Company: QTIWW
Filing Date: 2025-01-31
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001628280-25-003316
Chunk: 269

Company: QT IMAGING HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-01-31
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 269
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 time the public release of material information or (c) purposely accelerate or delay equity award grants with the intent of allowing an award

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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 to consider the tax impact of its compensation arrangements as one factor, among others, in evaluating and determining the structure, implementation, and amount of awards paid to its executive officers. However, to retain highly skilled executives and remain competitive with other employers, the Compensation Committee may authorize compensation that would not be deductible under Section 162(m) or otherwise if it determines that such compensation is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, and maintaining tax deductibility will not be the sole consideration taken into account in determining what compensation arrangements are in our and our stockholders’ best interests. The right to grant compensation that is not deductible is expressly reserved, and the Company may do so.

#### Summary of Compensation Table
The table below sets forth the annual compensation levels of our NEOs for 2024 and 2023, who as a smaller reporting company consist of the principal executive officer who serves as Chief Executive Officer of QT Imaging, and the next two most highly compensated executive officers. The compensation totals and individual amounts reflect the compensation of such officers by the Company or QT Imaging as of December 31, 2024 and 2023. In the fiscal year 2025, such totals and amounts may change based on, among other things, changes to the terms of the employment of such persons.

| Name and Principal Poslition                                         |     | Year |     | Salary 
 ($)    |         |     | Option 
 Awards 
 ($)(1) |         |     | Bonus 
 ($)