Company: CDT
Filing Date: 2025-07-08
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001641172-25-018242
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Company: CDT Equity Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-08
Form: DEF 14A
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 members, and the extent to which the candidate would be a desirable addition to our      
 Board and any committees of our Board.                                                                                                 |

Our Board generally considers a broad range of knowledge, skills and professional experience as factors in evaluating candidates for our Board.

Stockholder Recommendations & Nominees.The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider director candidates recommended by stockholders. Such recommendations should be made in accordance with the Company’s procedures for nomination of directors by stockholders, as described in the Company’s Bylaws. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee does not alter the manner in which it evaluates candidates, including the criteria set forth above, based on whether or not the candidate was recommended by a stockholder. Please refer to the section titled “Stockholder Proposals” for further information regarding how our stockholders may nominate directors.

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<div align='center'>DIRECTORS’ COMPENSATION</div>

Compensation Program for the Board of Directors

We adopted a compensation program for our Board, which became effective upon completion of the Business Combination, and was amended on November 15, 2024. Under the compensation program, the non-employee directors will receive the following annual cash retainers for their service on the Board and its committees.

| ● | $35,000 for each non-employee director;                                          |
| ● | $30,000 for the Chairperson of the Board;                                        |
| ● | $15,000 for the chair of the Audit Committee and $7,500                          
 for each of the other members of that committee;                                 |
| ● | $10,000 for the chair of the Compensation Committee                              
 and $5,000 for each of the other members of that committee; and                  |
| ● | $8,000 for the chair of the Nominating and Corporate                             
 Governance Committee and $4,000 for each of the other members of that committee. |

A non-employee director who is serving on the Board as of the date of any annual meeting after the effective date of the program, and who will continue to serve as a non-employee director immediately following such meeting, will automatically be granted on the date of such annual meeting a stock option to purchase 15,000 shares of our Common Stock, which amount is pro-rated for new directors to reflect their service since the last annual meeting (the “Annual Award”). Each Annual Award will vest and become exercisable on the earlier of (i) the first anniversary of the date of grant, or (ii) the date