Company: ADPT
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-103752
Chunk: 9

Company: Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 9
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 mail, we will request that brokers, banks and other nominees that hold shares of our common stock, which are beneficially owned by our shareholders, send Notices of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, proxies and proxy materials to those beneficial owners**

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**and secure those beneficial owners’ voting instructions. We will reimburse those record holders for their reasonable expenses. We do not intend to hire a proxy solicitor to assist in the solicitation of proxies. We may use several of our regular employees, who will not be specially compensated, to solicit proxies from our shareholders, either personally or by telephone, Internet, facsimile or special delivery letter.

Communicating with our Board of Directors

Shareholders who wish to communicate with our board of directors or specific individual directors may do so by letter sent to our principal executive offices, addressed to the attention of our Corporate Secretary. Our Corporate Secretary reviews all communications and forwards them to the intended recipient(s) consistent with a screening policy, which provides that sales materials, routine items and items unrelated to the duties and responsibilities of the board of directors are not relayed to directors.

Shareholder Recommendations for Director Nominees

In evaluating potential director nominees, our nominating and corporate governance committee will consider director candidates recommended by our shareholders, provided such recommendations are validly made by our shareholders pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and our Bylaws. Shareholders who wish to recommend a candidate to our nominating and corporate governance committee for consideration for nomination should send to us, at our principal executive offices, information regarding the candidate.

Shareholder List

A list of shareholders eligible to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available for inspection, for any purpose germane to the Annual Meeting, at our principal executive offices during regular business hours for a period of no less than ten days prior to the Annual Meeting. Information required to gain access to the list of shareholders eligible will also be provided upon request during the same time period.

Forward-Looking Statements

This proxy statement contains “forward-looking statements” (as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). These statements are based on our current expectations and involve risks and uncertainties, which may cause results to differ materially from those set forth in the statements. The forward-looking statements may include statements regarding actions to be taken by us. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except