Company: VERA
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-012034
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Company: Vera Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
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 vote is counted. You may access and vote at the meetingby logging in with your Control Number on your voting instruction form at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/VERA2025. However, because you are not the stockholder of record, you may not vote your shares of Class A common stock at the meeting unless you request and obtain a valid proxy from your broker, bank or other agent. Internet proxy voting may be provided to allow you to vote your shares of Class A common stock online, with procedures designed to ensure the authenticity and correctness of your proxy vote instructions. However, please be aware that you must bear any costs associated with your internet access. How many votes do I have? On each matter to be voted upon, you are entitled to one vote for each share of Class A common stock you own as of the Record Date. If I am a Class A stockholder of record and I do not vote, or if I return a proxy card or otherwise vote without giving specific voting instructions, what happens? If you are a Class A stockholder of record and do not vote by completing your proxy card, by telephone, through the internet or online at the Annual Meeting, your shares of Class A common stock will not be voted. If you return a signed and dated proxy card or otherwise vote without marking voting selections, your shares of Class A common stock will be voted, as applicable, “For” the election of each of the three nominees for director, “For” the ratification of the selection by the Audit Committee of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, “For” the advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, and for, “One Year” as the preferred frequency of

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advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. If any other matter is properly presented at the Annual Meeting, your proxy holder (one of the individuals named on your proxy card) will vote your shares of Class A common stock using his or her best judgment. If I am a beneficial owner of shares of Class A common stock held in street name and I do not provide my broker or bank with voting instructions, what happens? If you are a beneficial owner of shares of Class A common stock held in street name and you do not instruct your broker, bank or other agent how to vote your shares, your broker, bank or other agent may still be able to vote your