Company: IPSC
Filing Date: 2025-04-22
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-037419
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Company: Century Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-22
Form: DEF 14A
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 comprised of an effective team of directors who function collegially and who are able to apply their experience toward meaningful contributions to our business strategy and oversight of our performance, risk management, organizational development and succession planning. Our Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, or Bylaws, provide that the number of members of our Board shall be fixed by the Board from time to time. Our Board is currently fixed at eight members. Our Board is divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for identifying individuals that it believes are qualified to become Board members. CRITERIA FOR BOARD MEMBERSHIP The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has identified certain criteria that it will consider in identifying director nominees. Important general criteria and considerations for Board membership include:

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| ​ | Proven integrity                                                                                                                                                                                     
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 Capability to fairly and equally act in the best interest of our stockholders                                                                                                                        
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 Prior or current leadership experience, including within the biotechnology and biopharmaceutical spheres                                                                                             
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 Broad experience, diverse perspectives, and the ability to exercise sound judgment, and a judicious and critical temperament that will enable objective appraisal of management’s plans and programs 
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 Willingness and ability to devote sufficient time to Board responsibilities                                                                                                                          
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 Diversity with respect to background, professional experience and perspectives                                                                                                                       
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The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also considers, on an ongoing basis, the background, experience and skills of the incumbent directors that are important to our current and future business needs, and evaluates the experience and skills that would be valuable in new Board members. SELECTION OF CANDIDATES Director Skill Set Considerations; Use of Skills Matrix To assist with determining the needs of the Board, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee utilizes a skills matrix for the purpose of recruiting and selecting Board candidates. The expertise and experience included

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in the skills matrix are tied to our strategic goals, and the intent of the skills matrix is to ensure that the directors collectively possess qualities that facilitate effective oversight of our strategic plans. While the matrix is useful for determining the collective skills of the Board as a whole, it is not a comparative measure of the value of each individual director; a director