Company: CERO
Filing Date: 2025-01-21
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001213900-25-004742
Chunk: 239

Company: CERO THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-01-21
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 239
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 served as a member of our Compensation Committee from the closing of the Business Combination until his appointment as our interim Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Other than Mr. Ehrlich, during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, none of the members of our Compensation Committee has ever been one of our officers or employees. None of our executive officers currently serves, or has served, as a member of our board of directors or Compensation Committee of any entity that has one or more executive officers serving as a member of our board of directors or Compensation Committee. Board Diversity Board diversity and inclusion is critical to our success. While we do not have a formal policy on board of directors diversity, the board of directors is committed to building a board of directors that consists of the optimal mix of skills, expertise, and diversity capable of effectively overseeing the execution of our business and meeting our evolving needs, with diversity reflecting gender, age, race, ethnicity, background, professional experience and perspectives. Our nominating and corporate governance committee considers the value of diversity on the board of directors in evaluating director nominees. Accordingly, the nominating and corporate governance committee’s evaluation of director nominees includes consideration of their ability to contribute to the diversity of personal and professional experiences, opinions, perspectives and backgrounds on the board of directors. The matrix below provides certain highlights of the composition of our board of directors based on self-identification. Each term used above and in the matrix below has the meaning given to it in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(f).

| Board Diversity Matrix (As of December 2, 2024) |     |        |   |     |      |   |     |        |     |                         |
|:------------------------------------------------|:----|-------:|--:|:----|:-----|--:|:----|:-------|:----|:------------------------|
| Total Number of Directors:                      |     |      6 |   |     |      |   |     |        |     |                         |
|                                                 |     | Female |   |     | Male |   |     | Non-   
 Binary |     | Did Not Disclose Gender |
| Part I: Gender Identity                         |     |        |   |     |      |   |     |        |     |                         |
| Directors                                       |     |        | 2 |     |      | 4 |     |        |     |                         |
| Part II: Demographic Background                 |     |        |   |     |      |   |     |        |