair market value of a share of stock acquired upon exercise of an ISO exceeds the exercise price of the stock option generally will be an adjustment included in the participant’s alternative minimum taxable income for the year in which the stock option is exercised. If, however, there is a disqualifying disposition of the share in the year in which the stock option is exercised, there will be no adjustment for alternative minimum tax purposes with respect to that share.

We are not allowed a tax deduction with respect to the grant or exercise of an ISO or the disposition of a share acquired upon exercise of an ISO after the required holding period. If there is a disqualifying disposition of a share, however, we will generally be entitled to a tax deduction equal to the taxable ordinary income realized by the participant, subject to the requirement of reasonableness and the provisions of Section 162(m) of the Code, and provided that either the employee includes that amount in income or we timely satisfy our reporting requirements with respect to that amount.

Restricted Stock Awards

Generally, the recipient of a restricted stock award will recognize ordinary income at the time the stock is received equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the stock received over any amount paid by the recipient in exchange for the stock. If, however, the stock is not vested when it is received (for example, if the employee is required to work for a period of time in order to have the right to sell the stock), the recipient generally will not recognize income until the stock becomes vested, at which time the recipient will recognize ordinary income equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the stock on the date it becomes vested over any amount paid by the recipient in exchange for the stock. A recipient may, however, file an election with the Internal Revenue Service, within 30 days following his or her receipt of the stock award, to recognize ordinary income, as of the date the recipient receives the award, equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the stock on the date the award is granted over any amount paid by the recipient for the stock.

Subject to the requirement of reasonableness, the provisions of Section 162(m) of the Code and the satisfaction of our tax reporting obligation, we will generally be entitled to a tax deduction equal to the taxable ordinary income realized by the recipient of the restricted stock award.

Restricted Stock Unit Awards

Generally, the recipient of a restricted stock unit award structured to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code or an exemption to Section 409A of the Code will recognize ordinary income at the time the stock is delivered equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the stock received over any amount paid by the recipient in exchange for the stock.

Subject to the requirement of reasonableness, the provisions of Section 162(m) of the Code and the satisfaction of our tax reporting obligation, we will generally be entitled to a tax deduction equal to the taxable ordinary income realized by the recipient of the restricted stock unit award.

Stock Appreciation Rights

Generally, if a stock appreciation right is granted with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the underlying stock on the grant date, the recipient will recognize ordinary income equal to the fair market value of the stock or cash received upon such exercise. Subject to the requirement of reasonableness, the provisions of Section 162(m) of the Code, and the satisfaction of our tax reporting obligation, we will generally be entitled to a tax deduction equal to the taxable ordinary income realized by the recipient of the stock appreciation right.

Section 162(m) Limitations

Under Section 162(m) of the Code (“Section 162(m)”), compensation paid to any publicly held corporation’s “covered employees” that exceeds $1 million per taxable year for any covered employee is generally non-deductible. Awards granted under the 2024 Plan will be subject to the deduction limit under Section 162(m) and will not be eligible to qualify for the performance-based compensation exception under Section 162(m) pursuant to the transition relief provided by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

New Plan Benefits

We cannot currently determine the benefits or number of shares subject to awards that may be granted in the future to executive officers, directors, and employees under the 2024 Plan. We do not presently have any current plans, proposals or arrangements, written or otherwise, to issue any of the newly available authorized shares under the 2024 Plan, except as set forth below with respect to non-employee directors. Awards granted under the 2024 Plan to our non-employee directors are not subject to set benefits or amounts under the terms of the 2024 Plan itself. However, our director compensation policy provides for certain equity award grants to our non-employee directors. On and after the date of the Annual Meeting, if this Proposal 2 is approved by our stockholders, any such equity award grants will be made under the 2024 Plan. If this Proposal 2 is not approved by our stockholders, any such equity award grants will be made under the 2014 Plan. For additional information regarding our current compensation program for non-employee directors, please see above in the section entitled “Director Compensation”.

​Required Vote

“For” votes from holders of a majority of the shares present online at the Annual Meeting or represented by proxy and entitled to vote generally on the subject matter is required to approve this Proposal 2. If you “Abstain” from voting, it will have the same effect as an “Against” vote. Broker non-votes will have no effect.

Proposed Resolutions

It is proposed that at the Annual Meeting the following resolution be adopted:

“RESOLVED, that the FibroGen, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan, in the form attached as Appendix A to this proxy statement, dated April 22, 2024, relating to the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, be, and hereby is, approved.”

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS
A VOTE “FOR” PROPOSAL 2.

PROPOSAL 3

ADVISORY VOTE ON NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION

Under Section 14A of the Exchange Act, the Company’s stockholders are entitled to vote to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement in accordance with SEC rules.

