Company: NEWTP
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001587987-25-000073
Chunk: 17

Company: NewtekOne, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 17
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| Technology- experience with companies that used or developed technology to improve quality and innovate products and services to increase client satisfaction; experience in mitigating and managing cybersecurity risks |     | ●      |     | ●     |     | ●      |     | ●      |     | ●             |     | ●    |     | ●              |
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| Risk- knowledge or expertise with respect to risk management processes across a large organization in a regulated industry                                                                                               |     | ●      |     | ●     |     | ●      |     | ●      |     | ●             |     | ●    |     |                |
| Financial ServicesExperience - experience within or leading a financial services company                                                                                                                                 |     | ●      |     | ●     |     | ●      |     | ●      |     | ●             |     | ●    |     | ●              |

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The Board of Directors and Board of Directors Meetings

The Company’s Board of Directors and management are committed to responsible corporate governance to ensure that the Company is managed for the long-term benefit of its shareholders. To that end, the Board of Directors and executive committee, comprised of the Company’s named executive officers (the “Executive Committee”), periodically review and update, as appropriate, the Company’s corporate governance policies and practices. In doing so, the Board of Directors and Executive Committee review published guidelines and recommendations of institutional shareholder organizations and current best practices of similarly situated public companies. The Board of Directors and Executive Committee also regularly evaluate and, when appropriate, revise the Company’s corporate governance policies and practices in accordance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules issued by the SEC and rules and listing standards issued by The Nasdaq ® Stock Market, Inc. (“Nasdaq”) where the Company’s Common Shares are listed and traded.

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, the Board of Directors held a total of 19 meetings, the Audit Committee held 23 meetings, the Nominating Committee held 5 meetings and the Risk Committee held 4 meetings. Each of the incumbent directors attended at least 75% of