Company: ISRG
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001035267-25-000098
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Company: INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: DEF 14A
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Restricted Companies”). The Insider Trading Policy is designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules, and regulations, and applicable Nasdaq listing standards, as well as procedures designed to further the foregoing purposes. Our Insider Trading Policy provides that no employee, officer, or director may buy or sell put or call options, engage in short sales, or engage in hedging transactions, in each case with respect to Restricted Companies. In addition, our Insider Trading Policy provides that no employee, officer, or director may pledge Company securities as collateral to secure loans. This prohibition means, among other things, that these individuals may not hold Company securities in a “margin” account, which would allow the individual to borrow against their holdings to buy securities. Also, our

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Insider Trading Policy provides that directors, officers (as defined by Rule 16a-1(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as well as employees at the level of Senior Vice President and above shall only execute trades in Company securities pursuant to a trading plan intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act with the exception of certain exempt transactions. A copy of our Insider Trading Policy and Guidelines is attached as Exhibit 19 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC on January 31, 2025.

### Code of Business Conduct & Ethics
We have adopted a code of business conduct and ethics that applies to all directors, officers, and employees. The full text of our code of business conduct and ethics is posted on our website at www.intuitive.com . We intend to disclose future amendments to our code of business conduct and ethics, or certain waivers of such provisions, at the same location on our website.

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#### ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE
At Intuitive, we are committed to improving patient care while upholding our responsibility to the environment, our communities, and our governance values. Our environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) initiatives are integrated into our operations and designed to meet the goals of our core stakeholders: improved health for patients, growth opportunities for our employees, and enduring value for the customers, communities, and shareholders we serve.

Our ESG priorities are embedded in our strategy and operations, with oversight provided by the Board through three key committees: the Governance and Nominating Committee; the Audit Committee; and the Compensation Committee. These committees work with management to integrate E