UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 18, 2019

Heron Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (858) 251-4400

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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On June 18, 2019, Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).

Six proposals were voted on at the Annual Meeting: (1) the election of five director nominees: Kevin Tang, Barry Quart, Pharm.D., Craig Johnson, John Poyhonen and Christian Waage, to serve until the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (2) the ratification of the appointment of OUM & Co. LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019; (3) an advisory vote to approve compensation paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers during the year ended December 31, 2018; (4) an advisory vote to approve the frequency of future advisory votes to approve compensation paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers (“Say-on-Frequency Proposal”); (5) an amendment to the Company’s 2007 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance thereunder from 18,800,000 to 25,800,000; and (6) an amendment to the Company’s 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance thereunder from 475,000 to 775,000.

Only stockholders of record as of the close of business on April 22, 2019 (the “Record Date”) were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of the Record Date, 79,194,227 shares of common stock of the Company were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 74,571,851 shares of common stock of the Company were represented in person and by proxy constituting a quorum for the Annual Meeting. As set forth below, all six proposals voted on at the Annual Meeting were approved by the stockholders entitled to vote thereon.

The votes with respect to each of the proposals are set forth below.

Election of five director nominees to serve until the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified:

Ratification of the appointment of OUM & Co. LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019:

Advisory vote to approve compensation paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers during the year ended December 31, 2018:

Advisory vote to approve the frequency of future advisory votes to approve compensation paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers:

Amendment to the Company’s 2007 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance thereunder from 18,800,000 to 25,800,000:

Amendment to the Company’s 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance thereunder from 475,000 to 775,000:

Based on the advisory vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting for every “one year” in response to the Say-on-Frequency Proposal, the Company has determined to continue to hold an annual advisory vote to approve compensation paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.