Company: QTIWW
Filing Date: 2025-07-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001844505-25-000069
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Company: QT IMAGING HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-07-17
Form: DEF 14A
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ations as it relates to the payout of the previous year’s compensation programs as well as the adoption of any performance measures for the current fiscal year. This allows the Compensation Committee to have a good understanding of the prior fiscal year financial performance in order to evaluate the performance of our named executive officers (each, a “ NEO ”) against previously adopted performance measures as well as develop plans and performance metrics based on the annual operating plan for the current fiscal year.

For the year ended December 31, 2024, our NEOs were:

| Name                 |     | Age |     | Position                                                |
| Dr. Raluca Dinu(1)   |     |  51 |     | Chief Executive Officer and Director (Class III)        |
| Dr. John C. Klock(2) |     |  80 |     | Former Chief Executive Officer and Director (Class III) |
| Anastas Budagov(3)   |     |  37 |     | Chief Financial Officer                                 |

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(1) Dr. Raluca Dinu has served as our Chief Executive Officer and Class III Director since March 12, 2024, when she was appointed by the Board to replace Dr. John C. Klock, effective immediately.

(2) Dr. John C. Klock served as our Chief Executive Officer since our inception and until March 12, 2024, when he was replaced by the Board with Dr. Dinu.

(3) Mr. Budagov has served as our Chief Financial Officer since December 2023, and the Board ratified his prior appointment on March 12, 2024.

#### Compensation Philosophy and Objectives
The Company has developed an executive compensation program that is consistent with the compensation policies and philosophies of the Compensation Committee and the Board, which are designed to align compensation with the Company’s business objectives and the creation of stockholder value, while enabling the Company to attract, motivate and retain individuals who contribute to its long-term success. Decisions on the executive compensation program are made by the Compensation Committee.

The objectives of the Company’s executive compensation program are to encourage retention and recruitment of high-performing executives, to motivate employees and align executive interests across the organization and with the Company’s stockholders, to reward sustainable financial performance, accountability and innovation, to create consistence with the Company’s strategy and culture (mission, vision and values) and to balance innovation and performance