Company: DARE
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001401914-25-000014
Chunk: 6

Company: Dare Bioscience, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 6
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 organization does not receive voting instructions from you. However, certain organizations may elect not to vote shares without an instruction from the beneficial owner even if they have discretionary authority to do so. We expect Proposal 2 to be considered a “routine” matter.

On the other hand, if you do not provide voting instructions to the organization that holds your shares, we do not expect that those shares will be voted on any proposal considered a “non-routine” matter because the organization that holds your shares typically lacks discretionary authority to vote uninstructed shares on non-routine matters. We expect Proposals 1, 3 and 4 to be considered “non-routine” matters.

Organizations may reach conclusions regarding their ability to vote your shares on a particular proposal that differ from our expectations expressed in this Proxy Statement. Accordingly, we encourage you to provide voting instructions to the organization that holds your shares on all proposals to ensure that your vote is counted. We expect that organizations will vote shares as you have instructed.

#### What is a “broker non-vote”?
A “broker non-vote” occurs if the organization that holds your shares cannot vote your shares on a particular matter because it has not received instructions from you and it does not have discretionary voting authority on that matter or because the organization that holds your shares chooses not to vote on a matter for which it does have discretionary voting authority.

2025 Proxy Statement | Page 3

#### Can I change my vote after submitting my proxy?
Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name

Yes. If you are a stockholder of record, you may revoke your proxy and change your vote:

• During the Annual Meeting : By attending the Annual Meeting online and voting during the meeting as described above. Your attendance at the Annual Meeting will not automatically revoke your proxy unless you properly vote during the Annual Meeting or specifically request that your prior proxy be revoked by delivering a written notice of revocation that is received by our Secretary prior to the Annual Meeting. Any such notice is to be sent to our Secretary at 3655 Nobel Drive, Suite 260, San Diego, CA 92122.

• By Phone : By using the phone voting method described above, in which case only your latest telephone proxy received before the deadline for phone voting will be counted.

• By Internet : By using the online voting method described above, in which case only your latest Internet proxy received before the deadline for online voting will be counted.

• By Mail : By signing and returning a new proxy card dated as of a later date