Company: PACB
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001299130-25-000090
Chunk: 60

Company: PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 60
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 depend on the participant’s level of annual income and other factors.

Section 409A . Section 409A of the Code provides certain requirements for nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements with respect to an individual’s deferral and distribution elections and permissible distribution events. Awards granted under the 2020 Plan with a deferral feature will be subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. Section 409A also generally provides that distributions must be made on or following the occurrence of certain events (e.g., the individual’s separation from service, a predetermined date, or the individual’s death). For certain individuals who are key employees, subject to certain exceptions, Section 409A requires that distributions in connection with the individual’s separation from service commence no earlier than six months after such separation from service.

If an award granted under the 2020 Plan is subject to and fails to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, the recipient of that award may recognize ordinary income on the amounts deferred under the award, to the extent vested, which may be prior to when the compensation is actually or constructively received. Also, if an award that is subject to Section 409A fails to comply with Section 409A’s provisions, Section 409A imposes an additional 20% federal income tax on compensation recognized as ordinary income, as well as interest on such deferred compensation. Certain states, such as California, have enacted laws similar to Section 409A which impose additional taxes, interest and penalties on nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements. We will also have withholding and reporting requirements with respect to such amounts. In no event will we or any of our parent or subsidiaries have any obligation under the terms of the 2020 Plan to reimburse, indemnify, or hold harmless a participant for any taxes, interest or penalties imposed, or other costs incurred, as a result of Section 409A.

Tax Effect for the Company. We generally will be entitled to a tax deduction in connection with an award under the 2020 Plan in an amount equal to the ordinary income realized by a participant and at the time the participant recognizes such income (for example, the exercise of a nonstatutory stock option). Special rules limit the deductibility of compensation paid to our chief executive officer and other “covered employees” within the meaning of Code Section 162(m). Under Code Section 162(m), the annual compensation paid to any of these specified employees will be deductible only to the extent that it does not exceed $1,000,000.

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