Company: TALK
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-016714
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Company: Talkspace, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 21
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 services proposed to be performed by the independent auditor may be pre-approved. The Pre-Approval Policy generally provides that we will not engage Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of EY Global to render any audit, audit-related, tax or permissible non-audit service unless the service is either (i) explicitly approved by the Audit Committee (“specific pre-approval”) or (ii) entered into pursuant to the pre-approval policies and procedures described in the Pre-Approval Policy (“general pre-approval”). Unless a type of service to be provided by Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of EY Global has received general pre-approval under the Pre-Approval Policy, it requires specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee or by a designated member of the Audit Committee to whom the committee has delegated the authority to grant pre-approvals. Any proposed services exceeding pre-approved cost levels or budgeted amounts will also require specific pre-approval. For both types of pre-approval, the Audit Committee will consider whether such services are consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence. The Audit Committee will also consider whether the independent auditor is best positioned to provide the most effective and efficient service, for reasons such as its familiarity with the Company’s business, people, culture, accounting systems, risk profile and other factors, and whether the service might enhance the Company’s ability to manage or control risk or improve audit quality. All such factors will be considered as a whole, and no one factor should necessarily be determinative. 15

PROPOSAL 3: APPROVAL, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, OF THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY’S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. This proposal gives our stockholders the opportunity to vote to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers. As described in detail under the heading “Executive Compensation,” our executive compensation programs are designed to attract, motivate, and retain our named executive officers, who are critical to our success. Please read “Executive Compensation” beginning on page 25of this proxy statement for additional details about our executive compensation programs. We are asking our stockholders to indicate their support for our named executive officer compensation as described in this proxy statement. This proposal, commonly known as a “say-on-pay” proposal, gives our stockholders the opportunity to express their views on the compensation of our named executive officers by allowing stockholders to vote “FOR”, “AGAINST” or “AB