Company: TVRD
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001104659-25-014310
Chunk: 1183

Company: Tvardi Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: 424B3
Chunk 1183
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 above Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time March 31, 2025. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form. During The Meeting - Go to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/CARA2025SM You may attend the meeting via the Internet and vote during the meeting. Have the information that is printed in the box marked by the arrow available and follow the instructions. VOTE BY PHONE Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time March 31, 2025. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions. VOTE BY MAIL Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717. TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDSTHIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED. DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLYCARA THERAPEUTICS, INC. The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals: For Against Abstain 1. Approve the issuance of shares of Cara common stock pursuant to the Merger, which (i) will represent more than 20% of the shares of Cara common stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger and (ii) result in the change of control of Cara, pursuant to Rules 5635(a) and 5635(b) of Nasdaq, respectively, referred to as the Stock Issuance Proposal. 2. Approve the Tvardi Therapeutics, Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan, referred to as the Equity Plan Proposal. 3. Approve the Tvardi Therapeutics, Inc. 2025 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, referred to as the ESPP Proposal. 4. Approve an amendment to the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of Cara to effect a reverse stock split of Cara common stock at a ratio within the range between , 2 -for-1 to 4 -for-1 (with such ratio to be mutually agreed upon by the Cara Board and the Tvardi Board prior to the effectiveness of the Merger