Company: TALK
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-016714
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Company: Talkspace, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
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. Under his leadership, the more than 100-year-old Cengage has transformed from a traditional print publisher into an education technology company advancing learning through quality digital experiences. Prior to joining Cengage Group, Mr. Hansen served in the CEO position in a variety of large media and information services companies. Earlier in his career, Mr. Hansen was the lead partner and Chairman of the digital convergence practice at the Boston Consulting Group. He was named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business (2020) for his leadership tackling higher education affordability with the launch of Cengage Unlimited,

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the first all-access subscription platform for the course materials market. He’s twice been recognized as a top CEO by Glassdoor (2018 and 2019). Mr. Hansen is currently a member of the Business Advisory Council for ProPublica, an independent non-profit producer of investigative journalism. Mr. Hansen earned a Master of Law degree from the University of Bonn and a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia University. We believe that Mr. Hansen is qualified to serve as a member of our Board due to his extensive board and management experience, including as CEO of and consultant to a variety of technology companies focused on consumer choice and alternative distribution platforms. CLASS III DIRECTORS (TERMS TO EXPIRE AT THE 2027 ANNUAL MEETING) The current members of the Board who are Class III Directors are as follows:

| Name               |     | Age |     |    Served as a 
 Director Since |     | Positions with Talkspace |
| Douglas Braunstein |     |  64 |     |           2021 |     | Director                 |
| Swati Abbott       |     |  62 |     |           2023 |     | Director                 |
| Liat Ben-Zur       |     |  48 |     |           2023 |     | Director                 |

The principal occupations and business experience, for at least the past five years, of the Class III Director are as follows:

| DOUGLAS L. BRAUNSTEIN |     | Age 64 |

Mr. Braunstein served as Talkspace, Inc.'s Interim Chief Executive Officer from November 2021 to November 2022, and has served as Chairman of the Talkspace, Inc. board of directors since the consummation of the Business Combination. Mr. Braunstein is the Founder and a Managing Partner of Hudson Executive Capital, and is Vice Chairman at Wells Fargo & Company, where he has served since February 202