Company: AWRE
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-058702
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Company: AWARE INC /MA/
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 committee of the engagement for those services. None of the services provided by RSM for 2024 or 2023 was obtained in reliance on the waiver of the pre-approval requirement afforded in SEC regulations.

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#### r Proposals
If any stockholder would like to include any proposal in our proxy materials for our next annual meeting of stockholders or special meeting in lieu thereof, the stockholder must comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Among other requirements, we must receive the proposal at our executive offices no later than December 26, 2025. If any stockholder would like to submit a proposal for that meeting outside the processes of Rule 14a-8, we receive notice of that proposal no earlier than February 19, 2026 and no later than March 21, 2026. In addition, to comply with the universal proxy rules, stockholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than Aware’s nominees must provide notice to us that sets forth the information required by Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 no later than April 12, 2026.

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#### nformation
Stockholders of record on April 15, 2025 will receive copies of this proxy statement and Aware’s 2024 Annual Report to Stockholders, which contains detailed financial information concerning Aware. Aware will mail, without charge, a copy of Aware’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (excluding exhibits) to any stockholder whose proxy Aware is soliciting if the stockholder requests it in writing. Please submit any such written request to Aware, Inc., 76 Blanchard Road, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.

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LOGO Aware P.O. BOX 8016, CARY, NC 27512-9903 Your vote matters! Have your ballot ready and please use one of the methods below for easy voting Your control number Have the 12 digit control number located in the box above available when you access the website and follow the instructions Aware, Inc. Annual Meeting of Stockholders For Stockholders of record as of April 15, 2025 Wednesday, June 11, 2025 10:00 AM, Eastern Time 76 Blanchard Road, Burlington, Massachusetts YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT! PLEASE VOTE BY: 10:00 AM, Eastern Time, June 11, 2025.