Company: CERO
Filing Date: 2025-05-02
Form Type: PRER14A
Source: 0001213900-25-039149
Chunk: 51

Company: CERO THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-05-02
Form: PRER14A
Chunk 51
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 written consent. Certain material amendments also require approval of the stockholders of the Company. No ISOs may be granted after the tenth anniversary of the date that the Board adopts the Plan. No stock awards may be granted under the Amended Plan while it is suspended or after it is terminated. U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences The following is a summary of the principal U.S. federal income tax consequences to participants and the Company with respect to participation in the Amended Plan. This summary is not intended to be exhaustive and does not discuss the income tax laws of any local, state or foreign jurisdiction in which a participant may reside. The information is based upon current U.S. federal income tax rules and therefore is subject to change when those rules change. Because the tax consequences to any participant may depend on such participant’s particular situation, each participant should consult the participant’s tax adviser regarding the federal, state, local and other tax consequences of the grant, exercise, vesting or settlement of an award or the disposition of stock acquired under the Amended Plan. The Amended Plan is not qualified under the provisions of Section 401(a) of the Code and is not subject to any of the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. Tax Consequences to the Participants Nonstatutory Stock Options.Generally, there is no taxation to the participant upon the grant of a NSO. Upon exercise, a participant will recognize ordinary income equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the underlying stock on the date of exercise of the stock option over the exercise price. If the participant is employed by the Company or one of its affiliates, that income will be subject to withholding taxes. The participant’s tax basis in those shares will be equal to their fair market value on the date of exercise of the stock option, and the participant’s capital gain holding period for those shares will begin on the day after they are transferred to the participant. Incentive Stock Options. The Amended Plan provides for the grant of stock options that are intended to qualify as “incentive stock options,” as defined in Section 422 of the Code. A participant generally is not subject to ordinary income tax upon the grant or exercise of an ISO. If the participant holds a share received upon exercise of an ISO for more than two years from the date the stock option was granted and more than one year from the date the stock option was exercised, which is referred to as the required holding period, then the difference, if any