Company: ATLCL
Filing Date: 2025-04-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-011863
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Company: Atlanticus Holdings Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-14
Form: DEF 14A
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 standards and applicable legal and regulatory requirements; and the appointment, compensation and evaluation of the qualifications and independence of our independent registered public accounting firm.

The Audit Committee met five times during 2024. The current members of the Audit Committee are Dennis H. James, Jr. (Chair), Joann G. Jones and Mack F. Mattingly. The Board has determined that Mr. James is an “audit committee financial expert,” as that term is defined in SEC rules.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee assists the Board in identifying qualified director candidates and developing and monitoring our corporate governance policies. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee operates under a written charter, a copy of which is available on our website at www.atlanticus.com under the heading “Investors” and then “Corporate Information—Governance Documents.” Under the charter, the committee’s principal responsibilities include identifying individuals qualified to become members of the Board and recommending candidates for re-election as directors; monitoring and recommending corporate governance and other Board and company practices; and overseeing performance reviews of the Board as a whole, its committees and the individual directors.

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With respect to the identification of nominee candidates, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has opted against developing a formalized process. For more information, see “—Corporate Governance Policies—Policy for Consideration of Director Candidates Recommended by Shareholders.” Similarly, with respect to the evaluation of director nominee candidates by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the committee has opted against adopting formal requirements or minimum standards regarding the evaluation of potential directors. Rather, the committee will consider each candidate on his or her own merits on a case-by-case basis. However, in evaluating candidates, there are factors that the committee generally views as relevant and is likely to consider. Some of these factors include the candidates’:

| ● | integrity and reputation; |

| ● | professional experience, particularly experience that is germane to our business, such as credit services, risk management, legal, human resources, finance, marketing, and regulatory experience; |

| ● | ability to qualify as an “audit committee financial expert” (as defined in SEC rules); |

| ● | experience in serving on other boards of directors or in the senior management of companies that have faced issues generally of the level of sophistication that we face; |

| ● | contribution to diversity on the Board; |

| ● | ability to work collegially with others; |

| ● | availability and the