Cero Therapeutics Holdings Inc.

12/19/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/19/2025 15:49

Proxy Results, Management Change/Compensation (Form 8-K)

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

On December 19, 2025, at the 2025 Special Meeting of Stockholders (the "Special Meeting") of CERo Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (the "Company"), the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment (the "Amendment") to the CERo Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan"), to increase the number of shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Common Stock"), available for issuance under the Plan and the number of shares that may be issued pursuant to incentive stock options by an additional 32,000,000 shares.

A detailed summary of the material features of the Plan is set forth in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 28, 2025, as supplemented on December 2, 2025 (the "Proxy Statement") under the caption "Proposal No. 3: Plan Share Increase Proposal," which description is incorporated herein by reference.

The descriptions of the Amendment contained herein and in the Proxy Statement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

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

On December 19, 2025, the Company held the Special Meeting at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time for the purposes of considering and voting upon the proposals below. As of the record date of November 14, 2025, there were a total of 20,802,671shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. There were 10,988,347 shares of Common Stock present at the Special Meeting in person or represented by proxy, or approximately 52.82% of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting, representing a quorum. Capitalized terms used, but not defined herein, shall have the meaning set forth in the Proxy Statement.

Proposal 1. To approve an amendment (the "Charter Amendment") to the Company's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to combine outstanding shares of Common Stock into a lesser number of outstanding shares (the "Reverse Stock Split"), by a ratio of not less than one-for-forty and not more than one-for-one-hundred-fifty, with the exact ratio to be set within this range by the Company's Board of Directors in its sole discretion.
VOTES FOR ABSTENTIONS VOTES AGAINST
8,012,563 688,702 2,287,082
Proposal 2. To approve, subject to certain conditions, the issuance of shares of Common Stock in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635, upon the conversion of the Company's Series E convertible preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, issued in a private placement in October 2025, at less than the "minimum price" under Nasdaq Listing Rule 3635(d).
VOTES FOR ABSTENTIONS VOTES AGAINST BROKER NON-VOTES
3,304,540 127,164 1,422,195 6,134,448
Proposal 3. To approve the Amendment to the Plan, to increase the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan and the number of shares that may be issued pursuant to incentive stock options by an additional 32,000,000 shares.
VOTES FOR ABSTENTIONS VOTES AGAINST BROKER NON-VOTES
2,568,408 159,234 2,126,257 6,134,448

Proposal 4 was not presented to the stockholders because the foregoing resolutions were approved.

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