Company: CERO
Filing Date: 2025-11-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001213900-25-115783
Chunk: 89

Company: CERO THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-11-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 89
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 case to the fullest extent permitted by law and subject to the court having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants. These provisions do not apply to claims or causes of action brought to enforce a liability or duty created by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any other claim where the U.S. federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. Furthermore, Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all such Securities Act actions. Accordingly, both state and federal courts have jurisdiction to entertain such claims. To prevent having to litigate claims in multiple jurisdictions and the threat of inconsistent or contrary rulings by different courts, among other considerations, the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws will further provide that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the federal district courts of the United States will be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any action or proceeding asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act, including all causes of action asserted against any defendant named in such complaint. For the avoidance of doubt, this provision is intended to benefit and may be enforced by our officers and directors, the underwriters engaged in respect to any offering giving rise to such complaint giving rise to such complaint, any other professional entity whose profession gives authority to a statement made by that person or entity and who has prepared or certified any part of the documents underlying the Business Combination. While the Delaware courts have determined that such choice of forum provisions are facially valid, a stockholder may nevertheless seek to bring a claim in a venue other than those designated in the exclusive forum provisions. In such instance, we would expect to vigorously assert the validity and enforceability of the exclusive forum provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. 48 These exclusive forum provisions may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or other employees and may discourage these types of lawsuits, or could result in increased costs for a stockholder to bring a claim, particularly if they do not reside in or near Delaware, both of which may discourage lawsuits against us or our directors, officers and employees. Furthermore, the enforceability of similar choice of forum provisions in other companies’ certificates of incorporation or bylaws has been challenged in legal proceedings, and it is possible that a court could find these types of provisions to be inapplicable or unenforceable. Exchange Listing On October29, 2025, we received the determination of the Nas