Company: RSI
Filing Date: 2025-04-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001793659-25-000098
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Company: Rush Street Interactive, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-14
Form: DEF 14A
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 have the right to attend Board meetings in a non-voting, observer capacity and receive copies of all notices, minutes, consents and other materials that we provide to the Board. No board observer will have the right to vote on any matter submitted to the Board or offer any motions or resolutions to the Board. We may withhold information or materials from the board observers under certain customary circumstances, including in the event of a conflict of interest. As of the date hereof, Ms. Meredith Bluhm-Wolf is a board observer to the Board.

In addition to serving on our Board, Mr. de Masi serves on the board and audit committee of Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), as the President and Chief Executive Officer of IonQ Inc. (NYSE: IONQ), as the Chief Executive Officer and director of dMY Technology Group, Inc. VI (NYSE: DMYS) and dMY Squared, the board of Ares Interactive, Inc. and Jagex Ltd. The Board has considered each of Mr. de Masi’s commitments to serve on the boards and applicable board committees of those companies and other private companies and has affirmatively determined that such simultaneous service does not impair his ability to effectively serve on our Board or as a member of any of its committees.

#### Controlled Company Status
Messrs. Bluhm and Schwartz, and their respective trusts and entities controlled by them, acting together as a group, collectively hold greater than 50% of the voting power of our outstanding Common Stock (see the section “ Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management ” of this Proxy Statement for additional details regarding those holdings). Consequently, we are a “controlled company” within the meaning of the NYSE’s corporate governance standards. Under these rules, a company of which more than 50% of the voting power for the election of directors is held by an individual, group or another company is a “controlled company” and may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements, including that:

• a majority of its board consist of independent directors;

• it have a nominating and corporate governance committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities;

• it have a compensation committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities; and

• it conduct an annual performance evaluation of the nominating and corporate governance and compensation committees.

We currently rely on one or more of these exemptions. Currently, we do not have a majority of independent