Company: HCWB
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-032115
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Company: HCW Biologics Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form: DEF 14A
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 A: | There is no physical location for the Special Meeting. Stockholders of record as of the close of business on   
 the Record Date are entitled to participate virtually in the Special Meeting, including to vote, ask questions |

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| and view the list of registered stockholders as of the record date during the Special Meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/HCWB2025SM. To participate and vote in the 
 Special Meeting, you will need the control number included on your proxy card or voting instruction form.                                                                              |

We are committed to ensuring, to the extent possible, that stockholders will be given the same participation rights that they would be given if they attended an in-personmeeting. We will endeavor to answer as many stockholder-submitted questions as time permits that comply with the Special Meeting rules of conduct. We reserve the right to edit profanity or other inappropriate language and to exclude questions regarding topics that are not pertinent to meeting matters or Company business. If we receive substantially similar questions, we may group such questions together and provide a single response to avoid repetition. The meeting webcast will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time. Online check-inwill begin at 9:45 a.m., Eastern Time, and we encourage you to allow ample time for check-inprocedures. If you experience technical difficulties during the check-inprocess or during the meeting, please call the technical support number provided on the log-inpage of the virtual meeting. Additional information regarding the rules and procedures for participating in the Special Meeting will be set forth in our meeting rules of conduct, which stockholders can view during the meeting at the meeting website. Regardless of whether you plan to participate in the Special Meeting, it is important that your shares be represented and voted at the Special Meeting. Accordingly, we encourage you to vote in advance of the Special Meeting. Please be aware that participating in the Special Meeting will not, by itself, revoke a proxy. See, “Can I change my vote or revoke my proxy?” above for more details.

| Q: | How do I submit questions during the meeting? |

| A: | Stockholders may submit questions during the Special Meeting by visiting                                                                                                         
 www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/HCWB2025SM and using their 16-digit control number to enter the meeting. Questions may be submitted by typing them into the text box provided. |

| Q: | Is there a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Special Meeting? |

| A: | For a period of