Company: ABUS
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-012305
Chunk: 11

Company: Arbutus Biopharma Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 11
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 For example, you may own some Common Shares directly as a Shareholder of record and other Common Shares as a beneficial owner through a broker, bank, or other nominee, or you may own Common Shares through more than one such organizations. You should provide voting instructions for all accounts referenced to vote all the Common Shares you own. How will proxies be solicited and who will pay the cost of the proxy solicitation? The solicitation of proxies will be primarily by mail, but our directors, officers, and regular employees may also solicit proxies personally or by telephone. We will not pay our directors, officers, or employees any additional compensation for these services. We will bear all costs of the solicitation, including all printing, handling, and mailing of the Annual Meeting materials. We have arranged for your broker, bank, or other nominee to forward the Annual Meeting materials to beneficial owner of our Common Shares held of record by those organizations and we may reimburse them for their reasonable fees and disbursements in that regard. Who will count the votes, and is my vote confidential? Votes will be counted by the scrutineer appointed for the Annual Meeting. Proxy instructions, ballots, and voting tabulations that identify individual Shareholders are handled in a manner that protects your voting privacy. Your vote

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TABLE OF CONTENTS will not be disclosed either within our organization or to third parties, except (1) as necessary to meet applicable legal requirements, (2) to allow for the tabulation of votes and certification of the vote, and (3) to facilitate a successful proxy solicitation. How can I find out the results of the voting at the Annual Meeting? Preliminary voting results will be announced at the Annual Meeting. Final voting results will be filed with the Canadian provincial securities regulatory authorities on SEDAR at www.sedarplus.ca, and will also be published in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on EDGAR at www.sec.gov within four business days of the Annual Meeting. How can I make a Shareholder proposal for the 2026 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders? If you want to propose a matter for consideration at our 2026 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, then that proposal must be received at our registered office at 25th Floor, Toronto Dominion Bank Tower, 700 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V7Y 1B3 (with a copy to our Secretary at 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States) and in compliance with the