Company: RNAC
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001453687-25-000075
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Company: Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
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 into account to ensure that the director nomination process considers a diverse mix of age, gender, race, place of residence and specialized experience. Additionally, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s evaluation of director nominees includes consideration of their ability to contribute to the diversity of personal and professional experiences, opinions, perspectives and backgrounds on the Board. The Board continually assesses the size and the mix of experiences and backgrounds of its members, including gender, ethnic, and racial composition. Cartesian evaluates the effectiveness of this policy through annual self-evaluations completed by the Board and each of its committees.

The Board firmly believes that it plays a key role in the oversight of Cartesian’s culture and in holding management accountable for the creation and stewardship of that culture. The Board regularly receives updates from management related to the Company’s people and culture, including key statistics related to employee demographics and turnover, updates on key personnel additions or changes within the company’s individual departments, and substantive updates on the Company’s developing culture and company engagements. Additionally, the Board believes an engaged and empowered workforce contributes significantly to the creation of stockholder value.

In evaluating the suitability of individual candidates for internal positions and to serve on our Board, Cartesian is proud to consider many factors, including diversity of expertise and experience in substantive matters pertaining to our company’s business, as well as diversity of background and perspective, including, but not limited to, with respect to age, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, and relevant experience.

#### Anti-Hedging Policy
Our Board has adopted an Insider Trading Policy, which applies to all of our directors, officers and employees. The Insider Trading Policy prohibits our directors, officers and employees and any entities they control from engaging in all hedging or monetization transactions, such as zero-cost collars and forward sale contracts.

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#### Attendance By Members Of The Board At Meetings
There were twenty-six meetings of the Board during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. Our independent directors also held regularly scheduled executive sessions. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, each director attended at least 75% of the aggregate of (i) all meetings of the Board and (ii) all meetings of the committees on which the director served, in each case during the period in which he or she served as a director.

Under our Corporate Governance Guidelines, which are available on the “Corporate Governance” section of the “Investors” page of our website at www.cartesiantherapeutics.com, a