Corvus Pharmaceuticals Inc

DEF 14A 1 tmb-20240613xdef14a.htm DEF 14A

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON JUNE 13, 2024

AT 1:00 P.M. PACIFIC TIME

Dear Stockholder:

The annual meeting of stockholders, (the “Annual Meeting”) of Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Corvus”, we”, “us” or “our”) will be held on June 13, 2024, at 1:00 p.m., Pacific Time. This year’s Annual Meeting will be held entirely online to allow greater participation and improved communication and provide cost savings for our stockholders and for Corvus. You will be able to attend and participate in the Annual Meeting online, vote your shares electronically and submit your questions during the meeting by visiting: www.meetnow.global/MT9DCT6 at the meeting date and time described in the accompanying proxy statement. You will need to enter the 15 digit control number on your proxy card to submit questions and vote at our virtual Annual Meeting. There is no physical location for the Annual Meeting.

The Annual Meeting will be held for the following purposes:

These items of business are more fully described in the proxy statement accompanying this Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on April 18, 2024 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

We have elected to use the Internet as our primary means of providing our proxy materials to stockholders. Consequently, stockholders will not receive paper copies of our proxy materials, unless they specifically request them. We will send a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials on or about April 30, 2024 to our stockholders of record as of the close of business on the Record Date. We are also providing access to our proxy materials over the Internet beginning on or about April 26, 2024. Electronic delivery of our proxy materials will significantly reduce our printing and mailing costs, and the environmental impact of the proxy materials.

You are cordially invited to attend the virtual Annual Meeting via the internet. Your vote is very important. Whether or not you attend the virtual Annual Meeting, it is important that your shares be represented. As a stockholder of record, you may vote at the virtual Annual Meeting or vote by proxy. You may vote your proxy on the Internet, by phone or by mail in accordance with the instructions in the Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials. Please review the instructions on the proxy card or the information forwarded by your bank, broker or other holder of record regarding each of these voting options.

Our board of directors recommends that you voteFOR the election of the director nominee named in Proposal 1 of the proxy statement,FOR the ratification of the selection, by the audit committee of our board of directors, of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm as described in Proposal 2 of the proxy statement, on a non-binding advisory basis,FOR the resolution to approve the compensation of our named executive officers as described in Proposal 3 of the accompanying proxy statement.

On behalf of the board of directors, thank you for your participation in this important annual process.

April 26, 2024

You are cordially invited to attend the virtual Annual Meeting. Whether or not you expect to attend the Annual Meeting, please vote on the Internet, by phone or by mail as instructed in the notice of availability of proxy materials, as promptly as possible in order to ensure your representation. Even if you have voted by proxy, you may still vote if you attend the virtual Annual Meeting. Please note, however, that if your shares are held of record by a broker, bank or other nominee and you wish to vote at the virtual Annual Meeting, you must obtain a proxy issued in your name from the record holder.