Policies and Practices Related to the Timing of Grants of Certain Equity Awards

The majority of equity awards granted on an annual basis are pursuant to our LTIP. Under the LTIP, the Compensation Committee must annually approve the three-year performance target(s) within the first 25% of the applicable three-year performance period to be effective. Historically, the Compensation Committee has discussed and approved such targets during one of its meetings in the spring of the first year of the performance period, at which time it will also approve the grant of time-based awards under the applicable LTIP and the grant of any performance-based awards earned under a prior year’s completed LTIP. Such awards may be granted, at the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee, as a combination of cash, stock options or RSUs. Because the Compensation Committee’s approval of such awards is likely to occur prior to our release of fiscal year earnings and we therefore possess MNPI, the Compensation Committee sets a future grant date that is first subject to the Audit Committee’s approval of the recently concluded fiscal year’s financial results and the filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K and/or the furnishing of our earnings release, which has historically been greater than four days.

The Compensation Committee may also make off-cycle grants throughout the year in connection with new hires, promotions or role transitions. The timing of the grant is generally tied to the event giving rise to the award, such as an executive officer’s commencement of employment or a promotion effective date. As a result, the timing of the grant occurs independent of the release of any MNPI. During fiscal 2024, we had no grants of stock options or similar equity instruments.