Company: SDHC
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001982518-25-000012
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Company: Smith Douglas Homes Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: DEF 14A
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 Meritage Homes Corporation and TOUSA, Inc., both national, publicly traded homebuilding companies. He began his career as an auditor at Ernst & Young LLP in its real estate practice and holds a Master of Accounting and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Florida State University. Mr. Devendorf has been a member of the Florida State University Department of Accounting’s Professional Advisory Board since 2024. Mr. Devendorf is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Treasury Professional (inactive).

#### Brett A. Steele
Brett A. Steele has served as our Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary since 2018. Prior to his time at Smith Douglas, Mr. Steele was the Vice President and Chief Legal Officer for Habitat for Humanity in Atlanta, Inc. from 2015 to 2018 and the Associate General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for Beazer Homes USA, Inc. from 2007 to 2015. At the outset of his career, Mr. Steele was an associate at King & Spalding in their Construction and Procurement Group from 1999 to 2004. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Huntingdon College and a Juris Doctor degree from Mercer University.

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### CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

#### General
Our Board has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines, a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and charters for each of the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Audit Committee and Compensation Committee to assist the Board in the exercise of its responsibilities and to serve as a framework for the effective governance of the Company. You can access our Audit Committee charter, our Corporate Governance Guidelines and our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics in the “ Governance ” section under “ Governance Documents ” of our investor relations page of our website located at investors.smithdouglas.com . A copy of our Compensation Committee charter is included as Appendix A to this proxy statement, and a copy of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee charter is included as Appendix B to this proxy statement. You may also obtain the foregoing corporate governance documents by writing to our Secretary at our offices at 110 Village Trail, Suite 215, Woodstock, Georgia 30188.

#### Board Composition
Our Board currently consists of eight members: Thomas L. Bradbury, Gregory S. Bennett, Julie M. Bradbury, Neill B. Faucett, Jeffrey T. Jackson, George Ervin Perdue III, Janice E. Walker, and Neil B. Wedewer. As