Company: AWRE
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-058702
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Company: AWARE INC /MA/
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 17
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 involved exceeds $120,000, but excludes any transactions available to all employees or stockholders of Aware on the same terms. The audit committee is responsible for reviewing proposed related person transactions and must approve any related person transaction subject to the policy before commencement of the transaction. The policy states that the audit committee will approve only those related person transactions that the audit committee determines are beneficial to us and the terms of which are fair to us.

In 2024 and the portion of 2025 through the date of this proxy statement, we did not have any transactions with a related person.

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#### Committees and meet

#### ings of the board
During 2024, our board of directors met three times and took two actions by written consent. No incumbent director attended fewer than 75% of the total number of meetings held by the board and committees of the board on which he served. We have a compensation committee, an audit committee, an executive committee, and a nominating and corporate governance committee.

Executive Committee. Our executive committee is currently composed of Brent P. Johnstone and John S. Stafford, III. The executive committee has all of the powers of the board of directors except the power to: change the number of directors or fill vacancies on the board of directors; elect or fill vacancies in the offices of president, treasurer or secretary; remove any officer or director; amend our by-laws; change our principal office; authorize the payment of any dividend or distribution to our stockholders; authorize our reacquisition of capital stock for value; or authorize a merger. The executive committee did not meet in 2024.

Compensation Committee. Our compensation committee is currently composed of three independent directors, Brian D. Connolly, who serves as chairman, John S. Stafford, III and Brent P. Johnstone. In 2024, the compensation committee held two meetings and took four actions by written consent. In March 2004, our board of directors adopted a Compensation Committee Charter, which it amended in March 2019. The Compensation Committee Charter, as amended, is available on our website atwww.aware.com.

Audit Committee. Our audit committee is currently composed of Peter R. Faubert, who serves as chairman, Brian D. Connolly and Brent P. Johnstone. Our board of directors has determined that Mr. Faubert is each an audit committee financial expert under Securities and Exchange Commission rules. In 2024, the audit committee met five times. In March