Company: DARE
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001401914-25-000014
Chunk: 49

Company: Dare Bioscience, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 49
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 discussions, the Audit Committee recommended to our Board that our audited financial statements be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for filing with the SEC.

| Gregory W. Matz, CPA (Chair) |
| Jessica D. Grossman, M.D.    |
| Robin Steele, J.D., L.L.M.   |

2025 Proxy Statement | Page 36

#### PROPOSAL 1

### ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Our Board is divided into three classes. Each class consists, as nearly as possible, of one-third of the total number of directors, and each class has a three-year term. Our Class II directors are up for election at the Annual Meeting.

Our Board, upon the recommendation of the N&CG Committee, has nominated Dr. Rastetter, Mr. Matz and Ms. Steele as Class II directors for election at the Annual Meeting and to serve until the 2028 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

Proxies may not be voted for a greater number of persons than the number of nominees named in this Proxy Statement. Each of the directors nominated by our Board for election at the Annual Meeting has consented to serving as a nominee, being named in this Proxy Statement, and serving on our Board if elected. If any nominee is unable or declines to serve as a director at the time of the Annual Meeting, the proxy holders may vote for any nominee designated by our Board to fill the vacancy.

<div align='center'>OUR BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” EACH NOMINEE NAMED ABOVE.</div>

2025 Proxy Statement | Page 37

#### PROPOSAL 2

### RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR
The Audit Committee has selected Haskell & White LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 and has further directed that management submit such selection for ratification by our stockholders at the Annual Meeting. Haskell & White was appointed to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 on November 9, 2023.

Neither our by-laws nor other governing documents or law require stockholder ratification of the selection of Haskell & White as our independent registered public accounting firm. However, the Audit Committee is submitting the selection of Haskell & White to the stockholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate practice. If the stockholders