Company: RILYN
Filing Date: 2025-10-22
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001213900-25-101228
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Company: B. Riley Financial, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-22
Form: DEF 14A
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 obtaining a new perspective. If any member of the Board of Directors up for re -electionat an upcoming annual meeting of stockholders does not wish to continue in service, the ESG Committee identifies the desired skills and experience of a new nominee considering the criteria above. If the ESG Committee believes that the Board of Directors requires additional candidates for nomination, the committee may explore alternative sources for identifying additional candidates. This may include engaging, as appropriate, a third -partysearch firm to assist in identifying qualified candidates. The ESG Committee reviews all nominees, including those recommended by stockholders, for nomination by the Board in accordance with the above requirements and qualifications to determine whether they possess attributes the ESG Committee believes would be most beneficial to the Company. The ESG Committee will select qualified candidates and make its recommendations to the Board, which will formally decide whether to nominate the recommended candidates for election to the Board. Stockholders may recommend nominees for consideration by the ESG Committee by submitting the names and the following supporting information to the Company’s Secretary: Corporate Secretary, Stockholder Nominations, B. Riley Financial, Inc., 11100 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 800, Los Angeles, California 90025. The submissions should include a current resume of the candidate and statement describing the candidate’s qualifications and contact information for personal and professional references. The submission should also include the name and address of the stockholder who is submitting the nominee, the number of shares which are owned of record or beneficially by the submitting stockholder and a description of all arrangements or understandings between the submitting stockholder and the candidate. 14 Our Bylaws provide that any stockholder who is entitled to vote at the annual meeting of our stockholders and who complies with the notice requirements described below may nominate persons for election to the Board of Directors. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at our principal executive offices not less than 60 days or more than 90 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the previous year’s annual meeting of stockholders. However, if our annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than seventy 70 days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be delivered to our corporate secretary at our principal executive offices not earlier than the close of business the 90 thday prior to such annual meeting and not later than the later of (i) the 60 thday prior to such annual meeting or (ii) the 10 thday following