Company: HCWB
Filing Date: 2025-02-11
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-024372
Chunk: 10

Company: HCW Biologics Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-11
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 10
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 • |     | Proposal One: Approval will be obtained if the number of votes cast “FOR” the proposal at the Special 
 Meeting exceeds the number of votes “AGAINST” the proposal.                                           |

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| • |     | Proposal Two: Approval will be obtained if the number of votes cast “FOR” the proposal at the Special 
 Meeting exceeds the number of votes “AGAINST” the proposal.                                           |

| • |     | Proposal Three: Approval will be obtained if the number of votes cast “FOR” the proposal at the Special 
 Meeting exceeds the number of votes “AGAINST” the proposal.                                             |

Q: If I submit a proxy, how will it be voted?

| A: | When proxies are properly dated, executed and returned, the shares represented by such proxies will be voted at                                                                                                                                       
 the Special Meeting in accordance with the instructions of the stockholder. If no specific instructions are given, the shares will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of our board of directors as described above. If any matters not   
 described in the Proxy Statement are properly presented at the Special Meeting, the proxy holders will use their own judgment to determine how to vote your shares. If the Special Meeting is postponed or adjourned, the proxy holders can vote your 
 shares on the new meeting date as well, unless you have revoked your proxy instructions, as described below under “Can I change my vote or revoke my proxy?”                                                                                          |

Q: What should I do if I get more than one proxy card or voting instruction form?

| A: | Stockholders may receive more than one set of voting materials, including multiple copies of the proxy                                                                                                                                                    
 materials, proxy cards or voting instruction forms. For example, stockholders who hold shares in more than one brokerage account may receive separate sets of proxy materials for each brokerage account in which shares are held. Stockholders of record 
 whose shares are registered in more than one name will receive more than one set of proxy materials. You should vote in accordance with all of the proxy cards and voting instruction forms you receive relating to our Special Meeting to ensure that    
 all of your shares are voted and counted.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

Q: Can I change my vote or revoke my proxy?

| A: | You may change your vote or revoke your proxy at any time prior to the taking of the vote or the polls closing 
 at the Special Meeting.                                                                                        |

| If you are the stockholder of record, you may change your vote by: |

| • |     | granting a new