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Overview
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| II. |
Compensation Recovery Requirement
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| III. |
Definition
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| A. |
“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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| B. |
“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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| C. |
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
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“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board (currently the Remuneration & Nomination Committee) or, in the absence of
such committee, a majority of independent directors serving on the Board.
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| E. |
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 November 3rd 2023.
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| G. |
“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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| H. |
“Exchange” means The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.
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| I. |
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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| J. |
“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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| L. |
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
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| M. |
“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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| IV. |
Exception to Compensation Recovery Requirement
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| V. |
Tax Considerations
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| VI. |
Method of Compensation Recovery
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| a. |
requiring reimbursement of cash Incentive-Based Compensation previously paid;
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| b. |
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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| f. |
any other method permitted by applicable law or contract.
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| VII. |
Policy Interpretation
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| VIII. |
Policy Administration
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| IX. |
Compensation Recovery Repayments not Subject to Indemnification
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