CURIS INC — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2017

Apr 3, 2017

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the

Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on May 16, 2017

CURIS, INC.	Meeting Information — Meeting Type: Annual Meeting
	For holders as of: March 20, 2017
	Date: May 16, 2017	Time: 10:00 AM EDT
CURIS, INC. 4 MAGUIRE
ROAD LEXINGTON, MA 02421	Location: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 60
State Street Boston, MA 02109
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Voting items

	The Board of Directors recommends you vote
	FOR the following:
	1.	Election of our Class III Directors
		Nominees
	01	Ali Fattaey 02 Martyn D. Greenacre 03 Kenneth I.
Kaitin
	The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2, 3 and 4.
	2.	Approve the Second Amended and Restated 2010 Stock Incentive Plan.
	3.	Approve the Amended and Restated 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
	4.	To approve an advisory vote on executive compensation.
	The Board of Directors recommends you vote 3 YEARS on the following proposal:
	5.	Recommend, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future executive
compensation advisory votes.
●	The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the
following proposal:
	6.	To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the
Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year.
	NOTE: Such other business as may properly come
before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.