Company: ISRG
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001035267-25-000098
Chunk: 6

Company: INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: DEF 14A
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holder Approval Requirement for Excessive Golden Parachutes"                   |     |                                        |     |       83 |
| General Information                                                                            |     |                                                                                                                                           |     |                                        |     |       88 |
| Non-GAAP Financial Measures                                                                    |     |                                                                                                                                           |     |                                        |     |       94 |
| Exhibit A - Amended and Restated Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 2010 Incentive Award Plan            |     |                                                                                                                                           |     |                                        |     |       96 |

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### ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING

#### Why am I receiving these materials?
Our Board of Directors (our “Board”) has made these materials available to you on the Internet or has delivered printed versions of these materials to you by mail in connection with the solicitation of proxies to be voted at the Annual Meeting to be held on May 1, 2025, at 3:00 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time, at the location and for the purposes as set forth in the “Notice of the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.” Our stockholders are invited to attend the Annual Meeting either in person or virtually online and are requested to vote on the proposals described in this Proxy Statement. The approximate date on which this Proxy Statement and form of proxy will be first made available to stockholders is March 18, 2025.

#### What is included in these materials?
These materials include:

• This Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting.

• Our 2024 Annual Report to Stockholders, which includes our audited consolidated financial statements.

If you received printed versions of these materials by mail, these materials also include the proxy card or voting instruction form for the Annual Meeting.

What items will be voted on at the Annual Meeting?

You will be voting on the following proposals:

1. The election of eleven members to the Board to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (Proposal No. 1).

2. The advisory approval of the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers (“NEOs”) (Proposal No. 2).

3. The ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 (Proposal No. 3).

4. The approval of the amendment and restatement of the Amended and Restated 2010 Incentive Award Plan (Proposal No. 4).

5. A stockholder proposal purportedly