Company: SPRB
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-059288
Chunk: 3

Company: SPRUCE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 3
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 and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), we have elected to provide access to our proxy materials over the internet. Accordingly, we have sent you a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) because the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Spruce Biosciences, Inc. (sometimes referred to as “we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Company”) is soliciting your proxy to vote at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), including at any adjournments or postponements of the Annual Meeting. All stockholders will have the ability to access the proxy materials on the website referred to in the Notice or request to receive a printed set of the proxy materials. Instructions on how to access the proxy materials over the internet or to request a printed copy may be found in the Notice.

We intend to first mail the Notice and make this proxy statement and the form of proxy available on or about April 28, 2025 to all stockholders of record entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.

Will I receive any other proxy materials by mail?

We may send you a proxy card, along with a second Notice, ten calendar days after our first mailing of the Notice or thereafter.

Why are you holding a virtual Annual Meeting?

The Annual Meeting will be held through a live webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/SPRB2025. You will not be able to attend the Annual Meeting in person. If you attend the Annual Meeting online, you will be able to vote and submit questions, at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/SPRB2025.

How do I attend the Annual Meeting?

You are entitled to attend the Annual Meeting if you were a stockholder as of the close of business on April 10, 2025, the record date (the “Record Date”). To be admitted to the Annual Meeting, you will need to visit www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/SPRB2025 and enter the 16-digit Control Number found next to the label “Control Number” on your Notice of Internet Availability, proxy card or voting instruction form. Whether or not you participate in the Annual Meeting, it is important that you vote your shares. We encourage you to access the Annual Meeting before it begins. Online check-in will start approximately fifteen minutes before the meeting on June 9, 2025.

What if I cannot find my Control Number?

If you encounter any difficulties while accessing the virtual meeting during the check-in or meeting time, a technical assistance phone number