Company: CALX
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001406666-25-000011
Chunk: 27

Company: CALIX, INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 27
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 election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen.

As of March 27, 2025, the date this Proxy Statement is made available, the Board consists of nine directors, divided into the following three classes:

• Class I directors : Kathleen Crusco, Carl Russo and Michael Weening, whose current terms will expire at the 2026 Annual Meeting;

• Class II directors : Rajatish Mukherjee, Wade Oosterman and Kevin Peters, whose current terms will expire at the 2027 Annual Meeting; and

• Class III directors : Christopher J. Bowick, Eleanor Fields and Kira Makagon, whose current terms will expire at the Annual Meeting.

We received notice on March 21, 2025 that one of our independent directors, Ms. Fields, had decided not to stand for re-election upon the expiration of her term on May 8, 2025, the date of our Annual Meeting. Ms. Fields indicated that her decision to not stand for re-election was not due to any disagreement with the Company nor any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices. Ms. Fields is a Class III director, whose current term expires at the Annual Meeting. Our Board unanimously voted on March 21, 2025 to appoint Michael J. Berry to the Board, effective upon the expiration or earlier termination of Ms. Fields' term on the Board. Our Board plans to appoint Mr. Berry to the Audit Committee and the Strategic Committee upon the commencement of his term.

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has recommended, and our Board has approved, Christopher J. Bowick and Kira Makagon as nominees for reelection, and Michael J. Berry as a nominee for election, as Class III directors at the Annual Meeting. Mr. Bowick and Ms. Makagon have each agreed to stand for reelection, and Mr. Berry has agreed to stand for election, each as a Class III director. Each director to be elected will hold office from the date of such director’s election by the stockholders until the third subsequent annual meeting of stockholders or until his or her successor is elected and has been qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Shares of common stock represented by executed proxies will be voted, if authority to do so is not withheld, for the election of the three Class III director nominees named above.

The Board expects each of the nominees to be available for election to the Board at the Annual Meeting. In the event that any nominee should be unable to