Company: ISRG
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001035267-25-000098
Chunk: 103

Company: INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 103
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% of the votes for the Company’s Say-on-Pay vote over the past five years. We believe that the sustained, strong support of our Say-on-Pay proposals reflects our stockholders’ endorsement of our executive compensation philosophy and, specifically, our efforts to attract, retain, and motivate our NEOs.

#### Summary
For the reasons described above, the Board believes that the policy requested by this stockholder proposal would be impractical and inefficient to implement and inappropriate for the Company. The proposal is not tailored to the design of our executive compensation program and has not been a focus of stockholders during our regular engagement. The Board also believes that the Company’s current severance benefits, which are limited to severance benefits following a qualifying termination of employment within 12 months following a change in control, are reasonable and that the Compensation Committee—which is composed entirely of independent directors and has retained its own independent compensation consultant—is best positioned to determine whether, and in what forms and amounts, severance benefits should be offered to our executive officers.

#### Vote Required
Approval of Proposal No. 6 requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present in person, virtually online, or represented by proxy and voting at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the proposal.

#### Recommendation of the Board
| The Board unanimously recommends that stockholders vote AGAINST this proposal. |

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### GENERAL INFORMATION
Why did I receive a notice in the mail regarding the Internet availability of proxy materials instead of a full set of proxy materials?

We are pleased to continue to take advantage of the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) that allow us to furnish our proxy materials to our stockholders by providing access to such documents on the Internet instead of mailing printed copies. Accordingly, most of our stockholders of record and beneficial owners have received a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (“Notice”) and will not receive a full set of proxy materials in the mail unless requested. Instructions on how to access the proxy materials on the Internet may be found on the website referred to in the Notice. If you would like to receive our proxy materials electronically by email, you should follow the instructions for requesting such materials provided in the Notice. Your election to receive proxy materials electronically by email will remain in effect until you terminate such election. Choosing to receive future proxy materials electronically by email will reduce the environmental impact and the costs incurred by us in printing and mailing the proxy materials.

How can I get electronic access to the proxy materials?

Registered and beneficial stockholders can view the proxy