Company: RNAC
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001453687-25-000075
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Company: Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
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 M.B.A., who has served on our Board since 2016, Carsten Brunn, Ph.D., who has served on our Board since 2018, and Nishan de Silva, M.D., M.B.A., who has served on our Board since 2021. Timothy C. Barabe, M.B.A., Carsten Brunn, Ph.D., and Nishan de Silva, M.D., M.B.A. were each nominated for election as a Class III Director at the Annual Meeting.

The proposal regarding the election of directors requires the approval of a plurality of the votes cast. This means that the three nominees receiving the highest number of affirmative “FOR” votes will be elected as Class III Directors. Votes withheld and broker non-votes are not considered to be votes cast and, accordingly, will have no effect on the outcome of the vote on this proposal.

As set forth in our restated certificate of incorporation, as amended (the “Charter”), the Board is currently divided into three classes with staggered, three-year terms. At each annual meeting of stockholders, the successors to directors whose terms then expire will be elected to serve from the time of election and qualification until the third annual meeting following election. The current class structure is as follows: Class I, whose current term will expire at the 2026 Annual Meeting and whose subsequent term will expire at the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; Class II, whose current term will expire at the 2027 Annual Meeting and whose subsequent term will expire at the 2030 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; and Class III, whose current term expires at the Annual Meeting and whose subsequent term will expire at the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The current Class I Directors are Michael Singer, M.D., Ph.D., Timothy A. Springer, Ph.D. and Patrick Zenner, M.B.A.; the current Class II Directors are Carrie S. Cox, Murat Kalayoglu, M.D., Ph.D., and Kemal Malik, M.B.B.S.; and the current Class III Directors are Timothy C. Barabe, M.B.A., Carsten Brunn, Ph.D. and Nishan de Silva, M.D., M.B.A.

Our Charter and amended and restated by-laws (the “Bylaws”) provide that the authorized number of directors may be changed only by resolution of the Board. Any additional directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors will be distributed among the three classes so that