Company: ZVRA
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form Type: DEFC14A
Source: 0001193125-25-086293
Chunk: 47

Company: ZEVRA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form: DEFC14A
Chunk 47
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 reported to the full Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. The Audit Committee has determined that the rendering of services other than audit services by EY was compatible with maintaining the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence.

| THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” PROPOSAL 2. |

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The following table sets forth information concerning our executive officers as of the date hereof:

| Name                         |     | Age |     | Position                                              |
| Neil F. McFarlane            |     |  52 |     | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director       |
| R. LaDuane Clifton, MBA, CPA |     |  52 |     | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer                 |
| Adrian Quartel, M.D., FFPM   |     |  58 |     | Chief Medical Officer                                 |
| Joshua Schafer, M.S., MBA    |     |  54 |     | Chief Commercial Officer                              |
| Rahsaan W. Thompson          |     |  54 |     | Chief Legal Officer, Secretary and Compliance Officer |

Neil F. McFarlane Biographical information regarding Mr. McFarlane is set forth under “Class III Directors Continuing in Office until the 2027 Annual Meeting.” R. LaDuane Clifton, MBA, CPA R. LaDuane Clifton, MBA, CPA, has served as our Chief Financial Officer since June 2015 and as our Treasurer since February 2016; he also served as our Secretary from February 2016 to June 2024. Mr. Clifton is responsible for the Company’s financial and operating activities. Previously, he served as our Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller from April 2015 to June 2015. From August 2009 to February 2015, Mr. Clifton served in a variety of positions, including chief financial officer, secretary and treasurer, with The LGL Group, Inc., a public holding engaged in services, merchant investment and manufacturing business activities. From August 2008 to August 2009, Mr. Clifton served as the chief financial officer of a21, Inc., a public holding company with businesses in stock photography and the online retail and manufacturer of framed art, and as its corporate controller from March 2007 to August 2008. From August 2004 to March 2007, Mr. Clifton served as an auditor with KPMG. From August 1991 to August 2004, he