Company: SPRB
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-059288
Chunk: 30

Company: SPRUCE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 30
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 nominee’s business experience for at least the previous five years, complete biographical information, a description of the proposed nominee’s qualifications as a director and a representation that the nominating stockholder is a beneficial or record holder of the Company’s stock. Any such submission must be accompanied by the written consent of the proposed nominee to be named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected.

Environmental, Social and Governance Matters

We are committed to developing and commercializing novel therapies for rare disorders with significant unmet medical need. We believe that our success depends on our ability to attract, develop and retain key personnel. We strive toward having a diverse team of employees and are committed to equality, inclusion and workplace diversity. For example, we provide various training and development programs that are intended to build and strengthen our employees’ leadership and professional skills, and have multiple employee community groups to foster dialogue and other actions related to diversity and inclusion.

The Board has adopted a formal process by which stockholders may communicate with the Board or any of its directors. Stockholders who wish to communicate with the Board may do so by sending written communications

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addressed to 611 Gateway Boulevard, Suite 740, South San Francisco, California 94080, Attention: Corporate Secretary. Such written communications must set forth the name and address of the stockholder on whose behalf the communication is sent and the number of shares of our capital stock that are owned beneficially by such stockholder as of the date of the communication. All communications will be compiled by our Corporate Secretary and submitted to the Board or the individual directors on a periodic basis.

These communications will be reviewed by our Corporate Secretary, who will determine whether the communication should be presented to the Board. The purpose of this screening is to allow the Board to avoid having to consider irrelevant or inappropriate communications (such as advertisements, solicitations and hostile communications). The screening procedures have been approved by a majority of the independent directors.

We maintain a Code of Conduct that applies to all our employees, officers and directors. This includes our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. The full text of our Code of Conduct is posted on our website at www.sprucebio.com. The information on our website is not incorporated by reference into this Proxy Statement or our Annual Report. If we ever were to waive or amend any provision of the Code of Conduct that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or any person performing similar