Company: QTIWW
Filing Date: 2025-02-05
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001628280-25-004061
Chunk: 265

Company: QT IMAGING HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-05
Form: 424B3
Chunk 265
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 officers and directors, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our stockholders. Furthermore, a stockholder’s investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against officers and directors pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

We believe that these provisions, the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and the indemnity agreements are necessary to attract and retain talented and experienced officers and directors.

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#### Non-Employee Director Compensation
The Board reviews director compensation periodically to ensure that director compensation remains competitive such that the Company is able to recruit and retain qualified directors. The Company has developed a Board compensation program that is designed to align compensation with the Company’s business objectives and the creation of stockholder value, while enabling the Company to attract, retain, incentivize, and reward directors who contribute to the long-term success of the Company. Below is the historical information for the former directors of QT Imaging, Inc., prior to the consummation of the Business Combination with GigCapital5.

| Directors          |     | Fees earned or paid 
 in cash ($)         |   |     | Stock options ($) |   |     | Total ($) |   |
| Daniel H. Dickson  |     |                     | — |     |                   | — |     |           | — |
| Christian Fong(1)  |     |                     | — |     |                   | — |     |           | — |
| Gerald McMorrow(2) |     |                     | — |     |                   | — |     |           | — |
| Richard Stanley    |     |                     | — |     |                   | — |     |           | — |

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(1) Christian Fong resigned from the QT Imaging Board on October 2, 2023.

(2) Gerald McMorrow resigned from the QT Imaging Board on March 19, 2024

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### EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

#### Compensation Discussion and Analysis
The following discussion and analysis of our executive compensation philosophy, objectives and design, our compensation-setting process, the components of our executive compensation program, and the decisions made for compensation in respect of 2024 for our executive officers should be read together with the compensation tables and related disclosures set forth below. The discussion in this section contains forward-looking statements that are based on our current considerations and expectations relating to our executive compensation programs and philosophy. As our business and our needs evolve