This vote is not intended to address any specific item of compensation, but rather the overall compensation of the Company’s named executive officers and the philosophy, policies, and practices described in this proxy statement. The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers subject to the vote as disclosed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables, and the related narrative disclosure contained in this proxy statement. As discussed in those disclosures, the Company believes that its compensation policies and decisions are aligned with our stockholders’ interests and consistent with current market practices. Compensation of the Company’s named executive officers is designed to enable the Company to attract and retain talented and experienced executives to lead the Company successfully in a competitive environment.

Accordingly, the Board is asking the stockholders to indicate their support for the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in this proxy statement by casting a non-binding advisory vote “FOR” the following resolution:

“RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables, and narrative discussion, is hereby APPROVED.”

Because the vote is advisory, it is not binding on the Board, our Compensation Committee of the Board, or the Company. Nevertheless, the views expressed by the stockholders, whether through this vote or otherwise, are important to management and the Board and, accordingly, the Board and our Compensation Committee intend to consider the results of this vote in making determinations in the future regarding executive compensation arrangements.

Advisory approval of this proposal requires the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares present online at the Annual Meeting or represented by proxy and entitled to vote generally on the subject matter. If you “Abstain” from voting, it will have the same effect as an “Against” vote. Broker non-votes will have no effect. Unless the Board decides to modify its policy regarding the frequency of soliciting advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executives, the next scheduled say-on-pay vote will take place at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS

A VOTE “FOR” PROPOSAL 3.

PROPOSAL 4

RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Audit Committee of our Board has selected PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024 and has further directed that management submit the selection of the independent registered public accounting firm for ratification by the stockholders at the Annual Meeting. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has audited the Company’s financial statements since 2000. Representatives of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP are expected to be present at the Annual Meeting. They will have an opportunity to make a statement if they so desire and will be available to respond to appropriate questions.

Neither our amended and restated bylaws nor other governing documents or law require stockholder ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. However, our Audit Committee is submitting the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to the stockholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate practice. If the stockholders fail to ratify the selection, our Audit Committee will reconsider whether or not to retain that firm. Even if the selection is ratified, our Audit Committee in its discretion may direct the appointment of different independent auditors at any time during the year if they determine that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.

The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares present online at the Annual Meeting or represented by proxy and entitled to vote generally on the subject matter will be required to ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. If you “Abstain” from voting, it will have the same effect as an “Against” vote.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS

A VOTE “FOR” PROPOSAL 4.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

The following table represents aggregate fees of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

PRE-APPROVAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

In accordance with the Audit Committee charter, our Audit Committee’s policy is to pre-approve all audit and non-audit services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm, including the estimated fees and other terms of any such engagement. These services may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services, and other services. Any pre-approval is detailed as to the particular service or category of services. Our Audit Committee may elect to delegate pre-approval authority to one or more designated Audit Committee members in accordance with its charter. Our Audit Committee or audit sub-committee, consisting of Mr. Edwards, pre-approved all services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

Our Audit Committee considers whether such audit or non-audit services are consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence. Our Audit Committee has determined that the provision of the services noted above is compatible with maintaining PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s independence.

PROPOSAL 5

ADVISORY VOTE ON THE FREQUENCY OF SOLICITATION OF

ADVISORY STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The Dodd-Frank Act and Section 14A of the Exchange Act also enable the Company’s stockholders, at least once every six years, to indicate their preference regarding how frequently the Company should solicit a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement. Accordingly, the Company is asking stockholders to indicate whether they would prefer an advisory vote every one year, every other year or every three years. Alternatively, stockholders may abstain from casting a vote. For the reasons described below, and after considering the benefits and consequences of each alternative, the Board recommends that the advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers be submitted to the stockholders once every year.

The Board believes that an annual advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers is the best approach for the Company. In formulating its recommendation, the Board considered that an annual advisory vote on executive compensation is consistent with the Company’s policy of seeking input from, and engaging in discussions with, its stockholders on executive compensation and corporate governance matters. While the Company’s executive compensation programs are designed to promote a long-term connection between pay and performance, the Board recognizes that executive compensation disclosures are made annually. Given that the non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers provisions are new, holding an annual advisory vote on executive compensation provides the Company with more direct and immediate feedback on our compensation disclosures. However, stockholders should note that because the advisory vote on executive compensation occurs well after the beginning of the compensation year, and because the different elements of our executive compensation programs are designed to operate in an integrated manner and to complement one another, in many cases it may not be appropriate or feasible to change our executive compensation programs in consideration of any one year’s advisory vote on executive compensation by the time of the following year’s annual meeting of stockholders.

Accordingly, the Board is asking stockholders to indicate their preferred voting frequency by voting for one, two or three years or abstaining from voting on this proposal. The alternative among one year, two years or three years that receives the votes of the holders of a majority of shares present at the Annual Meeting or represented by proxy and entitled to vote generally on the subject matter will be deemed to be the frequency preferred by the stockholders and will be the alternative selected in the following resolution to be submitted to the stockholders for a vote at the Annual Meeting:

“RESOLVED, that the frequency of every [one year][two years][three years] is hereby APPROVED as the frequency preferred by stockholders for the solicitation of advisory stockholder approval of the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers.”

