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Your Vote Counts! FIBROGEN, INC. 2022 Annual Meeting Vote by June 15, 2022 11:59 PM ET FIBROGEN, INC. 409 ILLINOIS STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94158 D79016-P68627 You invested in FIBROGEN, INC. and it’s time to vote! You have the right to vote on proposals being presented at the Annual Meeting. This is an important notice regarding the availability of proxy material for the stockholder meeting to be held on June 16, 2022. Get informed before you vote View the Notice and Proxy Statement and Annual Report on Form 10-K online OR you can receive a free paper or email copy of the material(s) by requesting prior to June 2, 2022. If you would like to request a copy of the material(s) for this and/or future stockholder meetings, you may (1) visit www.ProxyVote.com, (2) call 1-800-579-1639 or (3) send an email to sendmaterial@proxyvote.com. If sending an email, please include your control number (indicated below) in the subject line. Unless requested, you will not otherwise receive a paper or email copy. For complete information and to vote, visit www.ProxyVote.com Control # Vote Virtually at the Meeting* June 16, 2022 8:00 AM Pacific Time Smartphone users Point your camera here and vote without entering a control number Virtually at: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/FGEN2022 *Please check the meeting materials for any special requirements for meeting attendance. V1.1 (Company Logo)

Vote at www.ProxyVote.com THIS IS NOT A VOTABLE BALLOT This is an overview of the proposals being presented at the upcoming stockholder meeting. Please follow the instructions on the reverse side to vote these important matters. Board Recommends Voting Items 1. Election of Class II Directors to hold office until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Nominees: 1a. Suzanne Blaug For 1b. Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D. For 1c. Jeffrey L. Edwards For 2. To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of FibroGen’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the proxy statement. For 3. To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors as the independent registered public accounting firm of FibroGen for the year ending December 31, 2022. For 4. To conduct any other business properly brought before the meeting. The shares represented by the proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed therein by the undersigned stockholder(s). If no direction is made, the proxy will be voted FOR items 1, 2, and 3. If any other matters properly come before the meeting, or if cumulative voting is required, the persons named in the proxy will vote in their discretion. Prefer to receive an email instead? While voting on www.ProxyVote.com, be sure to click “Sign up for E-delivery”. D79017-P68627