Company: HCWB
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000950170-25-046724
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Company: HCW Biologics Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1B
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 “Proposal One: Director Election,” “Executive Officers” and “Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports” included in our definitive Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the year ended December 31, 2024, and is incorporated herein by reference.

Our board of directors has adopted a Code of Conduct and Ethics applicable to all officers, directors, and employees, which is available on our website (https://investors.hcwbiologics.com/) under “Governance.” We intend to satisfy the disclosure requirement under Item 5.05 of Form 8-K regarding amendment to, or waiver from, a provision of our Code of Conduct and Ethics by posting such information on the website address and location specified above.

Item 11 Executive Compensation.

The information required by this item is included under the captions “Board of Directors and Corporate Governance” and “Executive Compensation” in our definitive Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the year ended December 31, 2024, and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 12 Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

The information required by this item is included under the captions “Equity Compensation Plan Information” and “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” in our definitive Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the year ended December 31, 2024, and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 13 Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

The information required by this item is included under the captions “Board of Directors and Corporate Governance” and “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” in our definitive Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the year ended December 31, 2024 and is incorporated herein by reference. 

Item 14 Principal Accounting Fees and Services.

The information required by this item is included under the caption “Proposal Two: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in our definitive Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the year ended December 31, 2024, and is incorporated herein by reference.

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