Company: CALX
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001406666-25-000011
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Company: CALIX, INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
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ENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF KPMG LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2025.

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### EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

### Compensation Discussion and Analysis
The following Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”) describes and discusses our objectives and policies as well as the material components of our compensation program for our NEOs. For 2024, our NEOs were:

• Michael Weening, president and chief executive officer, our “CEO”

• Cory Sindelar, chief financial officer, our “CFO”

• J. Matthew Collins, chief commercial operations officer, our “CCOO”

• Shane Eleniak, chief product officer, our “CPO”

#### Executive Summary
Calix is a cloud and appliance-based platform and managed services company. Broadband experience providers (BEP) leverage the Calix broadband platform, cloud, and managed services to simplify operations, engagement, and service, innovate for their consumer, business, and municipal subscribers, and grow their business and the communities they serve. Our end-to-end platform and managed services democratize the use of data enabling our customers of any size to operate efficiently, acquire subscribers, and deliver exceptional experiences. Calix is dedicated to driving continuous improvement in partnership with our growing ecosystem to support the transformation of our customers and their communities.

Our mission is to enable BEPs of all sizes to simplify, innovate and grow.

Our compensation and benefits programs reflect our philosophy of compensating and incentivizing all our employees, including our NEOs, in ways that support two primary objectives:

• identify and reward outstanding performance that reflects Calix principles, mission and values and aligns with long-term stockholder value creation; and

• attract, reward and retain exceptional talent in the markets in which we operate.

To help us achieve these objectives, a significant portion of our NEOs’ compensation is “at risk” with significant upside potential for strong performance as well as downside exposure for underperformance. NEOs with greater responsibilities and ability to directly impact our Company’s goals and long-term results bear a greater proportion of the risk if these goals and results are not achieved.

The Calix team concluded 2024 with consistent and disciplined execution, reflecting the strength of our appliance-based platform, cloud, and managed services model. BEP customers continued to gain subscribers through our platform, cloud, and managed services, utilizing Calix's innovations