Company: ALGN
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001097149-25-000016
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Company: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 20
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| 4.  ONGOING FEEDBACKThroughout the year, directors may discuss concerns separately with the Chair.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |     |   |

| Board Meetings |

Our Board holds meetings at least quarterly, and the committees hold meetings at least annually. For the period of their service on the Board and each applicable committee in 2024, each director attended at least 75% of the aggregate of the total number of meetings of our Board and the committees on which each served. Our Board held six meetings in 2024.

Our Guidelines provide that our independent directors meet in executive session at least twice a year. The independent directors met in executive sessions four times in 2024.

Our Board members are encouraged, but not required, to attend annual meetings of stockholders. Last year, eight directors attended our 2024 annual meeting of stockholders.

| Stockholder Communications with our Board |

Stockholders may communicate directly with our non-management directors by sending an email to Board@aligntech.com . These communications are monitored to ensure appropriate summaries of all received messages are provided to our Board at its regularly scheduled meetings. Where the nature of a communication warrants, our Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer may decide to obtain the more immediate attention of an appropriate committee of our Board or a non-management director, executive management or independent advisors. After reviewing stockholder messages, our Board determines an appropriate response if they deem a response necessary or warranted.

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#### Stockholder Engagement
Stockholder Outreach and Engagement

Meaningful Compensation and Governance Changes

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| Stockholder Outreach and Engagement |

| Recognizing that stockholders are the owners of Align, we maintain consistent, frequent and open dialogue as part of our proactive Investor Relations function to actively inform and educate existing and potential stockholders on Align’s business and financial performance, as well as encourage and welcome feedback from stockholders regarding all aspects of our business, including our executive management compensation program and the outreach program itself. Our engagement is year-round day-to-day communication with stockholders and is managed by our Investor Relations Officer (“IRO”). Proactive outreach can include members of our Board and various members of executive management, including our CEO, CFO, IRO and other organizational leaders from select internal organizations, including Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, Operations, Sales and Marketing, Research and Development, Clinical, and Product Development