Company: GDOT
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001386278-25-000020
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Company: GREEN DOT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
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 common stock and other factors, which we do not control and, as a result, we do not as a matter of practice provide forecasts. These forecasts reflect various assumptions regarding our future operations. The inclusion of the forecasts set forth above should not be regarded as an indication that these forecasts will be predictive of actual future outcomes, and the forecasts should not be relied upon as such. |

Additional Amendments

In addition to the Share Increase, the 2010 Plan is being amended to provide for the following:

• Clarify Equity Award Treatment Upon a Corporate Transaction. The 2010 Plan currently provides that in the event of a corporate transaction (as defined in the 2010 Plan), the buyer may either assume outstanding awards or substitute equivalent awards; if the buyer fails to assume or substitute awards issued under the 2010 Plan, all awards will expire upon the closing of the transaction, and the Board will

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determine whether the corporate transaction will have any additional effect, including acceleration of the vesting of awards. The Amended 2010 Plan updates this provision by specifying that in the event of any such acceleration of the vesting of awards, all performance-based awards will vest at target performance levels unless otherwise provided in the applicable award agreement.

• Provide that Awards are Subject to Compliance Requirements . Clarify that each participant must comply with applicable law, the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and the Company’s corporate policies, as applicable, including but not limited to the Compensation Recovery Policy, and such compliance is necessary to earn an award under the Amended 2010 Plan.

• Remove of Plan Term . Subject to stockholder approval, the Amended 2010 Plan will be effective April 2025, and will continue in effect until terminated by the Board.

Amended 2010 Plan Subject to Stockholder Approval

The Amended 2010 Plan will only become effective if it is approved by our stockholders at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. If our stockholders do not approve this Proposal No. 4, the Amended 2010 Plan, the Share Increase and other amendments described above will not become effective.

The Amended 2010 Plan Combines Compensation and Corporate Governance Best Practices

The Amended 2010 Plan includes provisions that are designed to protect our stockholders’ interests and reflect corporate governance best practices.

• Repricing Not Allowed . The Amended 2010 Plan prohibits reducing the exercise price of stock options and stock appreciation rights (“