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
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. You may vote your shares by proxy or in person at the Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting is being held so that stockholders may consider: • the re-election of Brent P. Johnstone and John S. Stafford, III as Class II directors, • an advisory resolution with respect to the compensation of Aware's named executive officers, as described in this Proxy Statement, • the ratification of the appointment of RSM US LLP as Aware’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025. The board of directors of Aware has determined that the matters to be considered at the Annual Meeting are in the best interests of Aware and its stockholders. For the reasons set forth in the Proxy Statement, the board of directors unanimously recommends a vote “FOR” the re-election of Messrs. Johnstone and Stafford, "FOR" the approval on an advisory basis of the executive compensation descried in this Proxy Statement, and "FOR" the ratification of RSM US LLP as Aware's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025. On behalf of the board of directors and the officers and employees of Aware, I would like to take this opportunity to thank our stockholders for their continued support of Aware. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

| Sincerely,                                          |
| /s/ Ajay K. Amlani                                  |
| Ajay K. AmlaniChief Executive Officer and President |

<div align='center'>Aware, Inc.

Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders

to be held on June 11, 2025</div>

Aware, Inc. hereby gives notice that it will hold its annual meeting of stockholders at the offices of Aware, Inc., 76 Blanchard Road, Burlington, Massachusetts on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, beginning at 10:00 a.m., local time, for the following purposes:

To consider and vote upon the re-election of Brent P. Johnstone and John S. Stafford, III as our Class II directors;

To conduct an advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers;

To ratify the appointment by our audit committee of RSM US LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ended December 31, 2025; and

To transact such other business as may properly come before the annual meeting or any adjournment thereof.

The board of directors has fixed the close of business on April 15, 2025 as the record date