Company: RNAC
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001453687-25-000075
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Company: Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
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| Patrick Zenner, M.B.A.                    |

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Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees and Other Matters</div>

The following table summarizes the fees of Ernst & Young LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, billed to us for each of the last two fiscal years for audit services, tax services and for all other services:

|                       | Fee Category |   |    2024 |     |   |      2023 |
|:----------------------|:-------------|:--|--------:|:----|:--|----------:|
| Audit Fees(1)         |              | $ | 750,000 |     | $ | 2,185,000 |
| Audit-Related Fees(2) |              |   | 173,000 |     |   |   137,500 |
| Tax Fees(3)           |              |   |  66,195 |     |   |    28,325 |
| All Other Fees(4)     |              |   |       — |     |   |     3,600 |
| Total Fees            |              | $ | 989,195 |     | $ | 2,354,425 |

(1) Audit fees consist of fees billed for the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements and the review of the interim consolidated financial statements.

(2) Audit-related fees consist of fees billed for audit-related services that are normally provided in connection with registration statements.

(3) Tax fees consist of fees for professional services, including tax consulting and compliance performed by Ernst & Young LLP.

(4) All other fees are those associated with services not captured in the other categories, including the utilization of a research tool provided by Ernst & Young LLP.

### Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy And Procedures
The Audit Committee has adopted a policy (the “Pre-Approval Policy”) which sets forth the procedures and conditions pursuant to which audit and non-audit services proposed to be performed by the independent auditor may be pre-approved. The Pre-Approval Policy generally provides that we will not engage Ernst & Young LLP to render any audit, audit-related, tax or permissible non-audit service unless the service is either (i) explicitly approved by the Audit Committee (“specific pre-approval”) or (ii) entered into pursuant to the pre-approval policies and procedures described in the Pre-Approval Policy (“general pre-approval”). Unless a type of service to be provided by Ernst & Young LLP has received general