Company: ISBA
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000842517-25-000071
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Company: ISABELLA BANK CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 during the year 2024.

The members of the Compensation and Human Resource Committee are directors Behen, Coffin, Opperman (ex-officio), Payton (committee chairperson), and Rupp. Our Board has evaluated the independence of each of the members of our Compensation and Human Resource Committee and has affirmatively determined that each of the members of the Committee meets the definition of an “independent director” under Nasdaq Stock Market rules. In addition, our Board has also determined that each of the members of the Committee qualifies as a “nonemployee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. The Compensation and Human Resource Committee is responsible for reviewing and recommending to the Board the compensation of directors and the compensation of the President and CEO, Bank President, and CFO. The Compensation and Human Resource Committee is also responsible for overseeing the administration of the Company’s employee benefit, incentive and compensation programs, determining the effectiveness of the Company’s compensation-related risk management practices, and reviewing and approving the Chief Executive Officer succession plan, and recommending such plan to the Board for approval.

#### Communications with the Board
Shareholders may communicate with the Board by sending written communications to the attention of the Corporation’s Secretary, Isabella Bank Corporation, 401 N. Main St., Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48858. Communications will be forwarded to the Board or the appropriate committee, as soon as practicable.

#### Code of Ethics
The Corporation has adopted a Code of Conduct and Business Ethics that sets forth standards of ethical business conduct for the Company's CEO, CFO, and Controller. The purpose of the Code of Conduct and Business Ethics is to provide such covered individuals with a framework to deter wrongdoing and to promote honest and ethical conduct. Additionally, the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is in conformity with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Nasdaq Listing

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Rules. A copy of the Code of Conduct and Business Ethics is available on the Bank’s website: www.isabellabank.com under the “Governance” tab.

#### Nasdaq Listing Application
We have applied to list the shares of our common stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (“Nasdaq”) under our current symbol “ISBA.” Such listing is not guaranteed. Even if such listing is approved, there can be no assurance that an active, liquid trading market in our common stock will develop. Our common stock is currently quoted on the OTCQX