Company: BOLT
Filing Date: 2025-04-16
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-054405
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Company: Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-16
Form: PRE 14A
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VAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO EFFECT A REVERSE STOCK SPLIT OF OUR ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING COMMON STOCK |   |   | 21 |
| SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT                                                                                      | ​ | ​ | 27 |
| EXECUTIVE OFFICERS                                                                                                                                  | ​ | ​ | 30 |
| EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION                                                                                                                              | ​ | ​ | 31 |
| CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS                                                                                                |   |   | 37 |
| HOUSEHOLDING OF PROXY MATERIALS                                                                                                                     |   |   | 39 |
| OTHER MATTERS                                                                                                                                       | ​ | ​ | 40 |
| ADDITIONAL INFORMATION                                                                                                                              | ​ | ​ | 40 |

<div align='center'>QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSABOUT THESE PROXY MATERIALS AND VOTING PROCEDURES</div>

Why am I receiving these materials?

We anticipate on or about April [ ], 2025, we will begin mailing you this Proxy Statement and the accompanying proxy card, or the proxy materials, or, for shares held in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, or other agent, known as a beneficial owner of shares held in “street name,” a voting instruction form because the board of directors of Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc., or the Board, is soliciting your proxy to vote at our 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or the Annual Meeting, to be held on May 27, 2025 at 11:00 a.m., Pacific Time. The meeting will be held virtually, via a live webcast atwww.proxydocs.com/BOLT.

We invite you to attend the Annual Meeting to vote on the proposals described in this Proxy Statement. However, you do not need to attend the meeting to vote your shares. Instead, you may vote by proxy over the internet or by phone by following the instructions provided in the enclosed proxy card.

The proxy materials contain instructions on how to access and review our Annual Meeting materials, how to access the live webcast of the Annual Meeting, and also contain instructions on how to request a printed copy of the Annual Meeting materials. The Proxy Materials and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, are also available in the “SEC Filings” section of our website at https://investors.boltbio.com/financial-information/sec-filings.

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