Company: IPGP
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001111928-25-000054
Chunk: 11

Company: IPG PHOTONICS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 11
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 its other corporate governance policies and practices from time to time, as appropriate.

18 NOTICE OF 2025 ANNUAL MEETING AND PROXY STATEMENT

#### Board Practices, Policies and Processes

#### Director Orientation and Continuing Education
The Board and its committees proactively monitor legislative and regulatory initiatives, as well as other corporate governance trends and their potential impact on the Company. The Board receives presentations from professionals with expertise in corporate law, governance and other related topics. These experts have specialized knowledge of regulatory actions, govern ance trends, various other corporate governance topics and technical matters. Additionally, our directors engage in continuing education to remain informed on recent trends applicable to their committee du ties.

Likewise, newly elected outside directors attend a comprehensive director orientation program that covers, among other things, our strategy, business structure, manufacturing operations, sales, target markets and applications, financial performance, risks and competitive landscape. Also, management provides training on committee policies, practices and trends to new committee members. As part of this program, directors are asked to tour facilities as appropriate. To further familiarize directors with our expanding operations, we conduct Board meetings at our major manufacturing facilities from time to time.

#### Board Performance Evaluations
The Board conducts annual self-assessments and its committees conduct bi-annual self-assessments to determine whether they are functioning effectively. Further, the performance of the non-executive Chair is evaluated annually. The NCGC oversees the Board and committee self-assessments. Each committee also reviews its own performance bi-annually and reports the results to the Board. Each committee reviews and reassesses the adequacy of its charter annually and recommends proposed changes to the Board.

#### Prohibition on Hedging and Pledging
Under our insider trading policy, no director or employee, including NEOs, may engage in shorting shares of our common stock; buying or selling puts, calls or derivatives related to our common stock or other Company securities, which includes equity compensation. Additionally, directors, officers and certain other insiders are prohibited from engaging in hedging transactions, including through the use of financial instruments such as prepaid variable forwards, equity swaps, collars and exchange funds or the pledging of shares of our common stock.

#### Communication with our Board of Directors
Interested parties wishing to write to the Board, a specified director or a committee of the Board should send correspondence to the Corporate Secretary, IPG Photonics Corporation, 377 Simarano Drive, Marlborough, Massachusetts 01752. All written communications received in such manner from stockholders