Company: QTIWW
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001844505-25-000066
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Company: QT IMAGING HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: PRE 14A
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#### Annual Bonuses
The Company uses annual cash incentive bonuses for the NEOs to tie a portion of their compensation to financial and operational objectives achievable within the applicable fiscal year. The annual cash incentive bonus is expressed as a percentage of an individual’s base salary. The Compensation Committee set the performance targets using two

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financial metrics for the 2024 fiscal year: total revenue; and cash balance. Determination of the achievement of the targets is based upon the full year financial results following the completion of the audit of the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Following the end of the year, the Compensation Committee will determine the extent to which the performance targets were achieved and the amount of the award that will payable to the NEOs.

#### Equity-Based Awards
The Company uses equity-based awards to reward long-term performance of the NEOs. The Company believes that providing a meaningful portion of the total compensation package in the form of equity-based awards aligns the incentives of its NEOs with the interests of its stockholders and serves to motivate and retain the individual NEOs. Any awards would be made in accordance with the executive compensation program discussed above. Although the Company has not used a specific predetermined scheduleto grant equity-based awards as 2024 was the first year that the Company made such awards as a public company, it is the policyof the Company regarding our grants of equity-based awards that the Company does not (a) backdate equity award grants, (b) time the public release of material informationor (c) purposely accelerate or delay equity award grants with the intent of allowing an award recipient to benefit from a more favorable stock price. The Company is currently using time-based stock option awards to encourage long term performance.

#### Other Compensation
The Company maintains various employee benefit plans, including medical, dental, life insurance and 401(k) plans, in which the NEOs may participate. It also provides certain perquisites to its NEOs, subject to the Compensation Committee’s ongoing review.

#### Deductibility of Executive Compensation
Section 162(m) of the Code denies a federal income tax deduction for certain compensation in excess of $1.0 million per year paid to the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, the three other most highly paid executive officers of a publicly traded corporation, and anyone previously subject to Section 162(m) as a covered employee for any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2016. It is the policy of the Company