Company: AWRE
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-058702
Chunk: 29

Company: AWARE INC /MA/
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 29
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 chair) |     |                    |  1,500 |

The following table provides information about the compensation of our directors for 2024.

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Non-Employee Director Compensation Table for 2024

| Name               |     | Stock      
 Awards (#) |        |     | Stock         
 Awards ($)(2) |        |     | Total ($) |        |
| Brian D. Connolly  |     |            | 28,826 |     |               | 56,500 |     |           | 56,500 |
| Gary Evee          |     |            | 25,510 |     |               | 50,000 |     |           | 50,000 |
| Peter R. Faubert   |     |            | 26,275 |     |               | 51,500 |     |           | 51,500 |
| Brent P. Johnstone |     |            | 36,479 |     |               | 71,500 |     |           | 71,500 |
| John Stafford, III |     |            | 23,724 |     |               | 46,500 |     |           | 46,500 |

(1) The value of the unrestricted stock award was determined based on the fair market value of Aware stock on the date of the grant in accordance with ASC 718.

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Report of the A udit Committee The purpose of the audit committee is to assist the board of directors in its general oversight of Aware’s financial reporting process. The Audit Committee (“Committee”) is comprised solely of independent directors as defined by the listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Committee held five meetings during 2024. The Committee oversees Aware’s financial reporting process on behalf of the board of directors. Management is responsible for the preparation, presentation and integrity of Aware’s financial statements and reporting processes, including its systems of internal controls, while RSM US LLP ("RSM"), Aware’s independent, registered public accounting firm is responsible for performing an independent audit of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) and expressing an opinion on the conformity of those financial statements with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The Committee discussed with RSM the overall scope and plans for its audit. In connection with this oversight, the Committee received periodic updates provided by management