Company: DARE
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001401914-25-000014
Chunk: 53

Company: Dare Bioscience, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 53
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)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions to Item 304 of Regulation S-K) between us and Mayer Hoffman on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to satisfaction of Mayer Hoffman, would have caused Mayer Hoffman to make reference to the subject matter of such disagreements in connection with its report, or (ii) “reportable events,” as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K, that would require disclosure under Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

#### OUR BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” PROPOSAL 2.
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#### PROPOSAL 3
<div align='center'>TO APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS</div>

At our 2020 annual meeting of stockholders, our Board recommended that our stockholders approve an advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers (commonly referred to as the “say-on-pay” vote) on an annual basis. Approximately 93% of the votes cast at our 2020 annual meeting of stockholders were for the recommendation of our Board, and in response we hold an annual say-on-pay vote. The say-on-pay vote is not intended to address any specific compensation item, but rather our overall approach to the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed pursuant to the SEC’s compensation disclosure rules in this Proxy Statement (which disclosure includes the related compensation tables included in the “Executive Compensation” section of this Proxy Statement).

Although the vote on this proposal is advisory, and therefore not binding on us our or our Board, our Board and the Compensation Committee value input from our stockholders and will consider the outcome of the vote in analyzing our approach to the compensation of our executive officers when making future executive compensation decisions. Based on the votes cast for and against, our executive compensation program received support from over 88% of the votes cast in 2024. Our Board and the Compensation Committee believe that this level of approval of our executive compensation program is indicative of our stockholders’ support of our compensation philosophy and goals as well as the overall administration of executive compensation by our Board and the Compensation Committee.

As described in more detail in the “Executive Compensation” section of this Proxy Statement, our executive compensation program is intended to attract and retain qualified executive officers and to align the interests