Company: DJTWW
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-009143
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Company: Trump Media & Technology Group Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 62
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 to provide our employees significant incentive to protect and enhance stockholder value. We believe that there is an insufficient number of shares remaining available for future new grants under our 2024 Plan to sustain these important stock-based incentives. Although the A&R Plan was approved in 2024, in order to secure and retain the services of our employees, directors and other service providers and to provide long-term incentives that align the interests of our employees, directors and other service providers with the interests of our stockholders, the Evergreen Provision will allow us to better support our continued growth strategy. Adopting the A&R Plan at this time will make an additional number of shares available for issuance to participants each year. Overview The Incentive Plan Proposal — We are asking shareholders to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve and adopt the A&R Plan, a copy of which is attached to this Proxy Statement as Appendix D. If the A&R Plan is approved by stockholders, then the amended plan will be effective as of such approval. Why We Support the Proposal The A&R Plan is key to our attracting and retaining top talent . Attracting and retaining top talent in this very competitive industry is one of our fundamental strategic imperatives. Our long-term equity compensation program for our officers and employees is a significant element of our compensation strategy for attracting and retaining our top employees and directors. We have found that equity-based awards are valued by our executives and employees. That sense of value, when coupled with multi-year vesting periods, and performance-based vesting in certain cases, serves to enhance retention of these employees as well as collaboration among them. We believe an A&R Plan is key to our long-term success and the future success of our stockholders. The A&R Plan will be used to align the long-term interests of our employees, with those of our stockholders and consistent with our M&A strategy . We consider it crucial to maintain a strong association between compensation of

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TABLE OF CONTENTS our key employees and our stockholders’ long-term interests. Our long-term equity compensation program is a significant factor in achieving this goal and allowing us to have potential future headcount growth in the context of mergers and acquisitions. The Compensation Committee (which administers the 2024 Plan) recognizes its responsibility to strike a balance between stockholder concerns regarding the potential dilutive effect of equity awards and the ability to attract, retain and reward directors, officers and employees whose contributions are critical to the long-term success of the Company. The Compensation Committee believes that stockholder approval of the