Company: CERO
Filing Date: 2025-11-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001213900-25-115783
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Company: CERO THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-11-28
Form: DEF 14A
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 Meeting is the close of business on November14, 2025. What am I voting on? There are three proposals scheduled to be voted on at the Special Meeting: • Proposal No. 1:The approval of an amendment to our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (“Certificate of Incorporation”) to combine outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) into a lesser number of outstanding shares (the “Reverse Stock Split”), by a ratio of not less than one -for-40and not more than one -for-150, with the exact ratio to be set within this range by our Board in its sole discretion (the “Reverse Stock Split Proposal” or “Proposal No. 1”). • Proposal No. 2:The approval, subject to certain conditions, of the issuance of shares of Common Stock in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635 upon the conversion of the Company’s Series E convertible preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Series E Preferred Stock”), issued in a private placement in October 2025 (the “October 2025 Private Placement”), at less than the “minimum price” under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d) (the “Nasdaq Share Issuance (Series E) Proposal” or “Proposal No. 2”) • Proposal No. 3:The approval of the CERo Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2024 Plan”), as amended to increase the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the 2024 Plan and the number of shares that may be issued pursuant to incentive stock options by an additional 32,000,000shares (the “Plan Share Increase Proposal” or “Proposal No. 3”). • Proposal No. 4:The approval of an adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes in favor of Proposal Nos. 1,2, or 3 (the “Adjournment Proposal” or “Proposal No. 4”). 1 How does the Board recommend that I vote? The Company’s Board recommends that you vote your shares: • “FOR” Proposal No. 1:The approval of an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to combine outstanding shares of our Common Stock into a lesser number of outstanding shares, by a ratio of not less than