Company: AWRE
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-058702
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Company: AWARE INC /MA/
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 8
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 which the committee will be able to consider when determining executive compensation for the remainder of fiscal 2025 and beyond.

At our 2023 annual meeting of stockholders, our stockholders voted to approve, on an advisory basis, every year as the preferred frequency of our holding advisory stockholder votes to approve the compensation paid to our named executive officers. After considering the vote of our stockholders, our board of directors has continued to hold advisory stockholder votes to approve the compensation paid to our named executive officers every year. The board believes that it is a good corporate governance practice and is in the best interests of our stockholders to give our stockholders the right to cast an advisory vote every year on their approval of the compensation arrangements of our named executive officers, allowing them to provide us on an annual basis with their input on our executive compensation philosophy, policies and practices as disclosed in our proxy statement.

Your vote is requested. We believe that the information we have provided above and within the Executive Compensation section of this proxy statement demonstrates that our executive compensation program was designed appropriately and is working to ensure management’s interests are aligned with our stockholders’ interests to support long-term value

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creation. Accordingly, our board of directors recommends that stockholders approve the executive compensation program by approving the following advisory resolution:

RESOLVED, that the stockholders of Aware, Inc. approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the individuals identified in the Summary Compensation Table, as disclosed in the Aware, Inc. 2025 proxy statement pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (which disclosure includes the compensation tables and the accompanying footnotes and narratives within the Executive Compensation section of this proxy statement).

<div align='center'>Our board of directors recommends that you vote “FOR” the Advisory Vote approving our Named Executive Officer Compensation.</div>

The audit committee of our board of directors has selected RSM US LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, to audit our financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. RSM US LLP audited our financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. Although stockholder approval of the selection of RSM US LLP is not required by law, our board of directors believes that it is advisable to give stockholders the opportunity to ratify this selection. We expect that representatives of RSM US LLP will be present at the Annual Meeting, with the opportunity to make a statement if they so desire and will be available to respond to