Company: BOF
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001641172-25-004712
Chunk: 200

Company: BranchOut Food Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 9A
Chunk 200
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—Independent Director. Lindsey L. Schwartz was appointed to our board of directors on February 13, 2025. Since
September of 2020, Mr. Schwartz has been the Executive Chairman of Schwartz Brothers Restaurants, which owns and operates a number of
full-service restaurants in the greater Seattle area and Schwartz Brothers Bakery, which sells products in the US and Canada in many
of the largest grocery and warehouse club chains. Mr. Schwartz also serves on the board of directors for Evergreens Salads and multiple
advisory boards, including South Forty Snacks, Tiphaus and Radius Networks, and formerly served on the advisory board of Nutpods. Mr.
Schwartz earned a BS in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.

Family
Relationships

There
are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers.

Board
Committees and Audit Committee Financial Expert

Our
board of directors has established an Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Our
board of directors may establish other committees to facilitate the management of our business. The composition and functions of each
committee are described below. Members serve on these committees until their resignation or until otherwise determined by our board of
directors. Each committee has adopted a written charter that satisfies the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq, which
is available on our website at www.branchoutfood.com.

Audit
Committee

Our
Audit Committee is responsible for, among other things:

    ●
    overseeing
    the integrity of our financial statements and the other financial information we provide to our stockholders and other interested
    parties;

    ●
    monitoring
    the periodic reviews of the adequacy of the auditing, accounting, and financial reporting processes and systems of internal control
    that are conducted by our independent registered public accounting firm and management;

    ●
    being
    responsible for the selection, retention, compensation, and termination of our independent registered public accounting firm;

    ●
    overseeing
    the independence and performance of our independent registered public accounting firm;

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    ●
    overseeing
    compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements as they relate to our financial statements and disclosure of financial
    information to our stockholders and other interested parties;

    ●
    facilitating
    communication among our independent registered public accounting firm, management, and the board of directors;

    ●
    preparing
    the Audit Committee report required by SEC rules and regulations to be included in our annual proxy statement