Company: ANTX
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-052852
Chunk: 18

Company: AN2 Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 18
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 including a consideration of all factors specifically relevant to determining whether the director has a relationship to the company which is material to that director’s ability to be independent from management in connection with the duties of a compensation committee member, including, but not limited to: (i) the source of compensation of such director, including any consulting, advisory or other compensatory fee paid by the company to such director and (ii) whether such director is affiliated with the company, a subsidiary of the company or an affiliate of a subsidiary of the company.

Our Board undertook a review of its composition, the composition of its committees and the independence of our directors and considered whether any director has a material relationship with us that could compromise his or her ability to exercise independent judgment in carrying out his or her responsibilities. Based upon information requested from and provided by each director concerning his or her background, employment and affiliations, including family relationships, our Board has determined that none of our directors, other than Mr. Easom, have a relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director and that each of these directors is “independent” as that term is defined under the rules of Nasdaq. Our Board has determined that Mr. Easom, by virtue of his position as our Chief Executive Officer, is not independent under applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the Nasdaq Listing Rules.

In making these determinations, our Board considered the current and prior relationships that each non-employee director has with our company and all other facts and circumstances our Board deemed relevant in determining their independence, including the beneficial ownership of our capital stock by each non-employee director, and the transactions involving them. There are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers.

Board Leadership Structure

Our Board is currently chaired by Mr. Easom, and Ms. FitzPatrick serves as lead independent director. In its evaluation of our Board leadership structure, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board considered the current composition of the Board and the roles of the individual Board members, as well as Mr. Easom’s perspective as Chief Executive Officer, and determined that it was appropriate to appoint a lead independent director alongside Mr. Easom as Board chair. As lead independent director, Ms. FitzPatrick’s role includes: (i) presiding at all meetings of the Board at which the chairperson is not present, including executive sessions of the independent directors; (ii) acting as liaison between the independent directors and the Chief Executive