Company: ISRG
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001035267-25-000098
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Company: INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: DEF 14A
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 to the restrictions and limits that the Board or Committee specifies at the time of such delegation, and the Board may at any time rescind the authority so delegated or appoint a new delegate. At all times, the delegate appointed under this Section 12.6 shall serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the Board and the Committee.

## ARTICLE 13.

### MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
13.1 Effective Date, Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Plan . The Plan shall become effective on the Effective Date; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, all provisions of the Plan governing any compensation subject to Awards granted prior to November 2, 2017 and outstanding as of the Effective Date that is intended to

qualify as “performance-based compensation” as described in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code (prior to its amendment by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, P.L. 115-97) (“ Performance-Based Compensation ”) at the time such Awards were granted shall continue to apply to such Awards to the extent required to retain their qualification as Performance-Based Compensation. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 13.1, the Plan may be wholly or partially amended or otherwise modified, suspended or terminated at any time or from time to time by the Board or the Committee. However, without approval of the Company’s stockholders given within twelve (12) months before or after the action by the Administrator, no action of the Administrator may, except as provided in Section 13.2, (i) increase the limits imposed in Section 3.1 on the maximum number of shares which may be issued under the Plan, or (ii) reduce the price per share of any outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right granted under the Plan, or (iii) cancel any Option or Stock Appreciation Right in exchange for cash or another Award when the Option or Stock Appreciation Right price per share exceeds the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares. Except as provided in Section 13.10, no amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan shall, without the consent of the Holder, impair any rights or obligations under any Award theretofore granted or awarded, unless the Award itself otherwise expressly so provides. No Awards may be granted or awarded during any period of suspension or after termination of the Plan, and in no event may any Award be granted under the Plan after the tenth (10 th ) anniversary of the Effective Date.

13.2 Changes in Common Stock or Assets of the Company,