Company: CALX
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001406666-25-000011
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Company: CALIX, INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
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 chairman, and Mr. Weening, our president and chief executive officer, are the only members of the Board who are not independent.

#### Board Composition and Qualifications
The Board assesses Board composition and qualifications at least annually. In assessing Board composition and qualifications, as well as in evaluating candidates for nomination or to fill vacancies on the Board, the Board seeks to maximize effectiveness of the Board and its committees to perpetuate the success of the Company, to best represent stockholder interests through the exercise of sound judgment and to assure continuity in the Board’s oversight over the Company and management. The Board places significant emphasis on ensuring an appropriate mix of characteristics, skills and experience for the Board as a whole and as to each individual director. The Board has delegated the evaluation of the skills and attributes of the Board as a whole and each individual director against the Company’s needs and strategic direction to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee pursuant to the committee’s charter. Among other considerations, the Board seeks to ensure an appropriate mix of expertise in executive and corporate leadership, range of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences, personal and professional integrity, ethics and values, financial and operational experience, depth of knowledge related to our business, business risks and operations, as well as expertise and insights in technologies, industries and markets relevant to our strategic plans, as set forth in our Corporate Governance Guidelines.

Our Board believes the current mix of skills, backgrounds, service period and attributes of our Board maximizes the effectiveness of our Board in its oversight responsibilities. In 2017, Mses. Makagon and Crusco joined our Board, with Ms. Makagon bringing substantial expertise in global platform strategy, technology, cybersecurity, operations and high-technology executive leadership and Ms. Crusco adding deep financial, accounting and operational expertise, public company leadership and governance experience. In 2022, Mr. Mukherjee joined our Board, bringing expertise in cloud software products, top-tier talent acquisition and small business solutions. More recently, in 2024, Mr. Oosterman joined our Board, bringing global experience in the wireless, residential and small business segments, and extensive background in media, including television, radio and digital, and deep brand and marketing experience. We anticipate that Mr. Berry will bring additional finance, operations and general management experience in the global software and security appliance industries. Our Board also considers board tenure and mix of shorter, medium and longer tenure of board service in its review of Board composition. The average tenure of our independent directors (excluding Ms. Fields, whose term as a