Company: REVB
Filing Date: 2025-06-09
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-083815
Chunk: 17

Company: REVELATION BIOSCIENCES, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-06-09
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 17
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ended and Restated Plan is not intended to result in a greater percentage of the outstanding shares being available for grant annually; rather the Amended and Restated Plan is intended to facilitate the Company’s recruiting and incentives by permitting shares to become available throughout the year, rather than once annually. A copy of the Amended and Restated Plan is set forth as Annex A to this Proxy Statement. The material features of the Amended and Restated Plan are described below. The following description is intended to be a summary, and does not purport to be a complete statement of the terms of the Amended and Restated Plan. Accordingly, this summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to Annex A. Our board of directors is recommending that our stockholders approve the amendment to adjust the number of shares reserved and available for issuance under the 2021 Equity Plan under its “evergreen” feature quarterly rather than annually. Summary of Sound Governance Features of the 2021 Equity Plan The board of directors believes that the 2021 Equity Plan contains several features that are consistent with protecting the interests of our stockholders and sound corporate governance practices, including the following:

| ✓ |     | Will not be excessively dilutive to stockholders |     | ✓ |     | No re-pricing of “underwater” stock options or SARs without stockholder approval |
| ✓ |     | No tax gross-ups                                 |     | ✓ |     | No reload options or SARs                                                        |
| ✓ |     | Clawback provisions                              |     | ✓ |     | No discounted options or SARs                                                    |
| ✓ |     | Limits on director compensation                  |     |   |     |                                                                                  |

Summary of the 2021 Equity Plan The following is a summary of the principal features of the 2021 Equity Plan. The summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2021 Equity Plan, which is set forth in Appendix A. Purpose The purpose of the 2021 Equity Plan is to advance the interests of Revelation and its stockholders by enabling Revelation and its subsidiaries to attract and retain qualified individuals to perform services, to provide incentive compensation for such individuals in a form that is linked to the growth and profitability of Revelation and increases in stockholder value, and to provide opportunities for equity participation that align the interests of recipients with those of its stockholders.

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Administration

The board of directors of Revelation administers the 2021 Equity Plan. The board has delegated plan administration to the Compensation