Company: CRWS
Filing Date: 2025-06-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-021381
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Company: CROWN CRAFTS INC
Filing Date: 2025-06-27
Form: DEF 14A
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 the next required advisory vote on the frequency of stockholder advisory votes on named executive officer compensation.

As described in detail under “Executive Compensation – Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” the Company’s executive compensation programs are designed to attract, motivate and retain the named executive officers, each of whom is critical to the Company’s success. Under these programs, the named executive officers are rewarded for the achievement of specific annual, long-term, strategic and corporate goals and the realization of increased stockholder value. Stockholders are encouraged to read the “Executive Compensation” section for additional details about the Company’s executive compensation programs, including information about the compensation of the named executive officers for fiscal year 2025.

This say-on-pay proposal gives stockholders the opportunity to endorse or not endorse the overall executive compensation program as described in this Proxy Statement by voting for or against the following resolution:

| “RESOLVED, that the Company’s stockholders approve the compensation of the named executive officers as described in this Proxy Statement under “Executive Compensation”, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and related material.” |

The vote by the stockholders will be a non-binding, advisory vote, meaning that the voting results will not be binding on the Company, the Board or the Compensation Committee or overrule or affect any previous action or decision by the Board or the Compensation Committee or any compensation previously paid or awarded. However, the Board and the Compensation Committee will take the voting results into account when determining executive compensation matters in the future.

Recommendation of the Board of Directors

| The Board unanimously recommends a vote “FOR” the approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers as described in this Proxy Statement. Proxies will be voted “FOR” the approval of the compensation of our named executive officers unless otherwise specified. |

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### REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
The Audit Committee of the Board is comprised of three directors, all of whom are independent, as defined by the listing standards of Nasdaq. The Board has determined that Donald Ratajczak is an Audit Committee financial expert within the meaning of regulations adopted by the SEC because of his accounting and related financial management expertise and experience. The Audit Committee has adopted a formal, written charter, which has been approved by the full Board and which specifies the scope of the Audit Committee’s responsibilities and how it should carry them out. The complete text of the Audit Committee charter is available on the Company’s website at www.crowncrafts.com.