Company: CRD-A
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001558370-25-004509
Chunk: 33

Company: CRAWFORD & CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 33
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 announcement, and does not time the public release of such information based on stock option grant dates. In addition, it is the Company’s policy to not grant stock options or similar awards at any time during the four business days prior to or the two business days following the filing of the Company’s periodic reports or the filing or furnishing of a Form 8-K that discloses material non-public information (each, a “Filing Window”). Under the Company’s current practices, executive officers do not choose or have influence over the grant date for their individual stock option grants. Stock option grants to the Company’s executive officers are generally approved annually at a meeting of the Company’s Compensation Committee that is held during the first quarter of each year, and the grants are generally effective immediately after the meeting on which the grants are eligible to be made under our grant policies discussed above.

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During the period covered by this Proxy Statement, we have not timedthe disclosure of material non-public information for the purpose of affecting the value of executive compensation. Insider Trading Policy The Company is committed to promoting high standards of ethical business conduct and compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations. As part of this commitment, the Company has an Insider Trading Policywhich is applicable to the Company’s directors, officers, and all employees of, and consultants and contractors to, the Company. The Insider Trading Policy governs the purchase, sale, and/or other dispositions of the Company’s securities and prohibits purchasing or selling any securities of the Company while a person covered by the Insider Trading Policy is aware of material, non-public information concerning the Company. The Company believes that its Insider Trading Policy is reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and the exchange listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange. A copy of the Company’s Insider Trading Policy is filed with the SEC as an exhibit to its most recent annual report on Form 10-K. Components of Compensation Base Salary For certain executive officers, including the named executive officers, the Company believes that it is appropriate to enter into written employment agreements with such persons. These agreements typically provide for, among other things, a minimum base salary, which was determined based on negotiations with the applicable person and the Compensation Committee’s overall compensation philosophy discussed above, at the time of hire or the entry into such agreement, as applicable. For additional information on our employment agreements with our named executive officers, see “Employment and Change in Control Arrangements” below. The Compensation Committee typically re-evaluates the