Company: LIDRW
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form Type: DEFC14A
Source: 0001140361-25-012590
Chunk: 34

Company: AEye, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form: DEFC14A
Chunk 34
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 AND SUE E. ZEIFMAN), TO DISREGARD ANY MATERIALS SENT TO YOU BY, OR ON BEHALF OF, THE DISSIDENT GROUP, AND NOT TO SIGN, RETURN, OR VOTE ANY NON-WHITE PROXY CARD SENT TO YOU BY, OR ON BEHALF OF, THE DISSIDENT GROUP. Vote Required for Approval Approval of Proposal 1 requires the plurality of the votes cast with respect to a director nominee. This means that the director nominees receiving the highest number of affirmative “FOR” votes will be elected. Brokers do not have authority to vote on Proposal 1 without instructions from the beneficial owner. Recommendation of the Board of Directors A majority of our Board of Directors recommends you vote on the WHITEuniversal proxy card “FOR” each of the Board’s nominated candidates (Timothy J. Dunn and Sue E. Zeifman) to be elected to serve as Class I directors on the Board. 19

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PROPOSAL 2 RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF KPMG LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM The Audit Committee of the Board has approved the appointment of KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) as our independent registered public accountants to audit our financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. We are asking that you ratify that appointment, although your ratification is not required. If you fail to ratify such selection, another independent registered public accounting firm may be considered by our Audit Committee, but the Audit Committee may nonetheless choose to continue to engage KPMG. Even if the retention of KPMG is ratified, the Audit Committee may, in its discretion, select a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year, including prior to the Annual Meeting, if it determines that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. We have been advised that a KPMG representative will attend the Annual Meeting to answer appropriate questions and to make a statement if he or she desires. Our Audit Committee appointed KPMG as of April 8, 2024, and at the same time, dismissed our prior auditors, Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”). The audit report of Deloitte on the Company’s financial statements as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as