Company: SDHC
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001982518-25-000012
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Company: Smith Douglas Homes Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: DEF 14A
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them. The Secretary may consult with the Chairperson of the Board and lead independent director, if any, when determining whether a communication is appropriate for delivery.

The Secretary or his or her designee will send an acknowledgment of receipt to each Interested Party that submits a communication indicating that communications deemed to comply with this policy and to be appropriate for delivery to directors will be so delivered, but that it is not the practice of the directors to respond individually to the communications. Communications deemed to comply with this policy and to be appropriate for delivery will be delivered to the directors on a periodic basis, generally in advance of each regularly scheduled meeting of the Board.

Board Leadership Structure and Role in Risk Oversight

Leadership Structure

Our Amended and Restated Bylaws and Corporate Governance Guidelines provide our Board with flexibility to combine or separate the positions of Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer in accordance with its determination that utilizing one or the other structure would be in the best interests of our Company.

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that whenever the Chair of the Board is also a member of management or is a director that does not otherwise qualify as an independent director, the independent directors may in their discretion elect a lead independent director whose responsibilities include, but are not limited to, presiding over all meetings of the Board at which the Chair of the Board is not present, including any executive sessions of the independent directors; calling meetings or separate sessions of the independent directors; approving Board meeting schedules and agendas; approving information sent to the Board; acting as the liaison between the independent directors and the Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board; and when appropriate, meeting or otherwise communicating with major stockholders or other constituencies of the Company.

Our Board exercises its judgment in combining or separating the roles of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer as it deems appropriate in light of prevailing circumstances. We believe that, like many U.S. companies, we are well-served by a flexible leadership structure. Currently, Thomas L. Bradbury serves as the Executive Chairman of the Board, Gregory S. Bennett serves as the Company’s President, Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman, and Jeffrey T. Jackson serves as our lead independent director. Our Board has determined that this leadership structure is best for our company and its stockholders at this time because it promotes unified leadership by Mr. Bradbury and Mr. Bennett, given their collective deep knowledge of our industry, business, and strategy, and their ability to draw on that experience in order to provide the Board leadership to focus its discussions