While the Board believes that its recommendation is appropriate at this time, the stockholders are not voting to approve or disapprove that recommendation, but are instead asked to indicate their preferences, on an advisory basis, as to whether the non-binding advisory vote on the approval of the Company’s executive officer compensation practices should be held every one year, every other year or every three years. The option among those choices that receives the votes of the holders of a majority of shares present at the Annual Meeting or represented by proxy and entitled to vote generally on the subject matter will be deemed to be the frequency preferred by the stockholders.

The Board and our compensation committee value the opinions of the stockholders in this matter and, to the extent there is any significant vote in favor of one frequency over the other options, even if less than a majority, the Board will consider the stockholders’ concerns and evaluate any appropriate next steps. However, because this vote is advisory and, therefore, not binding on the Board or the Company, the Board may decide that it is in the best interests of the stockholders that the Company hold an advisory vote on executive compensation more or less frequently than the option preferred by the stockholders. The vote will not be construed to create or imply any change or addition to the fiduciary duties of the Company or the Board.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS

A VOTE IN FAVOR OF EVERY “1 YEAR” ON PROPOSAL 5.

REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Our Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023 with management of the Company. Our Audit Committee has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the SEC. Our Audit Committee has also received the written disclosures and the letter from the independent registered public accounting firm required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent accountants’ communications with our Audit Committee concerning independence, and has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the accounting firm’s independence. Based on the foregoing, our Audit Committee has recommended to the Board that the audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report.

Respectfully submitted by the members of our Audit Committee:

Jeffrey L. Edwards, Chair

Maykin Ho, Ph.D.

Gerald Lema

The material in this report is not “soliciting material,” is not deemed “filed” with the SEC, and is not to be incorporated by reference in any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in any such filing.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The following table sets forth certain information about our executive officers as of April 24, 2024:

For information for Mr. Wettig, please refer to “Nominees for Election for a Three-Year Term Expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting — Class I” above.

Christine L. Chung is our Senior Vice President, China Operations and has been with FibroGen since 2007. Ms. Chung also serves as Director of our subsidiary FibroGen International (Hong Kong) Limited since 2018, as the General Manager of our subsidiary, FibroGen (China) Medical Technology Development Co., Ltd, and Director of our subsidiary FibroGen International (Cayman) Limited since 2019. Ms. Chung brings more than 25 years of experience in growing businesses from start-up through various phases of corporate development. Ms. Chung served in the role of Project Leader of our U.S.-based China development efforts and has overall responsibility for our China local operations. Under Ms. Chung’s leadership, our China strategy has advanced from conceptualization to commercial stage. Prior to joining FibroGen, Ms. Chung was Vice President, Business Development at eMed Technologies and a management consultant with Monitor Group, the predecessor company of Monitor Deloitte. Ms. Chung received her Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Harvard University and is a native of Hong Kong.

Juan Graham, has served as our Chief Financial Officer since September 2021. Mr. Graham oversees all finance operations for FibroGen. Mr. Graham brings nearly 20 years of global biopharmaceutical financial management and strategic planning experience. Prior to joining FibroGen, Mr. Graham held the position of Global Chief Financial Officer / Vice President Finance Supply Chain at Johnson & Johnson, Inc. Prior to 2019, Juan served in various roles at Johnson & Johnson, Inc. including VP Finance & Business Development, Senior Finance Director, J&J Development Corporation / J&J Innovation, and Finance Director, Mergers & Acquisitions. Mr. Graham received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education. He received his Master’s in Business Administration from the McGill University Graduate School of Business.

Deyaa Adib, M.D., was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, effective March 11, 2024. In this role, Dr. Adib will oversee all global clinical development activities. Dr. Adib, a seasoned industry leader, has over 27 years of medical oncology experience in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, including seven successful registrations across solid tumor and hematologic malignancy indications. Prior to joining FibroGen, he was the Chief Medical Officer of Triumvira Immunologics Inc. where he led the transition of two novel cell therapy programs into clinical development. He previously served as Acting Chief Medical Officer at Rain Therapeutics, and as Vice President of late-stage development at Blueprint Medicines, where he led the development of avapritinib which is currently approved for gastrointestinal stromal tumors and advanced systemic mastocytosis. Dr. Adib also served as Global Therapeutics Head for solid tumors at Baxalta, in-licensing and advancing the development of nanoliposomal irinotecan that was subsequently approved globally for pancreatic cancer, establishing a new standard of care in the second line metastatic setting. He also served as Head of Hematologic Malignancies at ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, leading the global clinical program for ponatinib in chronic myeloid leukemia. Earlier in his career, Dr. Adib held multiple oncology clinical development leadership positions at Aventis, Sanofi and Astellas Pharma, advancing the development of Taxotere in prostate cancer, breast cancer and gastric cancer, oxaliplatin in colorectal cancer and notably enzalutamide, which led to a treatment paradigm shift in prostate cancer. He has served as a scientific advisory board member for multiple biotech companies and provided strategic consulting support to several cell therapy startups. Dr. Adib obtained an M.B., B.Ch. degree from Cairo University School of Medicine in Cairo, Egypt. He completed his postgraduate medical oncology training at the Anglo-American Cancer Institute in Cairo and additionally at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, in clinical pharmacology, drug development and regulation.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis provides an overview of our executive compensation philosophy and objectives, highlighting the key elements of our executive compensation program and how our Compensation Committee of the Board arrived at the specific compensation decisions for our named executive officers for 2023.

