Company: ISRG
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001035267-25-000098
Chunk: 11

Company: INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 11
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| Sreelakshmi Kolli       |     | ü                    |     | ü                                   |     | ü             |     | ü                                   |     | ü                                      |     |                     |
| Amy L. Ladd, M.D.       |     | ü                    |     | ü                                   |     |               |     |                                     |     | ü                                      |     |                     |
| Keith R. Leonard, Jr.*  |     | ü                    |     | ü                                   |     | ü             |     |                                     |     | ü                                      |     |                     |
| Jami Dover Nachtsheim   |     | ü                    |     | ü                                   |     |               |     |                                     |     | ü                                      |     |                     |
| Monica P. Reed, M.D.*   |     | ü                    |     |                                     |     |               |     |                                     |     | ü                                      |     | ü                   |
| David J. Rosa           |     | ü                    |     |                                     |     |               |     |                                     |     | ü                                      |     | ü                   |

(1) Core Competencies include each of the following: public company, international, corporate governance, strategic planning, marketing, sales, business development, and senior leadership experience.

* Denotes experience as a former or current Chief Executive Officer.

Board Responsibilities and Corporate Governance Guidelines

The Board’s primary responsibility is to exercise their business judgment in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. The Board selects the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company, monitors management’s and the Company’s performance, and provides advice and counsel to management. Among other things, the Board at least annually reviews the Company’s long-term strategy, long-term business plan, and annual budget for the Company. The Board also reviews and approves transactions in accordance with guidelines that the Board may adopt from time to time. In fulfilling the Board’s responsibilities, directors have full access to the Company’s management, external auditors, and outside advisors. With respect to the Board’s role in risk oversight of the Company, the Board discusses the Company’s risk exposures and risk management of various parts of the business, including appropriate guidelines and policies to minimize business risks and major financial risks and the steps management has undertaken to control them.

The Board has also adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines to assist the Board in the exercise of its responsibilities and to serve the interests of the Company and its stockholders. These guidelines serve as a framework for, among other