Company: DJTWW
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-005487
Chunk: 19

Company: Trump Media & Technology Group Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 19
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side Howard Lutnick, former CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, McMahon was tasked with leading the transition team’s efforts to organize and prepare for a possible new administration. In 2016, President Donald J. Trump nominated Ms. McMahon to be the administrator of the United States Small Business Administration (“SBA”) and the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly confirmed her to that position in 2017. Ms. McMahon led the SBA until 2019, advocating on behalf of America’s 12 TABLE OF CONTENTS 30 million small businesses as a member of President Donald J. Trump’s cabinet where she directed the agency’s effort to issue over $1 billion in loans to assist small business owners in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Ms. McMahon’s political career also includes an appointment to the Connecticut Board of Education from 2009 until 2010, and serving as the Republican nominee to represent the state of Connecticut in the 2010 and 2012 U.S. Senate elections. Previously, from 2019 to 2020, Ms. McMahon also served as Chair of the America First Action political action committee supporting President Donald J. Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign and as co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, from 2017 to 2019, of Women’s Leadership LIVE, a company that hosts events to inspire entrepreneurial women to launch their own businesses. Ms. McMahon received a Bachelor of Arts degree in French from East Carolina University and also holds Honorary Doctorates from East Carolina University and Sacred Heart University. In January 2025, President Trump nominated Ms. McMahon to serve as Secretary of Education; such nomination is pending as of the date of this proxy statement. 13 TABLE OF CONTENTS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Overview Our Board believes that good corporate governance is fundamental to the overall success of our business. To that end, our Board evaluates our corporate governance practices in light of applicable changes in state law, the rules and listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market (“ Nasdaq”), the rules and regulations of the SEC, and the rules and regulations under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code”), as well as best practices suggested by recognized governance authorities, and makes modifications to our corporate governance practices that it determines are warranted in order to enhance such practices. To guide the operation and direction of the Board and its committees, our Board has established charters for its standing committees, our Corporate Governance Guidelines and our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct to reflect our commitment to good corporate governance and to comply with