In addition, we describe our investor outreach, discussions, feedback, and actions we have taken in response to this feedback.

2023 Named Executive Officers

In 2023, our named executive officers consisted of the following individuals:

2023 Key Business Developments

2023 was a pivotal year for FibroGen, with five Phase 3 clinical studies reading out during the year. While we experienced notable success in some areas of our business, as outlined below, these achievements were largely overshadowed by the data from four of our Phase 3 studies that failed to meet the primary endpoint of the study (three studying pamrevlumab and one relating to roxadustat). In addition, the failure to meet the primary endpoint in our ZEPHYRUS-1 Phase 3 study of pamrevlumab for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis led us to stop our ZEPHYRUS-2 Phase 3 study in the same disease indication.

Following the announcement of our Phase 3 pamrevlumab results, our stock price suffered a significant decline, and our Chief Executive Officer Enrique Conterno and Chief Medical Officer Mark Eisner resigned shortly thereafter.

2023 Key Business Achievements:

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1 Total roxadustat net sales in China includes sales made by the distribution entity as well as FibroGen China’s direct sales, each to its own distributors. The distribution entity jointly owned by AstraZeneca and FibroGen is not consolidated into FibroGen’s financial statements.

2023 Executive Compensation Highlights

Our executive compensation program for 2023 was guided by our pay for performance philosophy (described further below) and was designed to align the compensation of our named executive officers with the interests of our stockholders. As such, a substantial portion of their target compensation in 2023 was “at-risk” and linked to our performance.

Our Compensation Committee took the following actions with respect to named executive officer compensation for 2023:

2023 Stockholder Engagement

Our Compensation Committee believes it is important to discuss and receive stockholders’ feedback on our compensation and broader governance practices. Our engagement efforts in 2023 were two-fold:

We initiated our 2023 stockholder outreach in August, attempting to schedule meetings with the largest 25 investors to discuss these matters.

The Chair of our Compensation Committee participated in every investor call. In addition, our Board and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Chair participated in some of the calls, and our Chief People Officer, Chief Legal Officer, and other senior members of management also attended the calls.

Consideration of 2023 Advisory Say-On-Pay Vote

Our 2023 Say-on-Pay resolution received support from approximately 69% of stockholders. While this result was a significant improvement over the prior year’s results, we were disappointed not to have achieved a higher approval level, and our Compensation Committee continued its comprehensive stockholder outreach efforts in 2023 to understand stockholders’ concerns that led to the 2023 vote result.

In our Say-On-Pay outreach meetings, while there was disappointment about the stock performance given the negative results of our pamrevlumab Phase 3 studies, there was little concern voiced by investors about our compensation program, particularly in light of the realizable pay in relation to the performance of our stock (as further detailed below). Therefore, there were few actions our Committee could take in response to the outreach, particularly after the Committee’s significant responsiveness to stockholder feedback the previous year.

In fact, most of the feedback we received during these conversations – summarized below - was supportive of the general structure of our program and recent actions taken by the Committee.

Our Compensation Committee was briefed on the feedback we received from investors and thoroughly considered this feedback in its decision-making. We continue to welcome the opportunity to speak with any stockholders regarding our executive compensation and broader governance practices.

Given the new valuation range in which the Company operates, and the need for retention, the Compensation Committee believes these additional changes made in late 2023 (new peer group and reduced Chief Executive Officer compensation) will help enhance stockholder value and further align our executive compensation with our corporate performance.

We are holding an advisory “Say-On-Frequency” vote at this Annual Meeting and will consider the views of our stockholders in determining the frequency with which we will hold “Say-On-Pay” votes in the future.

