Company: VCYT
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001384101-25-000051
Chunk: 51

Company: VERACYTE, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 51
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            |     | Responsible use of shares under our long-term incentive program                    |
|            |     | Perform an annual risk assessment of our compensation program                      |
|            |     | Maintain stock ownership guidelines for all executives and non-executive directors |
|            |     | “Double-trigger” change-in-control provisions                                      |
|            |     | Annually conduct Say-on-Pay vote                                                   |
|            |     | Engage an independent compensation consultant                                      |
|            |     | Have an independent Compensation Committee                                         |
|            |     | Maintain a compensation recovery policy to ensure accountability                   |

| WHAT WE DON'T DO |     |                                                                  |
|                  |     | No excise tax gross-ups                                          |
|                  |     | No excessive perquisites                                         |
|                  |     | No repricing of stock option awards without stockholder approval |
|                  |     | No discounted stock option awards                                |
|                  |     | No hedging or pledging of our stock                              |
|                  |     | No dividends or dividend equivalents on unvested equity awards   |

Say-on-Pay Results Veracyte received approximately 95.2% support from stockholders for our 2024 say-on-pay proposal. The Compensation Committee is appreciative of this support and believes it indicates that stockholders are supportive of our pay program structure and the alignment we have created between management and stockholder interests. The Compensation Committee will continue to consider the results of future stockholder votes, along with other forms of stockholder input and feedback, when structuring executive pay.

| 95.2%                                                               
 Support received from stockholders for our 2024 say-on-pay proposal |

Executive Compensation Philosophy and Objectives

We have designed our executive compensation program to reward our executive officers, including our NEOs, at a level consistent with our overall strategic and financial performance and to provide remuneration sufficient to attract, retain and motivate them to exert their best efforts in the highly competitive environment in which we operate. We believe in providing competitive compensation packages consisting of a combination of base salary, an annual cash bonus and long-term incentive opportunities in the form of equity awards that are earned over a multi-year period. We believe the approach that has been adopted by our Compensation Committee, with an emphasis on variable cash compensation and equity awards, enables us to attract top talent, motivate successful short-term and long-term performance, satisfy our retention objectives, and align the compensation of our executive officers with our performance and long-term value creation for our stockholders.

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