Company: SPRB
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-059288
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Company: SPRUCE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
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 the shares in your account. You are also invited to attend the Annual Meeting. You may vote prior to the Annual Meeting by logging in with the Control Number on your voting instruction form at www.proxyvote.com. You may access the meeting and vote by logging in with your Control Number at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/2025.

What am I voting on?

There are four matters scheduled for a vote:

Proposal 1: To elect the three Class II directors named below to hold office until the Company’s 2028 annual meeting of stockholders.

Nominees:

Percival-Baretto-Ko
Bali Muralidhar, M.D., Ph.D.
Daniel Spiegelman

Proposal 2: To ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board (the “Audit Committee”) of BDO USA, P.C. as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2025;

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• Proposal 3: To approve an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a the Reverse Stock Split of the Company's common stock by a ratio of between one-for-five and one-for-thirty, with the exact ratio to be determined by the Board in its sole discretion and with such Reverse Stock Split to be effected at such time and date, if at all, as determined by the Board in its sole discretion; and • Proposal 4: To approve the adjournment of the Annual Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes in favor of Proposal 3. What if another matter is properly brought before the meeting? The Board knows of no other matters that will be presented for consideration at the Annual Meeting. If any other matters are properly brought before the Annual Meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the accompanying proxy to vote on those matters in accordance with their best judgment. How do I vote? You may either vote “For” all the nominees to the Board or you may “Withhold” your vote for any nominee you specify. For each of the other matters to be voted on, you may vote “For” or “Against” or abstain from voting. The procedures for voting are fairly simple: Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name If you are a stockholder of record, you may vote using the following mechanisms: • To vote using the proxy card, simply complete, sign and date the proxy card