Company: WAL-PA
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-057334
Chunk: 80

Company: WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 80
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 Compensation Section 14A of the Exchange Act requires that our stockholders have the opportunity to cast an advisory (non-binding) vote on executive compensation, no less than once every three years. Consistent with the desire of the Company’s stockholders expressed at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to conduct the advisory vote on executive compensation annually, the Company has elected to provide for annual votes on executive compensation. Accordingly, we ask our stockholders to vote on the following resolution at the Annual Meeting: RESOLVED, that the Company’s stockholders approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the 2024 Summary Compensation Table and other related tables and disclosures therein. Our executive compensation policies are designed to establish an appropriate relationship between executive pay and the annual and long-term performance of the Company and its affiliates, to reflect the attainment of short- and long-term financial performance goals, to enhance our ability to attract and retain qualified executive officers, and to align to the greatest extent possible interests of management and stockholders. Our Board of Directors believes that our compensation policies and practices achieve these objectives. Because your vote is advisory, it will not be binding upon the Board of Directors. However, the Board of Directors and Compensation Committee may consider the outcome of the vote when considering future executive compensation arrangements. We anticipate that the next opportunity for our stockholders to cast an advisory (non-binding) vote on the compensation of our named executive officers will be at our 2026 Annual Meeting.

| The Board of Directors unanimously recommends that the stockholders vote “FOR” the approval of the compensation of our named executive officers, as disclosed in this proxy statement (an advisory, non-binding “Say on Pay” resolution). |

| 2025 PROXY STATEMENT | 75 |

| INDEPENDENT AUDITORS |

Indepe ndent Auditors Pursuant to the recommendation of the Audit Committee, the Board of Directors has appointed RSM US LLP to audit the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, and the related internal controls over financial reporting, as of December 31, 2025. RSM US LLP has served as the independent auditor for the Company since 1994. Representatives of RSM US LLP will be present at the Annual Meeting, will have an opportunity to make