Company: ZVRA
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form Type: DEFC14A
Source: 0001193125-25-086293
Chunk: 15

Company: ZEVRA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form: DEFC14A
Chunk 15
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,000. None of the estimated solicitation costs have been expended to date. How are votes counted? Votes will be counted by the independent inspector of election appointed for the Annual Meeting. What are “broker non-votes”? Broker non-votesoccur when brokers, banks, or other nominees do not have discretionary voting authority to vote certain shares held in “street name” on particular non-routineproposals and the beneficial owner of those shares has not instructed the broker, bank or other nominee to vote on those proposals. How many votes are needed to approve each proposal and what is the effect of withhold votes, abstentions and broker non-votes? The following table summarizes the minimum vote needed to approve each proposal and the effect of withhold votes, abstentions and broker non-votes.

| Proposal 

# |     | Proposal Description                                                                                                                                                 |     | Vote Required for                                                                                                                                                                       
 Approval                                                                                                                                                                                |     | Effect of Votes Withheld or Abstentions                                                                     |     |                         Effect of Broker 
                                Non-Votes |
| 1          |     | Election of Directors (1) (3)                                                                                                                                        |     | The plurality of the votes of the holders of shares present and entitled to vote on the proposal. The two nominees receiving the most “FOR” votes will be elected as Class I directors. |     | Votes withheld will not be counted as votes cast and will have no effect.   Abstentions are not applicable. |     | Broker non-votes will have no effect.(3) |
| 2          |     | Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 (2) |     | “FOR” votes from the holders of a majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the matter will ratify the appointment.                          |     | Abstentions will have the same effect as votes “AGAINST” this proposal.                                     |     |                                       -2 |

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| (1) | The Board does not endorse the Mangless Nominees and recommends that you vote “FOR” the election of the two nominees proposed by the Board. |

| (2) | Typically, this proposal is considered to be a “routine” matter and we would not expect any broker non-votes. Typically, if you hold your shares in street name and do not provide voting instructions to your broker, bank or other nominee that holds your shares, your broker, bank