Investor Outreach for Consultation Prior to Issuing Retention Equity Awards

Following the receipt of negative Phase 3 results with pamrevlumab in IPF and DMD, our stock price experienced a drop of approximately 90%, and shortly thereafter our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer resigned. Given these events the Compensation Committee, as part of an overall board process, took note of our circumstances. We were in the latter stages of Phase 3 development of pamrevlumab in two pancreatic cancer indications, with top line data expected in 2024, and following our successful in-licensing of FG-3246, a promising ADC for the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, we planned to advance this product into Phase 2, as well as advance our other early-stage preclinical products to IND stage. In China, we continued to experience commercial success with roxadustat for the treatment of CKD anemia, and, having achieved positive results in our roxadustat Phase 3 CIA trail, were in the process of filing a supplemental NDA for chemotherapy-induced anemia in China, which, if successful, would enable us to expand our commercial

footprint. In addition, in our January 2023 employee engagement survey, we had received extraordinarily high engagement scores, indicating the success of our management team in fostering an extremely positive working environment. However, the negative pamrevlumab results necessitated a significant cost reduction plan, which included cutting approximately 1/3 of our work force.

The drop in our stock price had a corresponding decrease in retention value for our previously granted equity options. This, in addition to the 2023 reduction in force, meant that there was significant risk of additional departures of remaining key employees who were critical to the work we needed to perform in the second half of 2023, in 2024, and beyond.

Given the circumstances, and the Committee’s understanding of the substantial stockholder value creation opportunities presented by pamrevlumab for pancreatic cancer, as well as Roxadustat in China and our earlier stage assets, the Committee undertook an extensive evaluation of the alternatives for retention of our executive team, focusing on several criteria: dilution to stockholders, retention value, and alignment with stockholder interests, including, for example, ensuring the Company is able to achieve both near-term and longer-term goals to drive value for stockholders. This evaluation included seven Committee meetings in July and August of 2023, extensive consultation with Compensia, our independent compensation consultant, and consultation with the Board.

The Committee considered other possible awards such as a cash retention program, RSUs, PRSUs, or an option exchange program. Another alternative was to grant no retention award at all and rely instead on the cash-bonus incentive program that would be awarded in approximately half a year. However, based on significantly more competitive sign-on opportunities that employees would have at other companies, the Committee felt that the absence of a retention program would not provide the incentive needed to retain the most critical employees, and could also result in a wave of departures immediately after the bonus payouts. The Committee also discussed the size of potential awards (in particular relative to competitive recruitment opportunities), duration of awards, and the eligible population.

As we had previously committed to only issue equity retention awards under extraordinary circumstances, and only after stockholder outreach, in August 2023, the Committee commenced a stockholder outreach process to discuss and receive feedback on a potential retention equity award program.

In our discussions with stockholders about the possibility of issuing retention equity awards, the feedback from these stockholders was universally supportive of providing management with such awards, with several consistent themes among the perspectives articulated.

Following the extensive Committee process, and the stockholder outreach, and after taking into consideration multiple alternatives while balancing the competing concerns of retention value, a performance element, and dilution to stockholders, the Committee decided to approve a retention equity program for a limited set of individuals in addition to the three remaining Executive Officers:

Executive Compensation Philosophy and Objectives

Our executive compensation program is guided by our overarching philosophy of only paying for demonstrable performance. Consistent with this philosophy, the primary objectives of our executive compensation program are to:

Company Performance and Pay Alignment

The structure of the Company’s compensation program coupled with the Compensation Committee’s processes and decision-making are designed to ensure a strong tie between our performance and executive pay. This is clearly illustrated by the compensation outcomes for our current and former Chief Executive Officers. Changes in stock price over the vesting or performance period of the long-term incentive compensation opportunities have caused the value ultimately received to be

significantly reduced from the target grant value. The measurement of realizable pay includes such changes when comparing pay received, or expected to be received, to the target pay granted.

The following charts illustrate the degree to which our Chief Executive Officers’ realizable pay is impacted by our stock price, which was $0.89 as of year-end 2023. The realizable pay of our other NEOs was similarly impacted.

Target pay consists of (i) actual base salary; (ii) target annual cash bonus; and (iii) the fair value of all long-term incentive compensation awards on the date of grant, calculated in accordance with the reporting requirements for the Summary Compensation Table.

Realizable pay consists of (i) actual base salary; (ii) actual cash bonus received; and (iii) the intrinsic value of long-term incentive awards granted in each year, valued as of December 31, 2023.

Pay for Performance

We believe our executive compensation program for 2023 was reasonable and competitive, and appropriately balanced the goals of attracting, motivating, rewarding, and retaining our NEOs within the context of effective cost management. To ensure our named executive officers’ interests were aligned with those of our stockholders, a substantial portion of their target annual compensation was “at-risk” and linked to our performance.

We emphasize performance-based compensation that appropriately rewards our named executive officers for delivering financial, operational, and strategic results with respect to pre-established goals through our annual cash bonus plan plus stock options, RSU and PRSU awards that are utilized to deliver long-term incentive compensation opportunities. We believe that equity-based awards are key incentives for our named executive officers to drive long-term stockholder value creation, with each element of the equity compensation providing different incentives, which collectively align with stockholder interests.

