Company: TALK
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-016714
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Company: Talkspace, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
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 with her separation from the Company and pursuant to the terms of her Separation Agreement. |

| (5) | Prior to his appointment as the Company's Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Harris was engaged by the Company in early 2024 as an independent consultant and pursuant to the terms of his Consulting Services Agreement, was awarded 11,250 RSUs as consideration for his consulting services. Upon the early termination of his Consulting Services Agreement and his appointment as the Company's Chief Financial Officer on May 20, 2024, 6,250 unvested RSUs were forfeited. |

Both the option grants and the RSU grants were intended to retain our NEOs and incentivize them to lead our company to sustained, long-term superior financial and operational performance and were approved following consideration of the factors set forth above under “ Determination of Executive Compensation”. Retirement Savings, Health and Welfare Benefits We maintain a 401(k) retirement savings plan for our employees, including our NEOs, who satisfy certain eligibility requirements. Our NEOs are eligible to participate in the 401(k) plan on the same terms as other full-time employees. Currently, we match contributions made by participants in the 401(k) plan up to a specified percentage of the employee contributions, and these matching contributions are fully-vested as of the date on which the contribution is made. We believe that providing a vehicle for tax-deferred retirement savings though our 401(k) plan, and making fully vested matching contributions, adds to the overall desirability of our executive compensation package and further incentivizes our employees, including our NEOs, in accordance with our compensation policies. Employee Benefits and Perquisites All of our full-time employees, including our NEOs, are eligible to participate in our health and welfare plans, including medical, dental and vision benefits, medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and life insurance. We believe the benefits described above are necessary and appropriate to provide a competitive compensation package to our NEOs. We do not currently provide perquisites to our NEOs, and we do not view perquisites or other personal benefits as a significant component of our executive compensation program. In the future, we may provide perquisites or other personal benefits in limited circumstances, such as where we believe it is appropriate to assist an individual executive

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officer in the performance of the executive’s duties, to make our executive officers more efficient and effective, and/or recruitment, motivation, or retention purposes. All future practices with respect