Company: VRCA
Filing Date: 2025-04-22
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-087838
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Company: Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-22
Form: DEF 14A
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 name” and the Notice is being forwarded to you by that organization. The organization holding your account is considered to be the stockholder of record for purposes of voting at the annual meeting. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker or other agent regarding how to vote the shares in your account. You are also invited to attend the annual meeting. However, since you are not the stockholder of record, you may not vote your shares in person at the meeting unless you request and obtain a valid proxy from your broker or other agent.**

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What am I voting on? There are four matters scheduled for a vote:

| • |     | Proposal No. 1 – Election of three directors; |

| • |     | Proposal No. 2 – Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the proxy statement accompanying this Notice; |

| • |     | Proposal No. 4 – Approval of a series of alternate amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock at a reverse stock split ratio ranging from 1-for-10 to 1-for-30, inclusive (the “Reverse Stock Split”), with the effectiveness of one of such amendments and the abandonment of the other amendments, or the abandonment of all amendments, to be determined by the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, prior to the date of the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. |

What if another matter is properly brought before the meeting? The Board of Directors knows of no other matters that will be presented for consideration at the Annual Meeting. If any other matters are properly brought before the 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 of the nominees to the Board of Directors or you may “Withhold” your vote for any nominee you specify. For the other matters to be voted on, you may vote “For” or “Against” or abstain from voting. The procedures for voting are: Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name If you are a stockholder of record, you may vote in person at the Annual Meeting or vote by proxy in one of three ways: online, by telephone or using a proxy card that you may request. Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting,