| I. |
Defined Terms.
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| (a) |
“Applicable Rules” means Section 10D of the Exchange Act and Rule 10D-1 promulgated thereunder, Listing Rule 5608 of the Listing Rules of Nasdaq, and any other national stock exchange rules that the Company is or may become subject
to.
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| (b) |
“Clawback Event” means a required recoupment of Incentive-Based Compensation in the event of a Restatement under the Applicable Rules.
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| (c) |
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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| (d) |
“Executive Officer” means each officer of the Company who is the Company’s president, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer (or if there is no such accounting officer, the controller), any vice president of the
Company 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 significant policy-making
functions for the Company, as determined under 17 CFR §229.401(b).
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| (e) |
“Financial Reporting Measures” means (i) measures that are determined and presented in accordance with the accounting principles used in preparing the Company’s financial statements, and any measures that are derived wholly or in
part from such measures, (ii) the Company’s stock price, and (iii) total shareholder return in respect of the Company. A “Financial Reporting Measure” need not be presented within the financial statements or included in a filing with the
SEC.
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| (f) |
“Incentive-Based Compensation” means any compensation that is granted, earned, or vested, based wholly or in part upon the attainment of a Financial Reporting Measure. Incentive-Based Compensation does not include, among other
forms of compensation, equity awards that vest exclusively upon completion of a specified employment period, without any performance condition, and bonus awards that are discretionary or based on subjective goals or goals unrelated to
Financial Reporting Measures.
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| (g) |
“Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.
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| (h) |
“Received” – Incentive-Based Compensation is deemed “Received” for the purposes of this Policy in the Company’s fiscal period during which the Financial Reporting Measure applicable to the Incentive-Based Compensation award is
attained, even if the payment or grant of the Incentive-Based Compensation occurs after the end of that period.
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| (i) |
“Recovery Period” means the three completed fiscal years immediately preceding the date on which the Company is required to prepare a Restatement, which date is the earlier of (i) the date the Board, a committee of the Board, or the
officer(s) of the Company authorized to take such action if Board action is not required, concludes, or reasonably should have concluded, that the Company is required to prepare a Restatement or (ii) a date that a court, regulator, or other
legally authorized body directs the Company to prepare a Restatement.
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| (j) |
“Regulators” means, as applicable, the SEC and Nasdaq.
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| (k) |
“Restatement” means that the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to a material noncompliance of the Company with any financial reporting requirement under applicable securities laws, including any required
accounting restatement to correct an error in previously issued financial statements (i) that is material to the previously issued financial statements, or (ii) 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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| (l) |
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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| II. |
Purpose.
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| III. |
Administration.
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| IV. |
Recovery on a Restatement.
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| V. |
Coverage and Application.
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| VI. |
Exceptions to Policy.
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| (a) |
the direct expense paid to a third party to assist in enforcing this Policy would exceed the amount to be recovered; provided that prior to making a determination that it would be impracticable to
recover any Incentive-Based Compensation based on the expense of enforcement, the Company shall (i) have made a reasonable attempt to recover the Incentive-Based Compensation, (ii) have documented such reasonable attempts to recover, and
(iii) provide the documentation to the Regulators as required by the Applicable Rules;
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| (b) |
recovery would violate home country law where that law was adopted prior to November 28, 2022; or
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| (c) |
recovery would likely cause an otherwise tax-qualified retirement plan, under which benefits are broadly available to employees, to fail to meet the requirements of Section 401(a)(13) or Section 411(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the “Code”), and U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder.
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| VII. |
Methods of Recovery.
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| (a) |
the reduction or cancellation of any Incentive-Based Compensation in the form of vested or unvested equity or equity-based awards that have not been distributed or otherwise settled prior to the date of determination;
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| (b) |
the recovery of any Incentive-Based Compensation that was previously paid to the Executive Officer;
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| (c) |
the recovery of any gain realized on the vesting, exercise, settlement, sale, transfer, or other disposition of any Incentive-Based Compensation in the form of equity or equity-based awards;
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| (d) |
the offset, withholding, or elimination of any amount that could be paid or awarded to the Executive Officer after the date of determination;
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| (e) |
the recoupment of any amount in respect of Incentive-Based Compensation contributed to a plan that takes into account Incentive-Based Compensation (excluding certain tax-qualified plans, but including long-term disability, life insurance,
supplemental executive retirement plans and deferred compensation plans, in each case to the extent permitted by applicable law, including Section 409A of the Code) and any earnings accrued to date on any such amount; and
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| (f) |
the taking of any other remedial and recovery action permitted by law, as determined by the Committee.
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| VIII. |
Miscellaneous.
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| (a) |
Effective Date. This Policy shall be effective as of December 1, 2023 (“Effective Date”).
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| (b) |
Public Disclosure. The Company shall make all required disclosures and filings with the Regulators with respect to this Policy in accordance with the requirements of the Applicable Rules, and any
other requirements applicable to the Company, including any disclosures required in connection with SEC filings.
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| (c) |
Notice. Before the Company takes action to seek recovery of compensation pursuant to this Policy against an Executive Officer, the Company shall take commercially reasonable steps to provide such
individual with advance written notice of such clawback; provided that this notice requirement shall not in any way delay the reasonably prompt recovery of any erroneously awarded Incentive-Based Compensation.
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| (d) |
No Indemnification. The Company shall not indemnify any current or former Executive Officer against the loss of erroneously awarded compensation and shall
not pay or reimburse any Executive Officer for premiums incurred or paid for any insurance policy to fund such Executive Officer’s potential recovery obligations.
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| (e) |
No Substitution of Rights; Non-Exhaustive Rights. Any right of recoupment under this Policy is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other remedies or rights of recoupment that may be available
to the Company pursuant to (i) any equity or equity-based incentive compensation plan or any successor plan thereto, any cash-based bonus plan or any other incentive plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or (ii) the
terms of any similar policy or provision in any employment agreement, compensation agreement or arrangement, or similar agreement and any other legal remedies available to the Company. In addition to recovery of compensation as provided for
in this Policy, the Company may take any and all other actions as it deems necessary, appropriate and in the Company’s best interest in connection with a Clawback Event, including termination of an Executive Officer’s employment and
initiating legal action against an Executive Officer, and nothing in this Policy limits the Company’s rights to take any such or other appropriate actions.
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| (f) |
Governing Law. This Policy and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto, to the extent not otherwise governed by mandatory provisions of the Applicable Rules, shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to choice of law principles. If any provision of this Policy shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect
the remaining parts of this Policy, but this Policy shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had never been included in this Policy.
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| (g) |
Amendment; Termination; Sunset. The Board, based upon the recommendation of the Committee, may amend this Policy at any time for any reason, subject to any limitations under the Applicable Rules.
Unless otherwise required by applicable law, this Policy shall no longer be effective from and after the date that the Company no longer has a class of securities publicly listed on a U.S. national securities exchange or is otherwise not
subject to the Applicable Rules.
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