Company: ZVRA
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: PREC14A
Source: 0001193125-25-068746
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Company: ZEVRA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: PREC14A
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 proxies on our behalf are considered to be “participants” in this proxy solicitation under applicable SEC regulations. Please refer to Annex A, Supplemental Information Regarding Participants in the Company’s Solicitation of Proxies, for information about our directors (including our director nominees) as well as information about certain of our executive officers and other employees who may solicit proxies on our behalf. Other than the persons described in Annex A, none of our employees will be employed to solicit proxies. However, in the course of their regular duties, employees may be asked to perform clerical or ministerial tasks in furtherance of our solicitation of proxies. For example, in addition to these proxy materials, our directors and employeesmay solicit proxies in person, by telephone or by other means of communication. Directors and employees will not be paid any additional compensation for soliciting proxies.

We have retained Sodali & Co to aid in the solicitation of proxies and related advisory services, for a fee of up to approximately $[●], plus reimbursement of expenses. We may incur additional fees if we request additional services. Sodali & Co estimates that

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approximately [ ●] of its employees will assist in our proxy solicitation. We will request brokers, banks, or other nominees in whose names shares of common stock are registered to furnish to the beneficial holders this proxy statement and the WHITEproxy card, and any other materials related to the Annual Meeting, including our Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the year ended December 31, 2024, and, upon request, we will reimburse such brokers, banks, or other nominees for their out-of-pocketand reasonable expenses in connection therewith. Other than the fee paid to Sodali & Co, as described above, our expenses in connection with our solicitation of proxies, excluding normal expenses related to a non-contestedsolicitation of proxies and excluding salaries and wages of our officers and regular employees, are expected to aggregate to approximately $[ ●]. None of the estimated solicitation costs have been expended to date. How are votes counted? Votes will be counted by the independent inspector of election appointed for the Annual Meeting. What are “broker non-votes”? Broker non-votesoccur when brokers, banks, or other nominees do not have discretionary voting authority to vote certain shares held in “street name” on particular non-routineproposals and the beneficial owner of those shares has not instructed the broker, bank or other nominee to vote on those proposals. How many