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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 that are pertinent to the Company and the meeting matters, after the completion of the Annual Meeting. Appropriate questions submitted by stockholders will be read during the Q&A session of the Annual Meeting. Only stockholders that have accessed the Annual Meeting as a stockholder (rather than a “Guest”) by following the procedures outlined above in “Who can attend the Annual Meeting?” will be permitted to submit questions during the Annual Meeting.

Information regarding the Q&A session will be available in the “Rules of Conduct” available on the Annual Meeting webpage for stockholders that have accessed the Annual Meeting as a stockholder (rather than a “Guest”) by following the procedures outlined above in “Who can attend the Annual Meeting?”

What are the proposals to be voted on and how many votes are required for approving each proposal?

| Proposal                                                                                 |     | Votes required                                                                                                                                                    |     | Effect of Votes Withheld /                                                               
 Abstentions and Broker                                                                   
 Non-Votes                                                                                |
| Proposal 1: Election of Class I Directors                                                |     | The plurality of the votes cast. This means that the three nominees receiving the highest number of affirmative “FOR” votes will be elected as Class I Directors. |     | Votes withheld and broker non-votes will have no effect.                                 |
| Proposal 2: Approval of, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the Say-on-Pay Vote         |     | The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the votes cast (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes) on such matter.                  |     | Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect.                                    |
| Proposal 3: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |     | The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the votes cast (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes) on such matter.                  |     | Abstentions will have no effect. We do not expect any broker non-votes on this proposal. |

What is a “vote withheld” and an “abstention” and how will votes withheld and abstentions be treated?

A “vote withheld,” in the case of Proposal 1, or an “abstention,” in the case of Proposal 2,and Proposal 3 represent a stockholder’s affirmative choice to decline to vote on a proposal. Votes withheld and abstentions are counted as present and entitled to vote solely for purposes of determining a quorum. Votes withheld will have no effect on the election of directors and abst