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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 shall 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 from time to time 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 March 25, 2024.
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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. Calculation of Erroneously Awarded Compensation with respect to Incentive-Based Compensation based
on stock price or total shareholder return, where the amount of Erroneously Awarded Compensation is not subject to mathematical recalculation directly from the information in a Material Financial Restatement, shall be based on a reasonable
estimate of the effect of the Material Financial Restatement on the stock price or total shareholder return upon which the Incentive-Based Compensation was received, and the Company shall maintain documentation of the determination of such
reasonable estimate and provide such documentation to the Exchange in accordance with the Applicable Rules.
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“Exchange” means The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.
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| i. |
An “Executive Officer” means any person who (i) served the Company in any of the following
roles, (ii) 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 (iii) 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 policymaking function, or any other person who performs similar policymaking functions for
the issuer. Executive officers of parents or subsidiaries of the Company may be deemed by the Committee, in its sole discretion, to be executive officers of the Company if they perform such policymaking 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. |
Exception to Compensation Recovery Requirement
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Tax Considerations
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| 6. |
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. |
Policy Interpretation
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| 8. |
Policy Administration
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| 9. |
Compensation Recovery Repayments not Subject to Indemnification
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