Company: IPGP
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001111928-25-000054
Chunk: 93

Company: IPG PHOTONICS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 93
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 by your bank, broker or other nominee to vote your shares. You are also invited to attend the Annual Meeting. However, if you wish to be able to vote at the meeting, you must obtain a proxy card, executed in your favor, from your bank, broker or other nominee.

#### What Does it Mean to Give a Proxy?
Your properly completed proxy/voting instruction card will appoint Mark Gitin and Angelo Lopresti as proxy holders or your representatives to vote your shares in the manner directed therein by you. Dr. Gitin is our CEO. Mr. Lopresti is our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Your proxy permits you to direct the proxy holders to vote “For,” “Against,” or “Abstain” for each of the proposals included in this Proxy Statement.

All of your shares entitled to vote and represented by a properly completed proxy or voting instruction received prior to the Annual Meeting and not revoked will be voted at the meeting in accordance with your instruction.

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Questions and Answers About the Meeting and Voting

What Happens If I Sign, Date and Return My Proxy But Do Not Specify How I Want My Shares Voted on One of the Proposals?

Stockholder of Record: Your proxy will be counted as a vote “For” all of the nominees for director (Proposal 1), "For" approval of the advisory vote on our executive compensation (Proposal 2), "For" the approval of the 2025 Incentive Compensation Plan (Proposal 3), “For” the ratification of the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm (Proposal 4).

“Street Name” Stockholder: Your bank, broker or nominee may vote your shares only on those proposals on which it has discretion to vote. Under the rules that govern brokers who are voting with respect to shares held in street name, brokers have the discretion to vote those shares on routine matters, such as the vote to ratify the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm (Proposal 4), but not on non-routine matters, such as Proposals 1, 2 and 3. Accordingly, if you do not give your bank, broker or nominee specific instructions with respect to Proposal 4, your shares will be voted in such entity’s discretion (but only with respect to Proposal 4). We urge you to promptly provide your bank, broker or nominee with appropriate voting instructions so that all of your shares may be voted at the Annual Meeting.

#### Can I Change My Vote Before the Annual Meeting?