Company: CRVO
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-013543
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Company: CervoMed Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
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 to serve as our directors until the next annual meeting of our stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified. All of the nominees named below are current members of the Board. Dr. Cobuzzi’s term will expire at the Annual Meeting and thereafter the Board will consist of seven members.

| ● | John Alam, M.D. |

| ● | Joshua S. Boger, Ph.D. |

| ● | Sylvie Grégoire, PharmD. |

| ● | Jane H. Hollingsworth, J.D. |

| ● | Jeff Poulton |

| ● | Marwan Sabbagh, M.D. |

| ● | Frank Zavrl |

Proxies only can be voted for the number of persons named as nominees in this Proxy Statement, which is seven. If prior to the Annual Meeting, the Board should learn that any nominee will be unable to serve for any reason, the proxies that otherwise would have been voted for this nominee will be voted for a substitute nominee as selected by the Board. Alternatively, the proxies, at the discretion of the Board, may be voted for that fewer number of nominees as results from the inability of any nominee to serve. The Board has no reason to believe that any of the nominees will be unable to serve.

A plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote is required to elect each nominee as a director.

Board Recommendation

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTEFORTHE ELECTION OF ALL SEVEN OF THE NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR NAMED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT.

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PROPOSAL NO. 2
RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</div>

Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Our Audit Committee has selected RSM US LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

Neither our Bylaws nor other governing documents or law require stockholder ratification of the selection of RSM US LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm. However, the Audit Committee is submitting the selection of RSM US LLP to our stockholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate practice. If our stockholders fail to ratify the selection, the Audit Committee will reconsider whether or not to retain RSM US LLP. Even if the selection is ratified, the Audit Committee, in its discretion, may direct the appointment of different independent