Company: AWRE
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-058702
Chunk: 20

Company: AWARE INC /MA/
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 20
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, officers and directors. The code of ethics also contains special ethical obligations which apply to employees with financial reporting responsibilities, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. Our code of ethics includes, among other things, provisions covering compliance with laws and regulations, conflicts of interest, insider trading, proper use of our assets, confidentiality, discrimination and harassment, accounting and record keeping, the reporting of illegal or unethical behavior, enforcement of the code of ethics and discipline for violations of the code of ethics. Our code of ethics is available on our website atwww.aware.com. Any waiver of any provision of the code of ethics granted to an executive officer or director may only be made by the board of directors and will be promptly disclosed on our website atwww.aware.com.

#### Compensation committee interlo

#### cks and insider participation
Our compensation committee is currently composed of Messrs. Connolly, Johnstone, and Stafford, III. In 2024, no officer or employee of Aware, including our executives, participated in the deliberations of the compensation committee concerning the compensation of our executive officers. No interlocking relationship existed between our board of directors or compensation committee and the board of directors or compensation committee of any other company in 2024.

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Compensation of Executive Officers and Directors Executive c ompensation The following table provides summary information concerning compensation earned for services rendered to Aware in all capacities for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 by Mr. Eckel, our chief executive officer, and our two other most highly compensated executive officers, Mr. Lazzouni and Mr. Traverse. We refer to Messrs. Eckel, Lazzouni, Traverse as our named executive officers or our NEOs. Summary Compensation Table

| Name and Principal Position |     | Year |     | Salary 
 ($)    |         |     | Stock  
 Awards 
 ($)(1) |        |     | Option  
 Award   
 ($) (2) |         |     | Non-Equity   
 Incentive    
 Plan         
 Compensation 
 ($)(3)       |         |     | All Other    
 Compensation 
 ($)(4)       |        |     | Total ($) |         |
| Robert A. Eckel (5)         |     | 2024 |     |        | 318,270 |     |        |      — |     |         |       — |     |              |       — |     |              | 17,206 |