Company: THRM
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-010582
Chunk: 51

Company: Gentherm Inc
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 51
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 recommendations of management and reviews such recommendations for their reasonableness based on individual and Company performance, retention and incentive needs, internal pay equity, shareholder and strategic considerations, succession planning and market information. The Committee works with management to set the agenda for Committee meetings and regularly invites the CEO and CHRO to attend such meetings. The Committee also meets regularly in executive session to discuss compensation issues generally outside the presence of management and to review the performance and determine the compensation of the CEO. 73 | 2025 PROXY STATEMENT Continuing Use of Independent Third-Party Consultant The Committee re-engaged Meridian as its independent compensation consultant for the 2024 NEO compensation program, including to: evaluate and assist in selecting an appropriate peer group; benchmark our executive compensation programs against the peer group and general market survey data; provide input on our executive compensation plan design and equity usage and allocation; assist with the Committee’s compensation risk assessment; and provide information regarding general compensation market trends. Use Of Peer and Survey Data To Ensure Reasonable Compensation The Committee utilizes peer group and general market survey data to benchmark the Company’s executive and non-employee director compensation (including for new hires or appointments), as well as for incentive plan design. The peer group companies are generally those determined to be comparable to Gentherm based on revenue (the primary variable since it is viewed as the leading predictor of executive pay), enterprise value and industry. The Committee added two companies to its peer group, Belden Inc. and Columbus McKinnon Corporation, for purposes of evaluating such matters for 2024 based on the advice of its compensation consultant that it is preferable to have a peer group of at least 15 companies. In approving such change, the Committee confirmed that such addition did not have a material impact on the median revenue and market capitalization of the full peer group. The Committee’s peer group for 2024 matters consisted of the following companies.

| Belden Inc. (BDC)                   | Columbus Mckinnon Corporation (CMCO) | CTS Corporation (CTS)              |
| Dorman Products, Inc. (DORM)        | Fabrinet (FN)                        | Fox Factory Holding Corp. (FOXF)   |
| Gentex Corp. (GNTX)                 | Kimball Electronics, Inc. (KE)       | LCI Industries (LCII)              |
| Littelfuse, Inc. (LFUS)             | Methode Electronics, Inc. (MEI)      | Modine Manufacturing Company (MOD) |