Company: TVRD
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001104659-25-014310
Chunk: 1184

Company: Tvardi Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: 424B3
Chunk 1184
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 or, if the Stock Issuance Proposal is not approved by Cara stockholders, determined solely by the Cara Board), referred to as the Reverse Stock Split Proposal. 5. Approve an amendment to the Cara amended and restated certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Cara common stock from 16,666,667 shares to 150,000,000 shares, referred to as the Authorized Share Proposal. 6. Approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation that will or may become payable by Cara to its named executive officers in connection with the Merger, referred to as the Compensation Proposal. 7. Approve a postponement or adjournment of the Cara special meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes in favor of the Stock Issuance Proposal, the Reverse Stock Split Proposal and/or the Authorized Share Proposal, referred to as the Adjournment Proposal. NOTE: In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other matters as may properly come before the meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof. Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer. Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX] Date Signature (Joint Owners) Date

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Special Meeting of Stockholders: The Notice and Proxy Statement is available at www.proxyvote.com. V60672-TBD CARA THERAPEUTICS, INC. SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS April 1, 2025 10:00 AM EASTERN TIME THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS The stockholder(s) acknowledge(s) receipt of the Notice of the 2025 Special Meeting of Stockholders of Cara Therapeutics, Inc. and the Proxy Statement and hereby appoint(s) Christopher Posner and Ryan Maynard, or either of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint their substitute, and hereby authorize(s) them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this ballot, all of the shares of common stock of CARA THERAPEUTICS, INC. that the stockholder(s) is/are entitled to vote at the