Company: EVLVW
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-021091
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Company: Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
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 “our” refer to Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc.

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#### Summary of Proposals
| Proposal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |     | Board Recommendation |     | Reasons for Recommendation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |     | Page |
| 1.To electKevin Charlton,John Kedzierski,Kimberly Sheehy, andBilal Zuberias Class I Directors to serve until the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until their respective successors shall have been duly elected and qualified. |     | FOR                  
 each director        
 nominee              |     | The Board of Directors (“Board”) and its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee believe the Board nominees have the skills, experience, and backgrounds necessary to effectively monitor performance, provide oversight, and advise management on our long-term strategy. |     |   11 |
| 2.To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive officers (the“Say-on-Pay Vote”)                                                                                                               |     | FOR                  |     | Our executive compensation programs demonstrate our pay for performance philosophy and reflect the input of stockholders from our outreach efforts.                                                                                                                              |     |   24 |
| 3.To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.                                                                    |     | FOR                  |     | Based on the Audit Committee’s assessment of PwC’s qualifications and performance, the Board believes that retention of PwC for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 is in our stockholders’ best interests.                                                                 |     |   52 |

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### Business Highlights
Evolv Technology is a leading security technology company pioneering AI-based solutions designed to create safer experiences. Our mission is to transform security to create a safer world to live, work, learn, and play. Our products are designed to transform human security to help make a safer, faster, and better experience for the world’s most iconic venues and companies as well as schools, hospitals, and public spaces, using industry leading artificial intelligence (“ AI ”)-powered screening and analytics.

2024 was a transformative year for Evolv, which achieved strong financial and operational results.

| Financial                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 Highlights                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |     | •We reported total revenue of $103.9 million in 202