Company: RSI
Filing Date: 2025-04-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001793659-25-000098
Chunk: 33

Company: Rush Street Interactive, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 33
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 directors on the Board. Additionally, our Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”) and our NCG Committee do not consist entirely of independent directors. Accordingly, our stockholders do not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to all of the NYSE’s corporate governance requirements.

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#### Director Independence
Under NYSE rules, a director will qualify as an “independent director” only if, in the opinion of that company’s board of directors, that person does not have a relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. Audit committee members must also satisfy the additional independence criteria set forth in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act and NYSE rules.

To be considered independent for purposes of Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act and under the NYSE rules, a member of an audit committee of a listed company may not, other than in his or her capacity as a member of the committee, the board of directors, or any other board committee: (1) accept, directly or indirectly, any consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee from the listed company or any of its subsidiaries; or (2) be an affiliated person of the listed company or any of its subsidiaries.

The Board has undertaken a review of each director’s independence and considered whether any of our directors has a material relationship with the Company that could compromise his or her ability to exercise independent judgment in carrying out his or her responsibilities. As a result of this review, the Board determined that James Gordon, Jack Markell, Niccolo de Masi, Thomas Winter and Daniel Yih, are considered “independent directors” as defined under the NYSE listing requirements and rules, with Messrs. Gordon, de Masi and Yih, who serve as members of our Audit Committee, also meeting the additional "independent directors" standards for audit committee members as defined under the applicable NYSE listing requirements and rule and Exchange Act rules.

Other than Neil Bluhm (our Executive Chairman and controlling stockholder), his daughter Leslie Bluhm (a director) and his son Andrew Bluhm (a director), there are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers.

#### Board Leadership Structure
Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that if the Chairperson of the Board is not an independent director, the Board will designate a lead independent director (the “Lead Director”). The Lead Director’s responsibilities include but are not limited