Company: SRFM
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000950170-25-043326
Chunk: 391

Company: SURF AIR MOBILITY INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 9A
Chunk 391
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 person, or any director, officer or employee of the Company who knows of the transaction, must report the information regarding the proposed related person transaction to our Chief Financial Officer and chairperson of the Audit Committee for review. To identify related person transactions in advance, we will rely on information supplied by our executive officers, directors and certain significant stockholders. In considering related person transactions, the Audit Committee will take into account the relevant available facts and circumstances, which may include, but are not limited to:

•the nature of the related person’s interest in the transaction;

•the impact on a director’s independence in the event the related person is a director, immediate family member of a director or an entity with which a director is affiliated;

•the terms of the transaction;

•the availability of other sources for comparable services or products; and

•the terms available to or from, as the case may be, unrelated third parties.

Director Independence

Under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and our Corporate Governance Guidelines, independent directors must comprise a majority of our Board. Under the NYSE rules, a director will only qualify as an “independent director” if our Board affirmatively determines that the director, in the opinion of our Board, does not have a relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director.

Our Board reviewed its composition and the independence of our directors and considered whether any director has a relationship with us that could interfere with his or her ability to exercise independent judgment in carrying out his or her responsibilities. In addition, the Board annually evaluates and determines the independence of each our non-employee directors under the NYSE listing standards. As a part of the evaluation process, and as part of the independence determination by the Board, the Board considers, in addition to such other factors as they may deem appropriate, each director’s occupation, personal and affiliate transactions with the Company, and other relevant direct and indirect relationships with the Company that may affect independence. Based upon information requested from and provided by each director concerning his or her background, employment, and affiliations, including family relationships, our Board has determined that each of Mr. Albert, Mr. Bland, Mr. D’Agostino, Mr. Hack and Mr. Mady qualify as independent directors, as defined under the listing rules of the NYSE, and that our Board consists of a majority of “independent directors,” as defined under the rules of the SEC and NYSE. Our Board has also determined that each of the