Company: BOF
Filing Date: 2025-11-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001493152-25-023449
Chunk: 20

Company: BranchOut Food Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 20
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 a response to any communication is necessary and shall provide a report to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee on a quarterly basis of any communications received for which the Corporate Secretary has either responded or determined no response is necessary.

This procedure for communications with the non-management directors is administered by the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. This procedure does not apply to (a) communications to non-employee directors from officers or directors of the Company who are stockholders, or (b) stockholder proposals submitted pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

<div align='center'>PROPOSAL ONE: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS</div>

Our Board of Directors has nominated six candidates for election as director for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders. All of the nominees are currently members of our Board. Directors are elected to serve for their respective terms of one year or until their successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified. The Board has no reason to believe that any of the nominees named below will be unavailable, or if elected, will decline to serve.

Pursuant to our Bylaws, generally the number of directors is fixed and may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of our Board. The Board has fixed the number of directors at six members. Proxies cannot be voted for a greater number of persons than the number of nominees named.

Nominees

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors recommended, and the Board of Directors approved, Eric Healy, John Dalfonsi, Deven Jain, Byron Riché Jones, Lindsey Schwartz and Greg Somerville as nominees for re-election to the Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting.

Please see “Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance” in this Proxy Statement for information concerning the nominees.

Unless otherwise instructed, the proxy holders will vote the proxies received by them FOR Eric Healy, John Dalfonsi, Deven Jain, Byron Riché Jones, Lindsey Schwartz and Greg Somerville. If a nominee is unable or declines to serve as a director at the time of the Annual Meeting, the proxies will be voted for another nominee designated by the Board of Directors. We are not aware of any reason that a nominee would be unable or unwilling to serve as a director.

The Board of Directors unanimously recommends that stockholders vote “FOR” the re-election of each of Eric Healy, John Dalfonsi, Deven Jain, Byron Riché Jones, Lindsey Schwartz and Greg Somerville