Company: VCYT
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001384101-25-000051
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Company: VERACYTE, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
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a) obtaining any approvals from governmental agencies that the Company determines are necessary or advisable and/or (b) completion of any registration or other qualification of such Shares under any state, federal, or foreign law or ruling of any governmental body that the Company determines to be necessary or advisable. The Company will be under no obligation to register the Shares with the SEC or to effect compliance with the registration, qualification, or listing requirements of any foreign or state securities laws, exchange control laws, stock exchange, or automated quotation system, and the Company will have no liability for any inability or failure to do so.

20. NO OBLIGATION TO EMPLOY. Nothing in this Plan or any Award granted under this Plan will confer or be deemed to confer on any Participant any right to continue in the employ of, or to continue any other relationship with, the Company or any Parent, Subsidiary, or Affiliate or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Parent, Subsidiary, or Affiliate to terminate Participant’s employment or other relationship at any time.

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#### CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS.
21.1. Treatment of Awards in the event of Corporate Transaction. In the event of a Corporate Transaction any or all outstanding Awards shall be subject to the definitive agreement related thereto, and may be (a) continued, assumed or replaced by the successor corporation, which assumption or replacement shall be binding on all Participants, provided that the Exercise Price and the number and nature of shares issuable upon exercise of any Option or SAR, or any Award that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, will be adjusted appropriately pursuant to Section 424(a) of the Code and/or Section 409A of the Code, as applicable, (b) substituted by the successor corporation for equivalent awards or substantially similar consideration as was provided to stockholders (after taking into account the existing provisions of the Awards), provided that the Exercise Price and the number and nature of shares issuable upon exercise of any Option or SAR, or any Award that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, will be adjusted appropriately pursuant to Section 424(a) of the Code and/or Section 409A of the Code, as applicable, (c) replaced with substantially similar shares or other property subject to repurchase restrictions no less favorable to the Participant, (d) immediately vested (and exercisable, as applicable) and settled (as applicable), followed by the cancellation of such Awards upon or immediately prior to the effectiveness of such transaction or (e)