Governance of Executive Compensation Program

Compensation Policies and Practices

We have adopted the following compensation policies and practices to align our executive compensation program with our philosophy and corporate governance policies and practices:

Role of our Compensation Committee

The Board established our Compensation Committee for the purposes of:

Compensation Committee Processes and Procedures

Our Compensation Committee meets throughout the year as needed, and typically quarterly . The agenda for each meeting is usually developed by the Chair of our Compensation Committee, in consultation with our Chief Executive Officer and other members of management. From time to time, members of management and other employees as well as outside advisors or consultants are invited by our Compensation Committee to make presentations, to provide financial or other background information or advice or to otherwise participate in Compensation Committee meetings. Our Compensation Committee also meets regularly in executive session.

Our Chief Executive Officer may not participate in, or be present during, any deliberations or determinations of our Compensation Committee regarding his compensation. The charter of our Compensation Committee grants the committee full access to all books, records, facilities, and personnel of the Company. In addition, under the charter, our Compensation Committee has the authority to obtain, at the expense of the Company, advice and assistance from internal and external legal, accounting, or other advisors and other external resources that our Compensation Committee considers necessary or appropriate in the performance of its duties. Our Compensation Committee has direct responsibility for the oversight of the work of any advisors engaged for the purpose of advising the committee. In particular, our Compensation Committee has the sole authority to retain compensation consultants to assist in its evaluation of executive and director compensation, including the authority to approve the consultant’s reasonable fees and other retention terms. Under the charter, our Compensation Committee may select, or receive advice from, a compensation consultant, legal counsel, or other advisor to our Compensation Committee, other than in-house legal counsel and certain other types of advisors, only after taking into consideration the factors specified in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(d)(3)(D) or any successor provision, that bear upon the advisor’s independence; however, there is no requirement that any advisor be independent.

Our Compensation Committee is expected to make most of the significant adjustments to annual compensation, determine bonus and equity awards, and establish new performance objectives at one or more meetings typically held during the first quarter of the year. However, our Compensation Committee also considers matters related to individual compensation, such as compensation for new executive hires, as well as high-level strategic issues, such as the efficacy of the Company’s compensation strategy, potential modifications to that strategy, and new trends, plans or approaches to compensation, at various meetings throughout the year. Generally, our Compensation Committee’s decision-making process comprises two related elements: the determination of compensation levels and the establishment and measurement of performance objectives for the current year.

For executive officers other than our Chief Executive Officer, our Compensation Committee solicits and considers evaluations and recommendations submitted to our Compensation Committee by our Chief Executive Officer. In the case of our Chief Executive Officer (and in 2023, our Interim Chief Executive Officer), the evaluation of his performance (and the determination of his compensation) is conducted by our Compensation Committee through, among other things, reviewing the achievement of corporate goals, reviewing peer benchmarks, and obtaining feedback on performance from both company directors and his direct reports. For all executive officers and directors as part of its deliberations, our Compensation Committee may review and consider, as appropriate, materials such as financial reports and projections, operational data, tax and accounting information, tally sheets that set forth the total compensation that may become payable to the executive officers in various hypothetical scenarios, executive and director stock ownership information, Company stock performance data and recommendations of our Compensation Committee’s compensation consultant. When setting each individual’s 2023 compensation, our Compensation Committee considered the following factors:

These factors provide the framework for compensation decision-making and final decisions regarding the compensation opportunity for each executive officer. No single factor is determinative in setting pay levels, nor is the impact of any factor on the determination of pay levels quantifiable.

Role of Compensation Consultant

In 2023, our Compensation Committee retained Compensia, Inc., a national compensation consulting firm, to serve as its compensation consultant. Compensia serves at the discretion of our Compensation Committee. During 2023,

Compensia regularly attended the meetings of our Compensation Committee (both with and without management present) and provided the following services:

At the request of our Compensation Committee, Compensia also conducted discussions with members of our Compensation Committee and senior management to learn more about our business operations and strategy, key strategic goals, as well as the labor markets in which we compete. Compensia provided market data and advice relating to executive compensation strategy, incentive design, and compensation mix. In each case, our Compensation Committee approved the final cash and equity compensation awards for our executive officers following review of the compensation consultant materials.

In 2023, Compensia’s consulting services were limited to our Compensation Committee, which regularly reviews the objectivity and independence of the advice provided by its compensation consultant on executive and non-employee director compensation. In 2023, our Compensation Committee considered the six specific independence factors adopted by the SEC and Nasdaq, including the factors specified in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(d)(3)(D), and determined that the work of Compensia raised no conflicts of interest.

Competitive Positioning

For purposes of comparing our executive compensation against the competitive market, our Compensation Committee reviews and considers the compensation levels and practices of a group of comparable companies. This compensation peer group consists of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies that are similar to us in terms of revenue, market capitalization, and number of employees at the time of the evaluation.

