Company: HCWB
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-058961
Chunk: 5

Company: HCW Biologics Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 5
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 you will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials unless you request one.

Q: What proposals are scheduled to be voted on at the meeting?

A: Stockholders will be asked to vote on the following two proposals at the meeting:

1. to elect each of Scott T. Garrett and Gary M. Winer as a Class I director to serve for a term of three years and until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal (Proposal One); and

2. to ratify the appointment of Crowe LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 (Proposal Two).

Additionally, stockholders may be asked to transact any other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

Q: Could matters other than Proposal One and Proposal Two be decided at the meeting?

A: Our bylaws require that we receive advance notice of any proposal to be brought before the meeting by stockholders of HCW Biologics, and we have not received notice of any such proposals. If any other matter were to come before the meeting, the proxy holders appointed by our board of directors will have the discretion to vote on those matters for you.

Q: How does the board of directors recommend I vote on these proposals?

A: Our board of directors recommends that you vote your shares:

“FOR” the nominees to the board of directors (Proposal One); and

“FOR” the ratification of the appointment of Crowe LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 (Proposal Two).

Q. How can I access the proxy materials?

A: We provide our stockholders with the choice of accessing the 2025 Annual Meeting proxy materials over the internet, rather than receiving printed copies of those materials through the mail. In connection with this process, a Notice of Internet Availability is being mailed to our stockholders who have not previously requested electronic access to our proxy materials or paper proxy materials. The Notice of Internet Availability contains instructions on how you may access and review our proxy materials on the internet and how you may submit a proxy for your shares over the internet. The Notice of Internet Availability will also tell you how to request our proxy materials in printed form or by email, at no charge. The Notice of Internet Availability contains a control number that you will need to submit a proxy for your shares. Please keep the Notice for your reference through the meeting date.