Company: CERO
Filing Date: 2025-11-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001213900-25-115783
Chunk: 11

Company: CERO THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-11-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 11
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 Special Meeting. On the Record Date, there were 20,802,671 shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote. Thus, the holders of at least 10,401,336 shares of Common Stock must be present or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting to have a quorum. Your shares will be counted towards the quorum only if you submit a valid proxy (or one is submitted on your behalf by your broker, bank or other nominee) or if you vote live online at the Special Meeting. Abstentions and shares represented by broker non -votesare counted for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present. If there are insufficient votes to constitute a quorum at the time of the Special Meeting, the holders of Common Stock representing a majority of the voting power present at the Special Meeting or the presiding officer may adjourn the Special Meeting to another place (if any), date or time and from time to time. 3 How are votes counted? Votes will be counted by the inspector of election appointed for the Special Meeting, who will separately count for Proposal No. 1 (which is considered a “routine matter”) and Proposal Nos. 2, 3, and 4 (each of which is considered a “non -routinematter”) votes “FOR” and “AGAINST,” and abstentions and, if applicable, broker non -votes. What are “broker non-votes”? A “broker non -vote” occurs when your broker, bank or other agent has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares and the broker, bank or other agent cannot vote the shares because the matter is considered “non -routine.” Under the rules that govern brokers who are voting shares held in street name, brokers have the discretion to vote your “uninstructed” shares on “routine” matters, but not on “non -routine” matters. Proposal No. 1 is considered to be “routine” under these rules, such that your broker may vote your shares on this proposal in its discretion in the absence of your voting instructions. Conversely, Proposal Nos. 2, 3, and 4 are considered to be “non -routine” under these rules such that your broker may not vote your shares on this proposal in the absence of your voting instructions. What is the voting requirement to approve each of the proposals? Proposal No. 1 — Reverse Stock Split Proposal The proposal to approve an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to combine outstanding shares of our Common Stock into