Company: SNWV
Filing Date: 2025-07-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-025486
Chunk: 53

Company: SANUWAVE Health, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 53
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 not incorporated by reference in this proxy statement. 37 TABLE OF CONTENTS Appendix A SANUWAVE HEALTH, INC. 2024 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN (As Proposed to be Amended August 19, 2025) 1. Purpose. The purpose of the SANUWAVE Health, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of responsibility with the Company, to provide additional incentives to them and align their interests with those of the Company’s stockholders, and to thereby promote the Company’s long-term business success. 2. Definitions. In this Plan, the following definitions will apply. (a) “Affiliate” means any entity that is a Subsidiary of the Company, or any other entity in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, at least 20% of combined voting power of the entity’s Voting Securities and which is designated by the Committee as covered by the Plan. (b) “Agreement” means the written or electronic agreement, notice or other document containing the terms and conditions applicable to each Award granted under the Plan, including all amendments thereto. An Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. (c) “Award” means a grant made under the Plan in the form of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Stock Units or an Other Stock-Based Award. (d) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company. (e) “Cause” means what the term is expressly defined to mean in a then-effective written agreement (including an Agreement) between a Participant and the Company or any Affiliate, or in the absence of any such then-effective agreement or definition a Participant’s (i) embezzlement or misappropriation of Company funds or property, (ii) conviction or plea of guilty, no contest or otherwise being found to be or held accountable or responsible for a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or a felony that could result in imprisonment; (iii) willful or gross neglect or misconduct by Participant of material duties required of Participant; provided, however, that it is understood that failure to meet performance standards or performance objectives, by itself, shall not constitute Cause; (iv) violation of any material Company policy or Company code of conduct, or nondisclosure, non-solicitation, non-competition or similar obligation owed to the Company or any of its Affiliates, (v) material breach of any fiduci