Company: EVLVW
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-021091
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Company: Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
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 on innovation, customer success, and reinforcing trust in the communities we serve.

#### The Path Forward
We are confident in our ability to continue to disrupt the physical security market, which is a growing segment of the technology industry.

Our strategy to capitalize on this opportunity is focused on three key areas: extending our penetration in the North American AI-based weapons detection market, cross-selling additional products like Evolv eXpedite to our rapidly growing customer base, and expanding our presence internationally. To do this, we will focus on leveraging our existing relationships to extend our leadership in key metropolitan markets. We will build on our early momentum in education, healthcare, and professional sports — sectors where we have already established a strong market presence. Additionally, we plan to strengthen and expand our channel partner relationships to accelerate business scaling. Finally, we will continue to raise the bar in the industry by driving product innovation and maintaining our position as a market leader.

I am deeply grateful to our employees, customers, partners, and stockholders for their unwavering support and belief in our mission. The relentless dedication of our team, combined with our customers' trust and partnerships, continue to propel us forward. While 2024 brought challenges, it also brought valuable lessons and new opportunities. We confronted these challenges head-on and reinforced our commitment to ethical practices while solving our customers’ business challenges and pushing the upper bounds for product development in our industry.

I am optimistic about our path forward in 2025 and beyond. We are emerging stronger, more focused, and ready to lead with integrity and purpose. We are focused on making the world a more enjoyable place for people to live, work, learn, and play.

Thank you for your continued trust and partnership.

Sincerely,

John Kedzierski

President and Chief Executive Officer

Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc.

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### LETTER FROM INDEPENDENT CHAIR

#### Dear Fellow Stockholders,
I am honored to serve as Chair of the Board of Evolv Technology and am proud of our mission to create safer environments in the places we all visit every day — schools, hospitals, ballparks, tourist attractions, and houses of worship.

As disclosed in more detail in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year-ended December 31, 2024 and our Quarterly Report for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2024, in September 2024, an ad hoc committee of independent directors, under the direction of the Board, commenced an investigation that resulted in a restatement of