Company: CERO
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: 10-K/A
Source: 0001213900-25-036075
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Company: CERO THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: 10-K/A
Chunk 4
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7 annual meeting of stockholders. |

Upon the expiration of the term of a class of directors, directors in that class will be eligible to be elected for a new three-year term at the annual meeting of stockholders in the year in which their term expires. Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that the authorized number of directors may be changed only by resolution of our board of directors. Our Certificate of Incorporation also provides that our directors may be removed only for cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares then entitled to vote in an annual election of directors, and that any vacancy on our board of directors, including a vacancy resulting from an enlargement of our board of directors, may be filled only by vote of a majority of our directors then in office. The following table sets forth the name and age of each director, indicating all positions and offices with us currently held by the director.

| Name                            |     | Age |     | Title                                       |
| Chris Ehrlich                   |     |  55 |     | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer. Director |
| Brian G. Atwood                 |     |  72 |     | Director                                    |
| Michael Byrnes (1) (3)          |     |  48 |     | Director                                    |
| Kathleen LaPorte (2) (3)        |     |  63 |     | Director                                    |
| Lindsey Rolfe, M.D. (1) (2) (3) |     |  57 |     | Director                                    |
| Shami Patel (1) (2)             |     |  56 |     | Director                                    |

| (1) | Member of audit committee. |

| (2) | Member of compensation committee. |

| (3) | Member of nominating and corporate governance committee. |

1 Chris Ehrlichhas served as our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since December 2024. Since July 2024, Mr. Ehrlich has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Launch One Acquisition Corp. From October 2024 to November 2024, he served as the interim Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to this, he served as the Vice Chairman of our board of directors from February 2024 to October 2024. He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of PBAX from October 2021 until the closing of the Business Combination in February 2024. From January 2021 to