0001501796 2025-01-01 2025-12-31 false 0001501796 PRE 14A AURA BIOSCIENCES, INC. <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:18pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;">Policies and Practices Related to Timing of Equity Awards</span></p><p style="text-indent:24.5pt;font-size:10pt;margin-top:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;">We have adopted an Equity Award Grant Policy that sets forth the process for us to follow when we grant equity awards to our executive officers and other employees. Our general practice is to </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;">not take</span></span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;"> material nonpublic information into account when determining the timing and terms of an award and to </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;">not time</span></span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;"> the disclosure of material nonpublic information for the purpose of affecting the value of executive compensation.</span></p><p style="text-indent:24.5pt;font-size:10pt;margin-top:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;">Generally, equity awards are granted on the following regularly scheduled basis as set forth in the policy:</span></p><div class="item-list-element-wrapper" style="margin-left:0.5in;display:flex;margin-top:0;justify-content:flex-start;align-items:baseline;margin-bottom:0;min-width:0.25in;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-kerning:none;min-width:4.1664861117129615%;word-break:keep-all;display:inline-flex;justify-content:flex-start;">•</span><div style="display:inline;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;">equity awards to newly hired or promoted employees are granted on the first trading day of the month following the later of the date employment begins or promotion occurs or the date on which the grant is approved; and</span></div></div><div class="item-list-element-wrapper" style="margin-left:0.5in;display:flex;margin-top:0;justify-content:flex-start;align-items:baseline;margin-bottom:0;min-width:0.25in;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-kerning:none;min-width:4.1664861117129615%;word-break:keep-all;display:inline-flex;justify-content:flex-start;">•</span><div style="display:inline;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;">annual equity awards to our employees, including our executive officers, are granted in the first quarter each year and effective on the first trading day of the month following the date on which the grant is approved.</span></div></div><p style="text-indent:24.5pt;font-size:10pt;margin-top:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;">During fiscal year 2025, we did not grant shares or options to our named executive officers during the four business days prior to or the one business day following the filing of our periodic reports or the filing or furnishing of a Form 8-K that discloses material nonpublic information.</span></p> false false