Company: NEOG
Filing Date: 2025-09-12
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-114381
Chunk: 17

Company: NEOGEN CORP
Filing Date: 2025-09-12
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 17
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 |                      |     |    34,202 |     |       |     |    47,446 |     | *             |
| Executive officers and directors as a group (12 persons) (4) |     |                            |     | 330,158 |     |    |     |                      |     |   872,398 |     |       |     | 1,202,556 |     | *             |

* Less than 1% (1) Excludes shares that may be acquired through stock option exercises or RSU vesting. (2) Includes shares that may be acquired within 60 days of August 26, 2025, upon exercise of options and vesting of restricted stock units pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (3) Includes 20,665 shares held in the Neogen Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan. (4) Excludes Mr. Adent, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Pelossof.

| Neogen Corporation | 2025 Proxy Statement | 19 |

Information about the Board and Corporate Governance Matters

Information about the Board a nd Corporate Governance Matters The Company is managed under the direction of its Board. The Board conducts its business through meetings of the Board and its committees. The Board held seven meetings, and there were a total of 19 committee meetings during fiscal 2025. Each director attended more than 75% of the total meetings of the Board and the committees on which he or she served in fiscal 2025. Directors are expected to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders unless they have an unavoidable schedule conflict or other valid reason. Each of the Board members serving on the Board in October 2024 attended the virtual 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Independent Directors A director is not considered independent unless the Board determines that he or she meets the Nasdaq independence rules and has no material relationship with the Company, either directly or indirectly, through any organization with which he or she is affiliated that has a relationship with the Company or as a result of any familial relationship. Based on a review of the responses of the directors and nominees to questions about employment history, affiliations, family and other relationships, and on discussions with the directors and nominees, the Board has determined that each of the current directors, other than Mikhael Nassif (the Company's CEO), is independent as defined in the Nasdaq independence rules. Board Committees The Board has four committees. The current membership