Company: HCWB
Filing Date: 2025-02-11
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-024372
Chunk: 8

Company: HCW Biologics Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-11
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 8
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 by internet (at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/HCWB2025SM), by telephone (at 1-800-690-6903),or, if you requested and received a printed copy of the proxy materials, you may vote by mail by completing, signing and dating the enclosed proxy card and returning it in the enclosed prepaid envelope. Votes submitted by telephone or through the internet must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, on [February 28], 2025. If you vote by mail, your proxy card must be received before voting begins at the Special Meeting. Submitting your proxy, whether by telephone, through the internet or by mail will not affect your right to vote in person virtually should you decide to attend and participate in the meeting virtually. Beneficial Owner: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker or Other Nominee If you are not the stockholder of record, please refer to the voting instructions provided by your nominee to direct it how to vote your shares. The voting deadlines and availability of telephone and internet voting for beneficial owners of shares will depend on the voting processes of the broker, bank or other nominee that holds your shares. Therefore, we urge you to carefully review and follow the voting instruction form and any other materials that you receive from that organization. To ensure that your vote is counted, complete and mail the voting instruction form provided by your brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee as directed by your nominee. To electronically vote in person virtually at the meeting online, you must obtain a legal proxy from your nominee. Follow the instructions from your nominee included with our proxy materials or contact your nominee to request a proxy form. 3

Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to participate in the Special Meeting, we urge you to vote by proxy to ensure that your vote is counted.

| Q: | What shares can I vote? |

| A: | Each share of our Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the close of business on [February 17], 2025 is                                                                                                                                   
 entitled to vote on all items being voted on at the meeting. You may vote all shares owned by you as of [February 17], 2025, including (1) shares held directly in your name as the stockholder of record, and (2) shares held for you as the 
 beneficial owner in street name through a broker, bank, trustee, or other nominee.                                                                                                                                                            |

| Q: | How many votes am I entitled to per share? |

| A