Company: WAL-PA
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-057334
Chunk: 74

Company: WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 74
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 stock or any member of their immediate family had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.

Policies and Procedures Regarding Transactions with Related Persons

In February 2025, the Board of Directors completed its annual review and approval of its Related Party Transactions Policy (“Policy”) that can be found in the Corporate Governance & Business Ethics section under Governance Documents section of the Investor Relations page of the Company’s website atwww.westernalliancebancorporation.comor, for print copies, by writing to the Company at One E. Washington Street, Suite 1400, Phoenix, Arizona 85004, Attention: Corporate Secretary.

The Policy applies only to specific transactions or arrangements with specified related parties, which includes the Company’s directors, executive officers, beneficial owners of 5% of more of the Company’s voting securities, related entities, and immediate family members of the foregoing. In general, under the Policy, unless the transaction is deemed to be pre-approved under the Policy, every transaction involving a related party that involves amounts greater than $120,000 must be approved by the Governance Committee. The Governance Committee will review all of the relevant facts and circumstances of all related party transactions that require the Governance Committee’s approval and either approve or disapprove of the entry into the related party transaction. In determining whether to approve or ratify a related party transaction, the Governance Committee will take into account, among other factors it deems appropriate: (1) whether the transaction was undertaken in the ordinary course of business of the Company, (2) whether the related party transaction was initiated by the Company, a subsidiary or the related party, (3) whether the transaction with the related party is proposed to be, or was, entered into on terms no less favorable to the Company than terms that could have been reached with an unrelated third party, (4) the purpose of, and the potential benefits to the Company of, the related party transaction, (5) the approximate dollar value of the amount involved in the related party transaction, particularly as it relates to the related party, (6) the related party’s interest in the related party transaction, and (7) any other information regarding the related party transaction or the related party that would be material to investors in light of the circumstances of the particular transaction. The Governance Committee may approve the related party transaction only if the Governance Committee determines in good faith that, under all of the circumstances, the transaction is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. The Governance Committee, in its sole discretion, may