The Compensation Committee updated the compensation peer group in late 2022 and again in late 2023 to reflect changed circumstances for the Company.

In September 2022, our Compensation Committee updated the compensation peer group. The following criteria were reviewed and considered in identifying comparable companies in revising the compensation peer group:

Following the consultation with Compensia, our Compensation Committee approved the following compensation peer group for use during the remainder of 2022 and until the next peer group review in late 2023 to assist with the determination of the compensation for our executive officers:

In September 2023, given our new market capitalization range, and our increasing focus on oncology product development, our Compensation Committee again reviewed and updated the compensation peer group. In revising the compensation peer group, the following criteria were considered in identifying comparable companies:

Following the consultation with Compensia, our Compensation Committee approved the following compensation peer group for use during the remainder of 2023 to assist with the determination of the compensation for our executive officers:

To analyze the compensation practices of the companies in our compensation peer group, our Compensation Committee’s compensation consultant gathered data from public filings (primarily proxy statements) and the Radford Global Life Science Survey, including review of data from companies with 200 – 2,500 employees where peer SEC filing data was not available. This market data was then used as a reference point for our Compensation Committee to assess our current compensation levels in the course of its deliberations on compensation forms and amounts.

Our Compensation Committee reviews the compensation peer group at least annually and makes adjustments to its composition, taking into account changes in both our business and the businesses of the companies in the peer group.

Individual Compensation Elements

In 2023, our executive compensation program consisted of base salary, an annual cash bonus target, and long-term incentive compensation in the form of stock options, RSU awards, and PRSU awards. While our Compensation Committee does not have any formal policies for allocating compensation among the three components, our Compensation Committee reviews relevant market compensation data and uses its judgment to determine the appropriate level and mix of compensation on an annual basis to ensure that our compensation is competitive and that we are able to attract and retain capable named executive officers to work for our long-term prosperity and stockholder value, without taking unnecessary or excessive risks.

Base Salary

Base salary represents the fixed portion of the compensation of our executive officers and is an important element of compensation intended to attract and retain highly talented individuals.

Generally, we establish the initial base salaries of our executive officers through arm’s length negotiation at the time we hire the individual, taking into account his or her position, qualifications, experience, prior salary level, and the base salaries of our other executive officers. Thereafter, our Compensation Committee reviews the base salaries of our executive officers annually and makes adjustments to base salaries as it determines to be necessary or appropriate.

In February 2023, our Compensation Committee reviewed the base salaries of our then-named executive officers, taking into consideration a competitive market analysis prepared by its compensation consultant, the recommendations of our Chief Executive Officer (except with respect to his own base salary), and the other factors described above. Following this review, our Compensation Committee determined that adjustments were necessary to maintain the competitiveness of our named executive officers’ base salaries and, consequently, decided to incrementally increase the base salaries of our named executive officers from their 2022 levels. In addition, July 2023, following the resignation of Mr. Conterno, the Compensation Committee reviewed the salary of Mr. Wettig to serve in the position of Interim Chief Executive Officer and ultimately Chief Executive Officer.

The base salaries of our NEOs for 2023 were as follows:

(1) Mr. Wettig’s salary was increased to $665,000 upon being hired as Interim Chief Executive Officer on July 23,2023, inclusive of a $10,000 per month stipend, which was incorporated as base salary upon his appointment as Chief Executive Officer on October 2, 2023.

Annual Cash Bonuses

The 2023 Bonus Plan was the single cash bonus plan for our employees, including our NEOs. The Board and our Compensation Committee designed the 2023 Bonus Plan to motivate our eligible employees to achieve the following objectives, which align with our compensation philosophy:

The terms of the 2023 Bonus Plan include each participant’s annual cash bonus target and the formula for determining bonus payments based on corporate goals and individual goals. Named executive officers (other than the Chief Executive Officer) were eligible to receive bonus payouts based 80% on corporate goal achievement and 20% individual goal achievement. The Chief Executive Officer’s payout was based 100% on corporate goal achievement. Because Mr. Conterno and Dr. Eisner departed during 2023, they were not eligible to receive a 2023 bonus payout. Mr. Wettig, who served as both Chief Commercial Officer and as Chief Executive Officer during 2023, his bonus payment was pro-rated in accordance with

his service as Chief Commercial Officer and as Chief Executive Officer, using the ratios described and the target bonus amounts for each role.

Whether a participant received an annual cash bonus payment pursuant to the 2023 Bonus Plan was determined by our Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, based upon its assessment of our actual performance as measured against all of the corporate performance goals established for 2023, the participant’s individual goal achievement, as well as the recommendations from our Chief Executive Officer (except for his own bonus) with respect to a specific employee’s performance. The maximum payout for any individual goal, and for any participant’s overall bonus, is 150% of target.

