Company: BOF
Filing Date: 2025-11-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001493152-25-023449
Chunk: 11

Company: BranchOut Food Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 11
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 and its stockholders.

The policy of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is to consider properly submitted stockholder recommendations for candidates for membership on the Board. In evaluating such recommendations, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will address the membership criteria set forth above.

Although our Board of Directors does not maintain a specific policy with respect to board diversity, our Board of Directors believes that it should be a diverse body, and our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers a broad range of backgrounds and experiences. In making determinations regarding nominations of directors, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may take into account the benefits of diverse viewpoints. After completing its review and evaluation of director candidates, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee recommends to our full Board of Directors the director nominees for selection.

Code of Ethics and Insider Trading Policy

We have adopteda written Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to our directors, officers, and employees, including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Operational Officer or persons performing similar functions, in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and the corporate governance rules of Nasdaq (the “Code”). The Code includes provisions governing the purchase and sale of our securities by our directors, officers and employees, which are designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and applicable Nasdaq listing standards. The Code is available on the investor relations portion of our website at www.branchoutfood.com. Any substantive amendments or waivers of the Code of Conduct or any similar code(s) subsequently adopted for senior financial officers may be made only by our Board and will be promptly disclosed as required by applicable U.S. federal securities laws and the corporate governance rules of Nasdaq.

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<div align='center'>EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION</div>

The following summary compensation table sets forth the aggregate compensation we paid or accrued during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 to Eric Healy, our Chief Executive Officer, and John Dalfonsi, our Chief Financial Officer (together, our “Named Executive Officers”).

<div align='center'>SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE</div>

| Name and                             
 Financial                            
 Position                             |     | Fiscal 
 Year   |      |     | Salary |         |     | Bonus |         |     | Option 
 Awards |         |    |     | Total |         |
|:-------------------------------------|:----|:-------|-----:|:----|:-------|--------:|:----|