Company: ISRG
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001035267-25-000098
Chunk: 13

Company: INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 13
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#### Audit Committee

#### Committee Members in 2024
• Lewis Chew (Chair)

• Sreelakshmi Kolli

• Keith R. Leonard, Jr.

• Mark J. Rubash

#### 2024 Committee Meetings
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The Audit Committee assists the full Board in its general oversight of our financial reporting, internal controls, and audit functions, and is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, and oversight of the work of the

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Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee reviews and discusses with management and the independent registered public accounting firm the annual audited and quarterly financial statements (including the related disclosures under “ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ” in the annual report on Form 10-K and the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q), reviews the integrity of the financial reporting processes, both internal and external, reviews the qualifications, performance, and independence of the registered public accounting firm, and prepares the Audit Committee Report included in the Proxy Statement in accordance with rules and regulations of the SEC. In addition, the Audit Committee regularly reviews and discusses policies with respect to financial and cybersecurity risk assessment and risk management, including appropriate guidelines and policies to govern the processes, as well as the Company’s major financial and cybersecurity risk exposures and the steps management has undertaken to identify and address them. The responsibilities and activities of the Audit Committee are described in further detail in the “Audit Committee Report” in this Proxy Statement and the Audit Committee’s charter, a copy of which can be found on the Company’s website at www.intuitive.com .

The Board has determined that all of the Audit Committee members meet the independence and experience requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market and the SEC and that Mr. Chew and Mr. Rubash are “audit committee financial experts” as defined under applicable rules of the SEC.

#### Governance and Nominating Committee

#### Committee Members in 2024
• Craig H. Barratt, Ph.D.

• Joseph C. Beery

• Jami Dover Nachtsheim (Chair)

#### 2024 Committee Meetings:

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The Governance and Nominating Committee oversees matters relating to the corporate governance of the Company and the identification, evaluation, and nomination of members of the Board, the Lead Director (if any), and committees thereof. The responsibilities of the Governance and Nominating Committee include making recommendations to the Board regarding the size and composition of the Board, developing criteria to identify and evaluate prospective