Company: SERV
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-015733
Chunk: 17

Company: Serve Robotics Inc. /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 17
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 for, attend, and participate in all Board and applicable committee meetings. Other than the foregoing, there are no stated minimum criteria for director nominees, although our nominating and governance committee may also consider such other factors as it may deem, from time to time, are in our and our stockholders’ best interests. Our Board believes that it should be a diverse body, and our nominating and governance committee considers a broad range of backgrounds and experiences. In making determinations regarding nominations of directors, our nominating and governance committee may take into account the benefits of diverse viewpoints. Our nominating and governance committee also considers these and other factors as it oversees the annual Board and committee evaluations. After completing its review and evaluation of director candidates, our nominating and governance committee recommends to our full Board the director nominees for selection. Stockholder Recommendations for Nominations to the Board of Directors Our nominating and governance committee will consider candidates for director recommended by stockholders, so long as such recommendations comply with our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended

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TABLE OF CONTENTS and restated bylaws and applicable laws, rules and regulations, including those promulgated by the SEC. Our nominating and governance committee will evaluate such recommendations in accordance with its charter, our amended and restated bylaws and our policies and procedures for director candidates, as well as the regular director nominee criteria described above. This process is designed to ensure that our Board includes members with diverse backgrounds, skills and experience, including appropriate financial and other expertise relevant to our business. Eligible stockholders wishing to recommend a candidate for nomination should contact us in writing. Such recommendations must include information about the candidate, a statement of support by the recommending stockholder, evidence of the recommending stockholder’s ownership of our common stock and a signed letter from the candidate confirming willingness to serve on our Board. Our nominating and governance committee has discretion to decide which individuals to recommend for nomination as directors. Any nomination must comply with the requirements set forth in our amended and restated bylaws and should be sent in writing to Serve Robotics Inc., Attention: Corporate Secretary, 730 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063. To be timely for our 2026 annual meeting of stockholders, we must receive the nomination no earlier than February 12, 2026 and no later than March 14, 2026. In addition, stockholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than our nominees must also comply with the additional requirements of Rule 14a-