Company: AWRE
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-058702
Chunk: 31

Company: AWARE INC /MA/
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 31
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ama Trust, has the power to vote and dispose of the common stock of Aware held by such Trust (b) Kimberly Susan Stafford 2004 Irrevocable Trust is the record owner of 315,693 shares of common stock of Aware; Susan Yang Stafford, in her capacity as trustee of the Kimberly Susan Stafford 2004 Irrevocable Trust, has the power to vote and dispose of the common stock of Aware held by such Trust and (c) Susan Yang Stafford Revocable Trust of 2011 is the record owner of 299,739 shares of common stock of Aware. Ms. Yang Stafford is the wife of John S. Stafford, Jr. Mr. Stafford, Jr. disclaims beneficial ownership in the 2,746,881 shares of the common stock of Aware owned beneficially by his wife, Susan Yang Stafford, through the Susan Yang Stafford 2010 Kimborama Trust, the Kimberly Susan Stafford 2004 Irrevocable Trust and the Susan Yang Stafford Revocable Trust of 2011. Equity compensation plan information The following table sets forth additional information as of December 31, 2024, regarding securities authorized for issuance under our existing equity compensation plans and arrangements, divided between plans approved by our stockholders and plans or arrangements that were not required to be and were not submitted to our stockholders for approval.

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The equity compensation plans approved by our stockholders are our 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and our 2023 Equity Incentive Stock Plan. Our 2001 Nonqualified Stock Plan was not approved by our stockholders. Our board of directors approved the 2001 Nonqualified Stock Plan in April 2001 and amended it in July 2002.

| Plan category                             |     | Number of shares  
 to be issued      
 upon exercise     
 of outstanding    
 options, warrants 
 and rights (#)    |           |     | Weighted-         
 average           
 exercise price of 
 outstanding       
 options,          
 warrants and      
 rights ($)        |      |     | Number of shares   
 remaining          
 available for      
 future issuance    
 under equity       
 compensation       
 plans (excluding   
 shares reflected   
 in column (a)) (#) |           |
|                                           |     | -a                |           |     | -b                |      |     | -c                 |           |
| Equity compensation plans approved by     
 stockholders:                             |     |                   |           |     |                   |      |     |                    |           |
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