# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001401914
**File Stem:** 0001641172-25-018393
**Filing Date:** 2025-7
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001641172-25-018393.hdr.sgml**: 20250709

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001641172-25-018393

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250709

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250709

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250709

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Dare Bioscience, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001401914
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 03 Life Sciences
- **EIN:** 204139823
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-36395
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251113653

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3655 NOBEL DRIVE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 260
- **CITY:** SAN DIEGO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92122
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 858-926-7655

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3655 NOBEL DRIVE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 260
- **CITY:** SAN DIEGO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92122

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Cerulean Pharma Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20090714

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Tempo Pharmaceuticals Inc
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20070604

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 8-K**

**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)**

**of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 9, 2025

**DARÉ BIOSCIENCE, INC.**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Delaware** | **001-36395** | **20-4139823** |
| (State or other jurisdiction<br> of incorporation) | (Commission<br> File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer<br> Identification No.) |

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**3655 Nobel Drive, Suite 260**

**San Diego, CA 92122**

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: **(858) 926-7655**

**Not Applicable**

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (*see* General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| **Common stock** | **DARE** | **Nasdaq Capital Market** |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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| **Item 5.02** | **Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.** |

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As reported in Item 5.07 below, at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders of Daré Bioscience, Inc. ("Daré," "we," "us," or "our") (the "Meeting"), our stockholders approved an amendment to the Daré Bioscience, Inc. 2022 Stock Incentive Plan (the "2022 Plan Amendment") to increase the number of shares available for issuance thereunder by 600,000. Our board of directors previously approved the 2022 Plan Amendment, subject to and effective upon approval of the 2022 Plan Amendment by our stockholders. A brief description of the terms and conditions of the 2022 Plan Amendment is in the section entitled "Proposal 4 – To Approve an Amendment to the Company's 2022 Stock Incentive Plan" of the definitive proxy statement for the Meeting filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2025 (the "Proxy Statement"), which description is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the 2022 Plan Amendment is filed as an exhibit to this report and incorporated by reference herein.

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| **Item 5.07** | **Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.** |

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On July 9, 2025, Daré reconvened the Meeting, which was originally convened on June 12, 2025 and adjourned without any business conducted due to lack of quorum. At the Meeting, four proposals were voted upon by our stockholders. The proposals are described in detail in the Proxy Statement. Below is a brief description of, and the final results of the votes for, each proposal.

**Proposal 1**: Each of the director nominees identified in the table below was elected as a Class II director to hold office until our 2028 annual meeting of stockholders, and until their respective successor is duly elected and qualified, by the votes set forth below.

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| *Nominee* | *Votes For* | *Votes For* | *Votes Withheld* | *Votes Withheld* | *Broker Non-Votes* | *Broker Non-Votes* |
| Gregory W. Matz, CPA |  | 2466530 |  | 182533 |  | 2023681 |
| William H. Rastetter, Ph.D. |  | 2500495 |  | 148568 |  | 2023681 |
| Robin J. Steele, J.D., L.L.M. |  | 2516771 |  | 132292 |  | 2023681 |

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**Proposal 2**: Our stockholders ratified the appointment of Haskell & White LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 by the votes set forth below.

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| *Votes For* | *Votes For* | *Votes Against* | *Votes Against* | *Abstentions* | *Abstentions* | *Broker Non-Votes* |
|  | 4522791 |  | 106137 |  | 43817 |  |

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**Proposal 3**: Our stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement by the votes set forth below.

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| *Votes For* | *Votes For* | *Votes Against* | *Votes Against* | *Abstentions* | *Abstentions* | *Broker Non-Votes* | *Broker Non-Votes* |
|  | 2380644 |  | 243271 |  | 25145 |  | 2023681 |

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**Proposal 4**: Our stockholders approved the 2022 Plan Amendment by the votes set forth below.

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| *Votes For* | *Votes For* | *Votes Against* | *Votes Against* | *Abstentions* | *Abstentions* | *Broker Non-Votes* | *Broker Non-Votes* |
|  | 2283634 |  | 353257 |  | 12172 |  | 2023681 |

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| **Item 9.01** | **Financial Statements and Exhibits** |

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(d) Exhibits

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Description** |
| 10.1 | [Amendment No. 1 to Daré Bioscience, Inc. 2022 Stock Incentive Plan](ex10-1.htm) |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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|  | **DARÉ BIOSCIENCE, INC.** | **DARÉ BIOSCIENCE, INC.** |
| Dated: July 9, 2025 | By: | */s/ Sabrina Martucci Johnson* |
|  | Name: | Sabrina Martucci Johnson |
|  | Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |

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## Exhibit 10.1

Exhibit 10.1

<u>Amendment No. 1 to Daré Bioscience, Inc. 2022 Stock Incentive Plan</u>

This Amendment No. 1 (this "Amendment") to the Daré Bioscience, Inc. 2022 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan") is adopted by Daré Bioscience, Inc. (the "Company"), effective as of July 9, 2025, the date it was approved by the Company's stockholders. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.

WHEREAS, the Company maintains the Plan;

WHEREAS, Section 11(d) of the Plan provides that the Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time provided that no amendment that would require stockholder approval under the rules of Nasdaq may be made effective unless and until the Company's stockholders approve such amendment; and

WHEREAS, subject to the approval of the Company's stockholders, the Board approved this Amendment to increase the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan by 600,000.

NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with the foregoing and subject to approval of the Company's stockholders, the Plan shall be, and hereby is, amended as follows:

1. Section 4(a)(1)(A) of the Daré Bioscience, Inc. 2022 Stock Incentive Plan is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

"(A) 1,383,333 shares of Common Stock; plus"

2. This Amendment shall be and is hereby incorporated in and forms a part of the Plan.

3. Except as expressly provided herein, all other terms and provisions of the Plan shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.