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Overview
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Compensation Recovery Requirement
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Definitions
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“Applicable Recovery Period” means with respect to a Material Financial Restatement, the three completed fiscal years immediately preceding the Restatement Date
for such Material Financial Restatement. In addition, in the event the Company has changed its fiscal year: (i) any transition period of less than nine months occurring within or immediately following such three completed fiscal years
shall also be part of such Applicable Recovery Period and (ii) any transition period of nine to 12 months will be deemed to be a completed fiscal year.
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“Applicable Rules” means any rules or regulations adopted
by the Exchange pursuant to Rule 10D-1 under the Exchange Act and any applicable rules or regulations adopted by the SEC pursuant to Section 10D of the Exchange Act.
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“Board” means the Board
of Directors of the Company.
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“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board
or, in the absence of such committee, a majority of independent directors serving on the Board.
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A “Covered Person means
any Executive Officer and any other person designated by the Board or the Committee as being subject to this Policy. A person’s status as a Covered Person with respect to Erroneously Awarded Compensation shall be determined as of the
time of receipt of such Erroneously Awarded Compensation regardless of their current role or status with the Company (e.g., if a person began service as an Executive Officer after the beginning of an Applicable Recovery Period, that
person would not be considered a Covered Person with respect to Erroneously Awarded Compensation received before the person began service as an Executive Officer, but would be considered a Covered Person with respect to Erroneously
Awarded Compensation received after the person began service as an Executive Officer where such person served as an Executive Officer at any time during the performance period for such Erroneously Awarded Compensation).
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“Effective Date” means
October 2, 2023.
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“Erroneously Awarded Compensation” means, with respect to
a Material Financial Restatement, the amount of any Incentive-Based Compensation received by a Covered Person on or after the Effective Date during the Applicable Recovery Period that exceeds the amount that otherwise would have been
received by the Covered Person had such compensation been determined based on the restated amounts in the Material Financial Restatement, computed without regard to any taxes paid.
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“Exchange” means The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.
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An “Executive Officer” means any person who served the
Company in any of the following roles, received Incentive-Based Compensation after beginning service in any such role (regardless of whether such Incentive-Based Compensation was received during or after such person’s service in such
role) and served in such role at any time during the performance period for such Incentive-Based Compensation: the president, the principal financial officer, the principal accounting officer (or if there is no such accounting officer the
controller), any vice president in charge of a principal business unit, division or function (such as sales, administration or finance), any other officer who performs a policy making function, or any other person who performs similar
policy making functions for the issuer. Executive officers of parents or subsidiaries of the Company may be deemed executive officers of the Company if they perform such policy making functions for the Company.
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“Financial Reporting Measures” mean measures that are
determined and presented in accordance with the accounting principles used in preparing the Company’s financial statements, any measures that are derived wholly or in part from such measures (including, for example, a non-GAAP financial
measure), and stock price and total shareholder return.
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“Incentive-Based Compensation” means any compensation
provided, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is granted, earned, or vested based, in whole or in part, upon the attainment of a Financial Reporting Measure. Incentive-Based Compensation is deemed
received, earned or vested when the Financial Reporting Measure is attained, not when the actual payment, grant or vesting occurs.
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A “Material Financial Restatement” means an accounting
restatement of previously issued financial statements of the Company due to the material noncompliance of the Company with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, including any required accounting restatement to
correct an error in previously-issued financial statements that is material to the previously-issued financial statements or that would result in a material misstatement if the error were corrected in the current period or left uncorrected
in the current period.
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“Restatement Date” means, with respect to a Material
Financial Restatement, the earlier to occur of: (i) the date the Board or the Audit Committee of the Board concludes, or reasonably should have concluded, that the Company is required to prepare the Material Financial Restatement or (ii)
the date a court, regulator or other legally authorized body directs the Company to prepare the Material Financial Restatement.
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4.
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Exception to Compensation Recovery Requirement
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Tax Considerations
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6.
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Method of Compensation Recovery
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requiring reimbursement of cash Incentive-Based Compensation previously paid;
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seeking recovery of any gain realized on the vesting, exercise, settlement, sale, transfer or other disposition of any equity-based awards;
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cancelling or rescinding some or all outstanding vested or unvested equity-based awards;
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adjusting or withholding from unpaid compensation or other set-off;
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cancelling or setting-off against planned future grants of equity-based awards; and/or
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any other method permitted by applicable law or contract.
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7.
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Policy Interpretation
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8.
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Policy Administration
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9.
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Compensation Recovery Repayments not Subject to Indemnification
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