Company: CVLT
Filing Date: 2025-06-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001169561-25-000059
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Company: COMMVAULT SYSTEMS INC
Filing Date: 2025-06-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 emissions across our operations and partnering with organizations that share our environmental values. Beyond our GHG emissions profile, our team remains focused on efforts to understand the climate-related financial risks our organization and partners may face, including both physical and transitional risks. |
| TALENT DEVELOPMENT & ENGAGEMENT                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 Our people are our greatest asset. Guided by our desire to recruit, retain, and advance the best talent possible, our programs endeavor to foster a community where team members are respected, valued, and supported as they strive to reach their full potential. By empowering our people, we strengthen our ability to deliver exceptional value to our customers and communities.                                                                                     |

| SUSTAINABILITY REPORT                                                                                                                        
 We evaluated our fiscal 2025 performance in our sixth annual Sustainability Report (formerly known as the CSR Report) published in May 2025. |     | GOVERNANCE                                                                                                                                                             
 All directors of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) are elected annually. All of the directors—except the CEO—are independent. All Committee Chairs are independent. |     | INNOVATION                                                                                                                                                                               
 In calendar year 2024, we earned over two dozen awards and other recognitions for our technological and organizational innovations, giving us a critical edge in a competitive industry. |

#### 9COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC. |2025 PROXY STATEMENT
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| WHAT AM I VOTING ON?                                                                                                                  |     | VOTE RECOMMENDATION   |
| The Board has nominated nine people to serve as directors                                              until the 2026 Annual Meeting. |     | FORall nine nominees. |

#### Election of Directors
If you sign, date and return your proxy card, the individuals named as proxy voters on the proxy card for our 2025 Annual Meeting, or their substitutes, will vote your proxy for all the nominees, unless you provide contrary instructions. Commvault has no reason to believe that any nominee will be unavailable to serve as a director. However, if any nominee for director withdraws or for any reason is not able to serve as a director, we will vote your proxy for any replacement nominee designated by the B oard.

#### Director Independence
Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that the Board must have a majority of members who meet the independence standards set forth in the listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”). The Board annually assesses the independence of each director and has determined that all the current directors except our CEO, Mr. Mirchandani, are