Company: CI
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001739940-25-000015
Chunk: 78

Company: Cigna Group
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 78
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 of control excise tax, then either: (1) the executive will receive the full amount of the benefits and be responsible for paying any resulting excise tax; or (2) the change of control benefits will be reduced by such an amount as to avoid the excise tax entirely, whichever alternative provides the executive with the greater amount of after-tax benefits.

For more information, see “Executive Compensation Tables – Potential Payments upon Termination or Change of Control.”

| 76 |     | The Cigna Group| 2025 Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement |

| COMPENSATION MATTERS |

#### Compensation Policies and Governance Practices
| Our executive officers’ interests are well aligned with the interests of our long-term shareholders, evidenced by their significant stock holdings and further strengthened by the Company’s rigorous policies and practices. |

Stock Ownership Guidelines and Share Retention Requirements We believe that the ownership of meaningful levels of The Cigna Group stock by our executive officers is a critical factor in aligning the long-term interests of management and our shareholders. To promote this goal, we have adopted robust stock ownership guidelines that apply to all of our executive officers, including our NEOs. As of December 31, 2024, all NEOs were in compliance with the stock ownership guidelines and exceeded their ownership requirements.

| Named Executive Officer |     | Stock Ownership Requirement (as a multiple of base salary) |
| David M. Cordani        |     | 8x                                                         |
| Brian C. Evanko         |     | 6x                                                         |
| Noelle K. Eder          |     | 3x                                                         |
| Nicole S. Jones         |     | 3x                                                         |
| Eric P. Palmer          |     | 6x                                                         |

| Share Retention Requirements Encourage a Long-Term Ownership Philosophy                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| •Once ownership requirements are met, executive officers may not sell more than 50% of the shares held above their applicable guideline in any single open trading period; and executive officers must retain, for at least one year, a minimum of 50% of the shares acquired upon exercise of any stock options and 50% of the shares acquired upon vesting of restricted stock or restricted stock unit grants, net of shares withheld or sold for taxes or payment of exercise prices, fees, and expenses. |

| Other Practices Regarding Transactions in The Cigna Group Stock                                                                                                                                |
| •Executive officers may only transact in The Cigna Group securities during approved open trading