Company: AWRE
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-058702
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Company: AWARE INC /MA/
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 and RSM at regularly scheduled committee meetings. The Committee reviewed the report of management contained in Aware’s Annual Report on Form l0-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as RSM’s Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm included in Aware’s Annual Report on Form l0-K related to its audit of the consolidated financial statements. The Committee continues to oversee Aware’s efforts related to its internal control over financial reporting and management’s preparations for the evaluation in 2025. The Committee has reviewed and discussed the consolidated financial statements with management and RSM, Aware’s independent auditors. The Committee has discussed with RSM the matters required to be discussed under the rules adopted by the PCAOB concerning communications with audit committees. In addition, RSM has provided the Committee with the written disclosures and the letter required by the PCAOB RULE 3526, Communication with Audit Committees Concerning Independence , and the Committee has discussed with RSM their firm's independence. Based on the review of the consolidated financial statements and discussions with and representations from management and RSM referred to above, the Committee recommended to the board of directors that the audited financial statements be included in Aware’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2024, for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

| The Audit Committee        |
| Peter R. Faubert, Chairman |
| Brian D. Connolly          |
| Brent P. Johnstone         |

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#### Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners

### and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
At the close of business on April 15, 2025, there were issued and outstanding 21,097,074 shares of common stock. On April 15, 2025, the closing price of our common stock as reported by the Nasdaq Global Market was $1.48 per share.

#### Principal s

#### tockholders
The following table provides information about the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of April 15, 2025 by:

each person known by us to own beneficially more than five percent of our common stock;

each of our directors;

each of our named executive officers; and

all of our current executive officers and directors as a group.

In accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission rules, beneficial ownership includes any shares for which a person has sole or shared voting power or investment power and any shares of which the person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days after April