The cash bonus targets of our NEOs for 2023 are listed below, were set at the same target levels for their respective seniority levels as in 2021 and 2022 and were within the ranges used by the companies in our compensation peer group:

(1) The amounts represented for Mr. Wettig include the target cash bonus associated with each position. With each position for the full year, the actual bonus was calculated on a pro-rata basis for the time he served in each role.

Annual Cash Bonus Corporate Performance Goals

The corporate performance goals under the 2023 Bonus Plan and, in the case of quantifiable goals, the related target levels, were selected by the Board based on our corporate priorities, goals, and objectives. The 2023 corporate performance goals included goals related to achievement of:

Please see the following table for corporate performance goal details and weightings.

In selecting these corporate performance goals, our Compensation Committee believed that they were the key drivers for our business as they provided a balance between strengthening our financial position, moving our various products through the research and development process and towards commercial acceptance, and growing our business, which enhance stockholder value over the short-term and long-term. Individual goals are given weightings as part of the goal setting process, and performance is assessed against the goal achievement, including over- and under-achievement. The related target levels were set to reward strong management performance in light of our strategic objectives and the industry and economic conditions and trends at the time the target levels were set.

2023 Annual Cash Bonus Goal Achievement

The specific 2023 corporate goals and achievement as assessed by our Compensation Committee are set forth below. We have provided this information on a detailed, item-by-item basis with as much specificity as possible, while being

mindful of commercial sensitivity concerns regarding the disclosure of the details of certain measures and outcomes. Goals were set in a manner such that they were intended to be challenging to achieve.

Overall performance against our operational goals during 2023 was strong. However, two factors led to the Compensation Committee’s decision to reduce the overall corporate goal scoring by approximately 10%, to ensure alignment of management compensation to corporate objectives and stockholder interests.

The first was the negative scientific results reported from our Phase 3 studies during 2023. While the goals were not designed to be outcome determinative, and we executed our process to a high level, the results had a significant impact on our stock price. The second was the fact that certain portions of goals were dependent on positive clinical data, and therefore such goals became obsolete following the receipt of study results.

* Based on the factors described above the table, our Compensation Committee adjusted downward the overall goal scoring by approximately 10% of achievement from 93.7% to 85.0%.

In response to feedback from investors and ISS in 2022 and 2023, the Committee ensured that there is no overlap between our Annual Cash Bonus goals with our PRSUs goals. For example, our Annual Cash Bonus Program includes only process-oriented clinical goals, whereas our PRSU goals were dependent on the outcome of the clinical trials.

Individual Performance Achievements

The Compensation Committee considered the following key achievements of our named executive officers during 2023 when determining the payouts under our 2023 Bonus Plan.

2023 Bonus Plan Payments

The target annual cash bonuses and the actual cash bonus payments made in 2024 to our NEOs for 2023 goal achievement were as follows:

Long-Term Incentive Compensation

Based on the positive feedback we received in our 2023 stockholder outreach, the Compensation Committee retained this long-term incentive structure for 2023 (with 1/3 of the grants consisting of stock options, 1/3 consisting of RSUs, and 1/3 consisting of PRSUs). Of the PRSUs, 50% of PRSUs vest based on relative TSR performance (the “TSR RSUs”) and 50% vest based on clinical milestone goals (the “Milestone PRSUs”).

Our Compensation Committee believes the forms of equity provided to our executives provide an effective balance of performance and retention incentives to optimally align management’s interests with those of our stockholders by driving long-term stockholder value creation. Stock options provide an effective performance incentive because our executive officers derive value from their options only if our stock price increases (which benefits all stockholders). PRSUs directly align executive incentives with key clinical milestones and stock performance. The clinical milestone PRSUs are tied directly to timely achievement of key clinical milestones and are scaled according to outcomes. These are designed to be weighted proportionally to the value expected to be delivered to stockholders. The TSR PRSUs are tied directly to relative stock performance as measured against a key industry index. Our RSU awards help us to retain our executive officers and reward them for long-term stock price appreciation while at the same time providing some value to the recipient even if the market price of our common stock in the volatile biotechnology capital markets remains stable or declines.

Our Compensation Committee determines the amount of annual long-term incentive compensation for our continuing executive officers as part of its annual compensation review and after taking into consideration a competitive market analysis prepared by its compensation consultant, the recommendations of our Chief Executive Officer (except with respect to his own equity award), the outstanding equity holdings of each executive officer, the projected impact of the proposed awards on our earnings, the proportion of our total shares outstanding used for annual employee long-term incentive compensation awards (our “burn rate”) in relation to the companies in our compensation peer group, the potential voting power dilution to our stockholders (our “overhang”) in relation to the companies in our compensation peer group, and the other factors described above.

Based on the determination of our Compensation Committee, the following equity awards were granted on in 2023 to our NEOs: