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AMAZE HOLDINGS, INC.

For the period ended May 7, 2025. Filed May 7, 2025.

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May 7, 2025 · Filed May 7, 2025

AMZE$0.07-41.1%Stored close · as of Sep 29, 2026
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PROPOSAL 9 — EQUITY PLAN AMENDMENT PROPOSAL

PROPOSAL 9

Equity Plan Amendment Proposal

The 2021 Equity Incentive Plan of Fresh Vine Wine, Inc. (the “Plan”) was approved by our stockholders in December 2021. The number of shares of our Common Stock initially authorized for issuance under the Plan was 1,800,000. As of April 14, 2025, 69,892 shares of Common Stock are reserved pursuant to outstanding awards under the Plan and 1,730,108 shares are available for further awards under the Plan. We are seeking stockholder approval to amend and restate the Plan to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance by 19,000,000 shares (prior to giving effect to the reverse stock split currently contemplated by us).

If the Reverse Stock Split is approved at the annual meeting and implemented, the number of shares of our Common Stock available under the Plan will be severely limited. The Board believes that the Plan will play an important role in our human resource and business strategy by allowing it to attract, motivate, and retain experienced and highly qualified individuals who are in a position to contribute materially to the success and long-term objectives of the combined company. The Board believes that stock-based compensation fosters and strengthens a sense of proprietorship and personal involvement in the Company’s success. By holding a personal stake in the Company, these individuals are encouraged to devote their best efforts towards the achievement of the Company’s business objectives and success, thereby advancing the interests of the Company and its stockholders. With the approval of the Equity Plan Amendment Proposal, the Company will be able to use equity in its compensation arrangements, and will have an array of equity award design alternatives available to use in structuring those arrangements. The Company is not proposing that any shares be awarded to any specific individuals at this time.

Our Board has approved an amendment and restatement of the Plan to increase the share reserve by providing that the number of shares authorized and reserved for issuance under the Plan for future awards will be 20,800,000. If the Reverse Stock Split Proposal is approved by stockholders and implemented, the actual number of shares of Common Stock to be authorized and reserved for issuance under the Plan will be adjusted to reflect the actual reverse split ratio.

Below is a summary of the Plan, as proposed to be amended and restated. The summary is qualified entirely by reference to the complete text of the Plan, which is attached as Appendix C to this proxy statement.

Description of the Plan

General. The purpose of the Plan is to increase stockholder value and to advance the Company’s interests by furnishing a variety of economic incentives (“Incentives”) designed to attract, retain and motivate employees, certain key consultants and directors.

Eligibility. Incentives may be granted to our employees or employees of our subsidiaries, members of our Board, and consultants or other independent contractors who provide services to us or our subsidiaries.

Shares Subject to the Plan. Subject to adjustment, the number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan shall not exceed 20,800,000 shares.

The actual number of shares of our Common Stock to be authorized as and reserved for issuance under the Plan will be adjusted to reflect the actual reverse split ratio. If an Incentive granted under the Plan expires or is terminated or canceled unexercised as to any shares of our common stock or forfeited or reacquired by us pursuant to rights reserved upon issuance thereof, such forfeited and reacquired shares may again be issued under the Plan pursuant to another Incentive.

Administration. The Plan is administered by our Board or by a compensation committee (the “Committee”) of our Board. The Committee shall consist of at least one director of the Company and shall be appointed from time to time by the Company’s Board. Each member of the Committee shall be (a) a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “1934 Act”) (a “Non-Employee Director”), and (b) shall be independent directors under listing rules of the NYSE American or, if Amaze is no longer listed on the NYSE American, then any national securities exchange on which Amaze’s common stock may be listed. The Committee shall have complete authority to award Incentives under the Plan, to interpret the Plan, and to make any other determination which it believes necessary and advisable for the proper administration of the Plan. If at any time there is no compensation committee, the term “Committee,” as used in the Plan, shall refer to the Company’s Board. The Committee or the Board of Directors may delegate to one or more officers the authority to do one or both of the following (i) designate employees who are not officers to be recipients of stock options (and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, other Incentives) and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the terms of such Incentives (which need not be identical), and (ii) determine the number of shares of our common stock to be subject to such Incentives; provided, however, that (y) the Committee or Board resolutions regarding such delegation shall specify the maximum number of shares of common stock that may be subject to Incentives granted by such officer(s) during any fiscal year, as well as any other limitations on such officer’s authority, and (z) that such officer may not grant an Incentive to himself or herself. Any such Incentives will be granted on the form of Incentive agreement most recently approved for use by the Committee or the Board, unless otherwise provided in the resolutions approving the delegation authority. The officer(s) shall report each Incentive granted pursuant to such delegation of authority at the first meeting of the Company’s Board (or, if applicable, the Committee) following the date of such grant.

Stock Options. The Committee may grant non-qualified and incentive stock options to eligible employees to purchase shares of our Common Stock. The Plan confers on the Committee discretion, with respect to any such stock option, to determine the term of each option, the time or times during its term when the option becomes exercisable and the number and purchase price of the shares subject to the option. However, the option price per share may not be less than the fair market value of our Common Stock on the grant date, and the term of each option shall not exceed ten years and one day from the grant date. With respect to stock options which are intended to qualify as “incentive stock options” (as defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code), the aggregate fair market value of the shares with respect to which incentive stock options are exercisable for the first time cannot exceed $100,000. All incentive stock options must be granted within ten years from the earlier of the date of the Plan’s adoption by the Board or approval by our stockholders.

Stock Appreciation Rights. The Committee may grant stock appreciation rights to eligible participants separately or in tandem with any options. A stock appreciation right or “SAR” is a right to receive, without payment to the Company, a number of shares, cash or any combination thereof, the amount of which is equal to the aggregate amount of the appreciation in the shares of our Common Stock as to which the SAR is exercised. The Committee has the discretion to determine the number of shares as to which a SAR will relate as well as the duration and exercisability of a SAR. The exercise price may not be less than the fair market value of our Common Stock on the grant date.

Stock Awards. Stock awards consist of the transfer by us to an eligible participant of shares of our Common Stock, with or without other payment, as compensation for services to us. The number of shares transferred pursuant to any stock award is determined by the Committee.

Restricted Stock. Restricted stock consists of the sale or transfer by us to an eligible participant of one or more shares of our Common Stock that are subject to restrictions on their sale or other transfer by the participant which restrictions will lapse after a period of time as determined by the Committee. If restricted stock is sold to a participant, the sale price will be determined by the Committee, and the price may vary from time to time and among participants and may be less than the fair market value of the shares at the date of sale. Subject to these restrictions and the other requirements of the Plan, a participant receiving restricted stock shall have all of the rights of a stockholder as to those shares.

RSUs. Restricted stock units represent the right to receive one share of our Common Stock at a future date that has been granted subject to terms and conditions, including a risk of forfeiture, established by the Committee. Dividend equivalents may be granted with respect to any amount of RSUs and either paid at the dividend payment date in cash or in shares of unrestricted stock having a fair market value equal to the amount of such dividends, or deferred with respect to such RSUs and the amount or value thereof automatically deemed reinvested in additional RSUs until the time for delivery of shares pursuant to the terms of the restricted stock unit award. RSUs may be satisfied by delivery of shares of stock, cash equal to the fair market value of the specified number of shares covered by the RSUs, or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee at the date of grant or thereafter.

Performance Awards. A performance award is a right to either a number of shares of our Common Stock, their cash equivalent, or a combination thereof, based on satisfaction of performance goals for a particular period. The right of a participant to exercise or receive a grant or settlement of any Incentive, and the timing thereof, may be subject to such performance conditions as may be specified by the Committee. The Committee may use such business criteria and other measures of performance as it may deem appropriate in establishing any performance conditions, and may exercise its discretion to change the amounts payable under any Incentive subject to performance conditions.

Transferability of Incentives. Incentives granted under the Plan may not be transferred, pledged or assigned by the holder thereof except, in the event of the holder’s death, by will or the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order. However, non-qualified stock options may be transferred by the holder thereof to certain family members or related entities.

Duration, Termination and Amendment of the Incentive Plan and Incentives. The Plan will remain in effect until all Incentives granted under the Plan have been satisfied or terminated and all restrictions on shares issued under the Plan have lapsed. The Plan will terminate no later than ten (10) years from the date of the later of (x) December 9, 2021 (the “Effective Date” of the Plan) and (y) the date an increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan is approved by the Company’s Board (so long as such increase is also approved by our stockholders). The Board may amend or discontinue the Plan at any time. However, no such amendment or discontinuance may adversely change or impair a previously granted Incentive without the consent of the recipient thereof. Certain Plan amendments require stockholder approval, including amendments which would increase the maximum number of shares of common stock which may be issued to all participants under the Plan, change the class of persons eligible to receive Incentives under the Plan, or materially increase the benefits accruing to participants under the Plan. Generally, the terms of an existing Incentive may be amended by agreement between the Committee and the participant. However, in the case of a stock option or SAR, no such amendment shall (a) without stockholder approval, lower the exercise price of a previously granted stock option or SAR when the exercise price per share exceeds the fair market value of the underlying shares in exchange for another Incentive or cash or take any other action with respect to a stock option that may be treated as a re-pricing under the federal securities laws or generally accepted accounting principles, or (b) extend the term of the Incentive, with certain exceptions.

Effect of Sale, Merger, Exchange or Liquidation. Unless otherwise provided in the agreement for an Incentive, in the event of an acquisition of Amaze through the sale of substantially all of Amaze’s assets or through a merger, exchange, reorganization or liquidation or a similar event, the Committee has broad discretion to take any and all action it deems equitable under the circumstances, including but not limited to terminating the Plan and all Incentives and issuing to the holders of outstanding vested options and SARs the stock, securities or assets they would have received if the Incentives had been exercised immediately before the transaction, or other specified actions.

Plan Benefits

The amount and timing of all awards under the Plan are determined in the sole discretion of the Committee and therefore cannot be determined in advance. As a result, the total benefits that will be received by any particular person or group under the Plan are not determinable at this time.

The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the matter is required for approval of Proposal 9.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE EQUITY PLAN AMENDMENT PROPOSAL.

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