Company: PACB
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001299130-25-000090
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Company: PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: DEF 14A
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 in this proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) to serve for a one-year term and until their successors are duly elected and qualified;

• To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025;

• To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2024;

• To vote on an amendment of our 2020 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares reserved thereunder; and

• To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

Any action on the items of business described above may be considered at the Annual Meeting at the time and on the date specified above or at any time and date to which the Annual Meeting may be properly adjourned or postponed.

The Proxy Statement to which this notice is attached includes a copy of the proposed amendment of our 2020 Equity Incentive Plan as Annex A which is incorporated herein by reference and considered attached to this notice.

Stockholders of record who owned shares of our common stock at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on April 10, 2025 are entitled to receive notice of, attend, and vote at the Annual Meeting. A complete list of these stockholders will be available at our corporate offices at 1305 O’Brien Drive, Menlo Park, California 94025 during regular business hours for ten days prior to the Annual Meeting. A stockholder may examine the list for any legally valid purpose related to the Annual Meeting.

We are furnishing proxy materials to stockholders primarily over the internet. We believe that this process expedites stockholders’ receipt of proxy materials, lowers the costs of the Annual Meeting and conserves natural resources. On or about April 23, 2025, we expect to mail to our stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) containing instructions on how to access our Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year 2024 (the “Annual Report”). This Notice provides instructions on how to vote online or by telephone and includes instructions on how to receive a paper copy of proxy materials by mail. We also include in the Notice instructions on how you can request a paper copy of the proxy materials. The Proxy Statement and our Annual Report can be accessed at the following Internet address: http://www.proxy