Company: EVLVW
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-021091
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Company: Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
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. Our Board believes that separation of the positions of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer reinforces the independence of the Board from management, creates an environment that encourages objective oversight of management’s performance and enhances the effectiveness of the Board as a whole. In addition, the Board of Directors believes the independent Chairman is well-positioned to act as a bridge between management and the Board of Directors, facilitating the regular flow of information. Among other duties, the independent Chairman may represent the Board of Directors in communications with stockholders and other stakeholders and provide input on the structure and composition of the Board. For these reasons, our Board of Directors has concluded that our current leadership structure is appropriate at this time.

However, our Board of Directors will continue to periodically review our leadership structure and may make such changes in the future as it deems appropriate. If, in the future, the Chairman of the Board is a member of management or does not otherwise qualify as independent, our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide for the appointment by the independent directors of a Lead Director. The Lead Director’s responsibilities would include, but would not be limited to, presiding over all meetings of the Board of Directors at which the Chairman of the Board is not present, including any executive sessions of the independent directors, approving the Board’s meeting schedules and agendas, and acting as liaison between the independent directors of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Board.

#### Director Independence
Evolv’s Board of Directors has determined that each of the following current non-employee members of the Board of Directors and non-employee directors who served in 2024 are independent directors under the Nasdaq listing rules:

• Kevin Charlton

• Neil Glat

• David Mounts Gonzales

• Rajan Naik

• Richard Shapiro

• Merline Saintil

• Kimberly Sheehy

• Mark Sullivan

• Bilal Zuberi

The Board also determined that all Audit Committee and Compensation Committees members satisfy the specific independence requirements required of such committees under the Nasdaq listing rules.

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In making these independence determinations, our Board of Directors reviewed and discussed information provided by the directors and us with regard to each director’s business and personal activities and relationships as they may relate to us and our management.

In determining that Mr. Naik is independent, our Board of Directors considered the fact that Mr. Naik serves as Senior Vice President, Strategy & Ventures at Motorola Solutions, whom the Company has an original equipment manufacturer partnership agreement with.