Company: PGEN
Filing Date: 2025-05-16
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-019470
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Company: PRECIGEN, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-05-16
Form: DEF 14A
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 notice must describe various matters as set forth in our Bylaws, including regarding the nominee, including name, address, occupation, and shares held. In addition to complying with the advance notice provisions of our Bylaws, to nominate a director, shareholders must give timely notice that complies with the additional requirements of Rule 14a-19, and which must be received no later than April 27, 2026. For bringing other proposals of business pursuant to these procedures at the 2026 Annual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Meeting of Shareholders, the notice must include a description of the proposed business, the reasons therefor, and other matters specified in our Bylaws. In each case, the notice must be timely given in writing to our Corporate Secretary, whose address is 20374 Seneca Meadows Parkway, Germantown, Maryland 20876. 7

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE General Our business and affairs are managed under the direction of the Board in accordance with the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, and our Bylaws. Our Bylaws provide that the number of directors shall be fixed from time to time by the Board, but shall not be more than ten. The Board is currently comprised of the following nine individuals: Randal Kirk, the Executive Chairman of the Board, Cesar Alvarez, Steven Frank, Vinita Gupta, Fred Hassan, Jeffrey Kindler, Dr. Helen Sabzevari, our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), James Turley, and Nancy Howell Agee. Each of our current directors are being nominated for election to the Board at the Annual Meeting. For more information regarding the nominees for election to the Board, see “Nominees for Election as Directors.” Corporate Governance Guidelines The Board has adopted corporate governance guidelines (the “Corporate Governance Guidelines”) that set forth the practices of the Board with respect to the qualification, selection and election of directors, director orientation and continuing education, director responsibilities, Board composition and performance, director access to management and independent advisors, director compensation guidelines, management evaluation and succession, policies regarding the Lead Independent Director, meetings of the non-management directors, the policy on communicating with the non-management directors, and various other issues. A copy of our Corporate Governance Guidelines is available on our website at http://investors.precigen.com under the caption “Governance.” Neither the Corporate Governance Guidelines, our website nor any documents or information contained therein are incorporated by reference to this proxy statement. Board Standards of Independence