Company: DARE
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001401914-25-000014
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Company: Dare Bioscience, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
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 proxy materials electronically by email or in printed form by mail, and any such election will remain in effect until terminated by the stockholder. We encourage all stockholders to take advantage of the availability of our proxy materials on the Internet to help reduce the cost and environmental impact of our annual meetings.

Our proxy materials will be sent or made available to stockholders on or about April 24, 2025. We are soliciting proxies pursuant to this Proxy Statement for use at the Annual Meeting.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be Held on June 12, 2025 : This Proxy Statement and our Annual Report are available electronically at www.proxyvote.com.

2025 Proxy Statement | Page 1

### QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTING

#### How do I attend the Annual Meeting?
You will be able to attend the Annual Meeting online by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/DARE2025. Online check-in will begin at 8:45 a.m. Pacific Time and we suggest logging-on at that time to allow ample time for the check-in procedures. Please be aware that you must bear any costs associated with your Internet access, such as usage charges from Internet access providers and telephone or similar companies.

#### Who can vote at the Annual Meeting?
Only our stockholders of record at the close of business on the record date, or their legal proxy holders, are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The record date for the Annual Meeting is April 17, 2025. There were 8,850,386 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote on the record date.

#### What am I voting on?
The list below sets out the matters scheduled for a vote at the Annual Meeting. Each share of our common stock has one vote on each matter.

| Proposal 1: 
 Proposal 2: |     | Election of three Class II directors named in this Proxy Statement to hold office until our 2028 annual meeting of stockholders;                         
 Ratification of the selection of Haskell & White LLP. as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025; |
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| Proposal 3: |     | To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers; and                                                                  |
| Proposal 4: |     | To approve an amendment to the 2022 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number