Company: CERO
Filing Date: 2025-01-21
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001213900-25-004742
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Company: CERO THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-01-21
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 238
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 board of directors is responsible for filling vacancies on our board of directors and for nominating candidates for election by our stockholders each year in the class of directors whose term expires at the relevant annual meeting. The board of directors delegates the selection and nomination process to the nominating and corporate governance committee, with the expectation that other members of the board of directors, and of management, will be requested to take part in the process as appropriate. The nominating and corporate governance committee considers candidates for board of director membership suggested by its members and our Chief Executive Officer. Additionally, in selecting nominees for directors, the nominating and corporate governance committee will review candidates recommended by stockholders in the same manner and using the same general criteria as candidates recruited by the committee and/or recommended by our board of directors. The nominating and corporate governance committee may gather information about the candidates through interviews, detailed questionnaires, comprehensive background checks or any other means that the nominating and corporate governance committee deems to be appropriate in the evaluation process. Our nominating and corporate governance committee and our board of directors consider a broad range of factors relating to the qualifications of nominees. Our nominating and corporate governance committee’s and our board of directors’ priority in selecting board members is the identification of persons who will provide a composite mix of backgrounds, experience, knowledge and capabilities that will allow our board of directors to promote our strategic objectives and fulfill its responsibilities to our stockholders. Our nominating and corporate governance committee and our board of directors highly value diversity and, as such, also consider diversity of gender, race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation when selecting members of our board of directors. Any stockholder who wishes to recommend a candidate for consideration by the committee as a nominee for director should follow the procedures described in our proxy statement to be filed with the SEC in connection with our 2024 special meeting of stockholders within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. The nominating and corporate governance committee will also consider whether to nominate any person proposed by a stockholder in accordance with the provisions of our Bylaws relating to stockholder nominations. 149 Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, Mr. Ehrlich served as the Chief Executive Officer of our predecessor, PBAX. In connection with the Business Combination, on February 14, 2024, Mr. Ehrlich ceased to be an officer of PBAX. Mr. Ehrlich