Company: REVB
Filing Date: 2025-06-09
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-083815
Chunk: 10

Company: REVELATION BIOSCIENCES, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-06-09
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 10
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 a broker non-vote?

A “broker non-vote” occurs when shares held by a broker in “street name” for a beneficial owner are not voted with respect to a proposal because (1) the broker has not received voting instructions from the stockholder who beneficially owns the shares and (2) the broker lacks the authority to vote the shares at their discretion.

Proposal No. 1 for the election of director is considered a routine matter, and a broker will be permitted to exercise its discretion to vote uninstructed shares on the proposal. Broker non-votes, if any, will have no effect on the outcome of the election of directors.

Proposal No. 8 for the ratification of the appointment of Baker Tilly US, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. Broker non-votes, if any, will have no effect on the outcome of the proposal.

Although the brokers are granted the discretion to vote your shares absent your instruction, many brokers elect not to vote your shares without an instruction from you, so please instruct the organization that holds your shares as to how you wish to vote your shares on your vote instruction form so that your instructions are recorded at the Annual Meeting.

What is an abstention?

An abstention is a stockholder’s affirmative choice to decline to vote on a proposal. Under Delaware law, abstentions are counted as shares present and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Generally, unless provided otherwise by applicable law, our amended and restated bylaws (the “Bylaws”) provide that an action of our stockholders (other than the election of directors) is approved if a majority of the number of shares of stock entitled to vote thereon and present (either in person or by proxy) vote in favor of such action. Therefore, abstentions will have the effect of a vote “against” Proposal.

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What vote is required?

| Proposal                                                                        |     | Votes                                                                                                                                    
 Required                                                                                                                                 |     | Voting                    
 Options                   |     |       Impact 
 of “Against” 
 or “Abstain” 
        Votes |     | Broker        
 Discretionary 
 Voting        
 Allowed       |
| Proposal No 1: Election of Directors                                            |     | A plurality of the votes cast at the meeting (i.e., the two nominees receiving the most votes at the meeting)                            |     | “FOR” “AGAINST” “ABSTAIN” |     |           -1 |