Company: AWRE
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-058702
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Company: AWARE INC /MA/
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 7
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ard Road and Aware, Inc. is on the right.

From ManchesterTake I-93 South to exit 28B toward I-95 S/Waltham and merge onto I-95 S. Take exit 51A toward US3 S/Winchester and then merge onto Cambridge Street. Turn right onto Wayside Road and then turn left onto S Bedford Street. Turn right onto Blanchard Road and Aware, Inc. is on the right.

From WorcesterTake I-90 E/Massachusetts Turnpike and take exit 123 to merge onto I-95 N toward Portsmouth. Take exit 50-A/B for US-3 toward Middlesex Turnpike/Burlington/Lowell. Keep right to continue onto Exit 50B and follow signs for Middlesex Turnpike/Burlington. Turn left onto

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Middlesex Turnpike and then turn left onto Wheeler Road. Continue onto Blanchard Road and Aware, Inc. is on the left.

#### Matters To Be Considere

#### d At The Annual Meeting

#### Proposal One—Re-Election

#### of Class II Directors
Our board of directors, upon the recommendation of the nominating and corporate governance committee, has nominated for re-election as Class II directors Brent P. Johnstone and John S. Stafford, each of whom is currently a Class II director of Aware. The Class II directors elected at the annual meeting will hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders in 2028 and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

Each nominee has agreed to serve if elected, and we have no reason to believe that a nominee will be unable to serve. If a nominee is unable or declines to serve as a director at the time of the annual meeting, proxies will be voted for another nominee that our board’s nominating and corporate governance committee will designate at that time. Proxies cannot be voted more than once for a nominee.

Our board of directors recommends that you voteFORthe re-election of Brent P. Johnstone and John S. Stafford, III as Class II directors of Aware.

#### Proposal Two—Advisory Vote

#### on Executive Compensation
We are asking our stockholders to provide advisory approval of the compensation of our named executive officers, as we have described it in the “Executive Compensation” section of this proxy statement, beginning on page 18. While this vote is advisory and not binding, it will provide information to our board of directors and compensation committee regarding investor sentiment about our executive compensation philosophy, policies and practices,