Company: VHC
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-015742
Chunk: 10

Company: VirnetX Holding Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 10
---
 the shares present (including virtually) or by proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting on this matter will be elected to the Board. Votes that are withheld and broker non-votes will be excluded entirely and will have no effect in the election of the director. For Proposal II - Ratification of Farber Hass Hurley LLP as our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm , you may vote “ FOR ,” “ AGAINST ” or “ ABSTAIN .” If you abstain from voting on Proposal II, your shares will be counted as present and entitled to vote for the purpose of establishing a quorum and your abstention will have the same effect as a vote against the proposal. If you hold your shares in street name, your broker, bank or nominee will have discretionary authority to vote on Proposal II if they do not receive instructions from you. Ratification of Farber Hass Hurley LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 will require the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present (including virtually) or by proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting on this matter. Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote “against” the ratification of Farber Hass Hurley LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm, and broker non-votes will have no effect. Because this is a routine proposal, we do not expect any broker non-votes on this proposal. For Proposal III - Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of Named Executive Officers , you may vote “ FOR ,” “ AGAINST ” or “ ABSTAIN .” If you abstain from voting on Proposal III, your shares will be counted as present and entitled to vote for the purpose of establishing a quorum and your abstention will have the same effect as a vote against the proposal. If you hold your shares in street name, your broker, bank or other nominee may not vote your shares on Proposal III without instructions from you. Thus, if you hold your shares in street name and you do not instruct your broker how to vote with regard to Proposal III, no votes will be cast on your behalf, but your proxy will be counted for the purpose of establishing a quorum. The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present (including virtually) or by proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting on this matter. Abstentions will have the effect of a vote “against” this proposal, and