Company: CERO
Filing Date: 2025-05-02
Form Type: PRER14A
Source: 0001213900-25-039149
Chunk: 65

Company: CERO THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-05-02
Form: PRER14A
Chunk 65
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. Wolf has served as CERo’s independent registered public accounting firm since 2023. Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP (“Citrin”), New York, New acted as PBAX’s independent registered public accounting firm since June 8, 2021 (inception) through closing of the Business Combination, including for the 2023 fiscal year. Stockholders are hereby asked to ratify the Audit Committee’s appointment of Wolf as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2025 fiscal year. The Audit Committee is solely responsible for selecting the Company’s independent auditors. Although stockholder ratification of the appointment of Wolf to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm is not required by law or the Company’s organizational documents, the Board has determined that it is desirable to seek stockholder ratification as a matter of good corporate governance in view of the critical role played by independent registered public accounting firms in maintaining the integrity of financial controls and reporting. If the stockholders do not ratify the appointment of Wolf, the Audit Committee will reconsider its selection and whether to engage an alternative independent registered public accounting firm. Representatives of Wolf are expected to virtually attend the Annual Meeting where they will be available to respond to appropriate questions and, if they desire, to make a statement. We incurred the following fees from Wolf for the audit of the consolidated financial statements and for other services provided during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.

|                    | Fee Category |   |    2024 |     |   |    2023 |
|:-------------------|:-------------|:--|--------:|:----|:--|--------:|
| Audit fees(1)      |              | $ | 356,000 |     | $ | 215,000 |
| Audit related fees |              |   | 155,500 |     |   | 233,500 |
| Tax fees(2)        |              |   |       — |     |   |       — |
| All other fees(3)  |              |   |       — |     |   |       — |
| Total fees         |              | $ | 511,500 |     | $ | 448,500 |

____________ (1)“Audit fees” consist of fees for the audit of our annual financial statements, review of the interim financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10 -Q, registration statements on Form S -4, registration statements on Form S -