UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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ACHAOGEN, INC.
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Important Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials for the Stockholder Meeting of ACHAOGEN, INC. To Be Held On: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time at Courtyard Marriott, 1300 Veterans Boulevard, South San Francisco, California 94080 COMPANY NUMBER ACCOUNT NUMBER CONTROL NUMBER This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting. If you want to receive a paper or e-mail copy of the proxy materials you must request one. There is no charge to you for requesting a copy. To facilitate timely delivery please make the request as instructed below before June 2, 2017. Please visit http://www.astproxyportal.com/ast/18863/, where the following materials are available for view: • Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders • Proxy Statement • Form of Electronic Proxy Card • Annual Report on Form 10-K TO REQUEST MATERIALS: TELEPHONE: 888-Proxy-NA (888-776-9962) 718-921-8562 (for international callers) E-MAIL: info@astfinancial.com WEBSITE: https://us.astfinancial.com/proxyservices/requestmaterials.asp TO VOTE: ONLINE: To access your online proxy card, please visit www.voteproxy.com and follow the on-screen instructions or scan the QR code with your smartphone. You may enter your voting instructions at www.voteproxy.com up until 11:59 PM Eastern Time the day before the cut-off or meeting date. IN PERSON: You may vote your shares in person by attending the Annual Meeting. TELEPHONE: To vote by telephone, please visit www.voteproxy.com to view the materials and to obtain the toll free number to call. MAIL: You may request a card by following the instructions above. 1. Election of three Class III directors to hold office until the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders NOMINEES: John C. Doyle Kent E. Lieginger, Pharm.D. Bryan E. Roberts, Ph.D. 2. To ratify the selection, by the audit committee of the Company's board of directors, of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 3. TotransactanyotherbusinessasmayproperlycomebeforetheAnnualMeeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. These items of business are more fully described in the proxy statement. The record date for theAnnual Meeting isApril 17, 2017. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on that date may vote at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS AND "FOR" PROPOSAL 2. Please note that you cannot use this notice to vote by mail.