Company: RNAC
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001453687-25-000075
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Company: Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
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Officer at Gemstone from June 2017 to May 2018. Dr. English also served on the Board of Directors of the BioTechnical Institute of Maryland, Inc. from December 2018 to June 2021, and served on the advisory board of the University of Maryland’s Department of Bioengineering from July 2019 to June 2021. Dr. English holds a bachelor’s of science degree in Chemistry from the University of Maryland, and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

None of our executive officers are related to any other executive officer or to any of our directors.

Pursuant to the merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among the Company, Old Cartesian, and the merger subsidiary parties thereto, dated as of November 13, 2023, the Company previously agreed to appoint each of Dr. Jewell and Dr. Kurtoglu to their roles as Chief Scientific Officer and Chief Operating Officer, respectively. Other than pursuant to the Merger Agreement, there are no known arrangements or understandings between either of Dr. Jewell or Dr. Kurtoglu and any other person pursuant to which either of them were selected as an officer.

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#### Corporate Governance

#### General
Our Board has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines, a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and charters for the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of our Board (the “Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee”), Audit Committee and Compensation Committee to assist the Board in the exercise of its responsibilities and to serve as a framework for the effective governance of the Company. You can access our current committee charters, our Corporate Governance Guidelines and our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics in the “Corporate Governance” section of the “Investors” page of our website located at www.cartesiantherapeutics.com, or by writing to our Secretary at our offices at 7495 New Horizon Way, Frederick, Maryland 21703. The information contained on our website, and in all references to our website within this proxy statement, shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in this proxy statement or in any other filing we make under Exchange Act.

#### Board Composition
Our Board currently consists of nine members: Timothy C. Barabe, M.B.A., Carsten Brunn, Ph.D., Carrie S. Cox, Nishan de Silva, M.D., M.B.A., Murat Kal