Company: DVAX
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEFC14A
Source: 0000930413-25-001273
Chunk: 116

Company: DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEFC14A
Chunk 116
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 and send our proxy materials.

If you wish to submit a proposal (including a director nomination)
that is not to be included in next year’s proxy materials, you must do so no later than the close of business on March 13, 2026
and no earlier than the close of business on February 11, 2026. However, if our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is not held between May 12,
2026 and July 11, 2026, then you must submit your proposal (or director nomination) not earlier than the close of business on the 120th
day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or the
10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. In addition, stockholders who
intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than our nominees must also comply with the additional requirements
of Rule 14a-19(b).

What are the costs of this proxy solicitation?

The proxies being solicited hereby are being solicited by the
Board of Directors of the Company. The cost of soliciting proxies in the enclosed form will be borne by the Company. We have retained
MacKenzie Partners to aid in the solicitation. For these and related advisory services, we will pay Mackenzie Partners a fee of
approximately $400,000 and reimburse them for certain out-of-pocket disbursements and expenses. MacKenzie Partners expects that
approximately 25 of its employees will assist in the solicitation. The expense incurred by the Company to date in furtherance
of, or in connection with, the solicitation is approximately $4.0 million. The Company anticipates that its total expenditures will be approximately
$13.0 million. The actual amount could be higher or lower depending on the facts and circumstances arising in connection with this solicitation.

Directors and certain executive officers and employees of the
Company may, but without compensation other than their regular compensation, solicit proxies by further mailing or personal conversations,
or by telephone, facsimile or electronic means. We will, upon request, reimburse brokerage firms and others for their reasonable
expenses in forwarding solicitation material to the beneficial owners of stock. Appendix A sets forth information relating to
certain of the Company’s directors and certain executive officers and employees who are considered “participants”
in the Company’s solicitation under the rules of the SEC by reason of their