Company: KROS
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-037982
Chunk: 52

Company: Keros Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 52
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How We Determine Executive Compensation Role of Our Compensation Committee, Management and the Board Our Compensation Committee is appointed by our Board to assist with our Board’s oversight responsibilities with respect to our compensation and benefit plans, policies and programs, administration of our equity plans and its responsibilities related to the compensation of our executive officers, directors and senior management, as appropriate. Our Compensation Committee is primarily responsible for establishing and reviewing our overall compensation strategy. Our Compensation Committee meets periodically throughout the year to, among other responsibilities, manage and evaluate our executive compensation program. In this capacity, our Compensation Committee designs, implements, reviews and generally recommends to our Board the approval of all compensation for our Chief Executive Officer and our other named executive officers. Our Compensation Committee determines and recommends the principal components of compensation (base salary, performance bonus awards and equity awards) for our executive officers on an annual basis; however, decisions may occur at other times for new hires, promotions or other special circumstances as our Compensation Committee or our Board determines appropriate. The Compensation Committee does not delegate authority to approve executive officer compensation. In addition to our independent compensation consultant, as described below under “Role of Independent Compensation Consultant,” our Compensation Committee works with and receives information and analyses from management, including within our legal and human resources departments, and our Chief Executive Officer, and considers such information and analyses along with the information from our independent compensation consultant, in determining the structure and amount of compensation to be paid to our executive officers, including our named executive officers. Our Chief Executive Officer evaluates and provides to our Compensation Committee executive officer performance assessments and management’s recommendations and proposals regarding executive officer compensation programs and decisions affecting base salaries, performance incentives, equity compensation and other compensation-related matters outside of the presence of any other named executive officers. Members of management, including our Chief Executive Officer, may attend portions of our Compensation Committee’s meetings. However, our Compensation Committee retains the final authority to make all compensation decisions and

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TABLE OF CONTENTS recommendations. While our Chief Executive Officer discusses his recommendations with our Compensation Committee, he does not participate in the deliberations concerning, or the determination of, his own compensation. From time to time, various other members of management and other employees as well as outside advisors or consultants may be invited by our Compensation Committee to make presentations, provide financial or other background information or advice or otherwise participate in Compensation Committee or Board meetings. Role of Independent Compensation Consultant During 2024, our