Company: GAME
Filing Date: 2025-08-22
Form Type: PRER14A
Source: 0001641172-25-025153
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Company: GameSquare Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-22
Form: PRER14A
Chunk 38
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 light of our size and the balance between long-term objectives and short-term financial goals with respect to our executive compensation program, the Board does not presently deem it necessary to consider the implications of the risks associated with its compensation policies and practices.

Financial Instruments

All employees, including NEOs and Directors, are prohibited from purchasing financial instruments (including prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars, or units of exchange funds) that are designed to hedge or offset a decrease in market value of equity securities granted as compensation or held, directly or indirectly, by the NEO or Director.

Components of Compensation

Base Fees

Base fees form an essential component of our compensation mix as they are the first base measure to remain competitive relative to industry compensation practices, are fixed and therefore not subject to uncertainty, and can be used as the base to determine other elements of compensation and benefits. In determining the base fees of executive officers, the Board considers the following:

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 recommendations of the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company (other than with respect to the compensation of the President 
 and Chief Executive Officer);                                                                                                             |
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 particular responsibilities related to the position;                                                                                      |
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 experience, expertise and level of the executive officer;                                                                                 |
| ● | what                                                                                                                                      
 the Board members believe is industry practice;                                                                                           |
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 executive officer’s length of service to us; and                                                                                          |
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 executive officer’s level of responsibilities and overall performance based on informal feedback.                                         |

There is no mandatory framework that determines which of these factors may be more or less important and the emphasis placed on any of these factors is at the discretion of the Board and may vary among the executive officers. The determination of base fees relies principally on negotiations between the respective NEO and the Company and is therefore heavily discretionary. In respect of the base fees paid to the President and Chief Executive Officer, the Board also broadly considers the performance of the President and Chief Executive Officer against the Company’s performance in the previous year.

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Bonus Payments

Our cash bonus awards are designed to reward an executive for the direct contribution which he or she can make to the Company. NEOs are entitled to receive discretionary bonuses from time to time as determined or approved by the Board, upon the recommendation of the Chief Executive Officer. We do not currently prescribe a set of formal objective measures to determine discretionary bonus entitlements. Rather we use informal goals which may include an assessment