Company: ZVRA
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form Type: DEFC14A
Source: 0001193125-25-086293
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Company: ZEVRA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form: DEFC14A
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 (203) 658-9400 Email: ZVRA@info.sodali.com

| THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” EACH OF WENDY DIXON, PH.D. AND TAMARA A. FAVORITO USING THE ENCLOSED WHITE PROXY CARD. |

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CLASS II DIRECTORS CONTINUING IN OFFICE UNTIL THE 2026 ANNUAL MEETING

John B. Bode

John B. Bode has served as a director of our Company since April 2023 and as chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since May 2023. Since February 2015, Mr. Bode has been the owner and managing director of Aerie Investments, LLC, a management consulting and investment company focused on assisting legacy media companies and digital media start-ups with business development and strategic initiatives. Mr. Bode currently serves as the chief financial officer and chief transformation officer of Postmedia Network Canada Corp., a publishing company whose shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Since September 2022, Mr. Bode has served as the interim chief executive officer of FISION Corporation, a provider of cloud-based digital asset management, sales enablement and agile marketing technologies; and, he has served as a member of its board of directors since March 2018. Mr. Bode has served on the board of directors of SPAR Group, Inc., a leading global provider of merchandising, marketing and distribution services that is listed on the Nasdaq, since October 2023, and of The McClatchy Company, a leading privately-held publisher of newspapers, since September 2020. Mr. Bode’s past corporate experience includes many years serving as a key executive and/or financial officer for leading public companies. He was the chief financial officer of the Tribune Publishing Company from October 2013 to January 2015. He served as the chief financial officer of Source Interlink Companies, one of the largest enthusiast media companies in the United States and a leading distributor of periodicals, from January 2011 to September 2013, after serving in other accounting and finance roles with Source Interlink since 2002. He was previously employed as a certified public accountant for BDO Seidman. Mr. Bode received a BS in Accounting from Notre Dame University. Our Board believes that Mr. Bode’s experience as an executive and manager of public and private companies, as well as his experience leading commercial and marketing operations for