Company: CERO
Filing Date: 2025-05-02
Form Type: PRER14A
Source: 0001213900-25-039149
Chunk: 9

Company: CERO THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-05-02
Form: PRER14A
Chunk 9
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 that may be issued pursuant to incentive stock options by an additional shares. • “FOR” Proposal No. 5:The approval of the election of two Class I directors to the Board, to serve until the 2028 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. • “FOR” Proposal No. 6:The ratification of the appointment of Wolf, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2025 fiscal year. • “FOR” Proposal No. 7:The approval of an adjournment of the Annual Meeting, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes in favor of Proposal Nos.1,2, 3 or 4. Who can vote at the Annual Meeting? If you were a holder of record of the Company’s Common Stock as of the close of business on March31, 2025, the Record Date for the Annual Meeting, you may vote your shares at the Annual Meeting. As of the Record Date, there were 5,169,723shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote. This number excludes treasury shares, as Company treasury shares will not be voted. Each stockholder has one vote for each share of Common Stock held as of the Record Date. A list of the Company’s stockholders of record will be open for examination by any stockholder beginning ten days prior to the Annual Meeting at the Company’s offices located at 201 Haskins Way, Suite 230, South San Francisco, CA 94080. If you would like to view the list, please contact the Company’s proxy solicitor, Okapi Partners, LLC, at (877) 566 -1922(toll free) or by e -mailat info@okapipartners.com. In addition, the list will be available for inspection by stockholders on the virtual meeting website during the Annual Meeting. 2 Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name If, on the Record Date, your shares were registered directly in your name with the Company’s transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, then you are a stockholder of record. As a stockholder of record, you may vote live online at the meeting or vote by proxy. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, the Company urges you to fill out and return the proxy card that may be mailed to you or vote by proxy over the telephone