Company: WAL-PA
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-057334
Chunk: 82

Company: WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 82
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 Ratification of Appointment of the Independent Auditor The Audit Committee has appointed the firm of RSM US LLP as the independent auditor to audit the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, and the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025. Representatives of RSM US LLP will be present at the Annual Meeting with the opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so and will be available to respond to appropriate questions from stockholders present at the meeting. Although stockholder ratification of the appointment of the Company’s independent auditor is not required by our bylaws or otherwise, we are submitting the selection of RSM US LLP to our stockholders for ratification to permit stockholders to participate in this important corporate decision. If not ratified, the Audit Committee will reconsider the selection, although the Audit Committee will not be required to select a different independent auditor for the Company.

| The Board of Directors unanimously recommends that the stockholders vote “FOR” the ratification of the appointment of RSM US LLP as the Company’s independent auditor. |

| 2025 PROXY STATEMENT | 77 |

| VOTING RIGHTS |

Voting Ri ghts Only stockholders of record at the close of business on April 14, 2025 (“Record Date”), are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and any adjournments thereof. On the Record Date, there were 110,615,656 shares of common stock outstanding and eligible to be voted at the Annual Meeting. Each holder of common stock shall have one vote for each share of common stock of the Company in the holder’s name on the Record Date. Stockholders who do not plan to attend the Annual Meeting in person or who will attend the Annual Meeting but wish to vote by proxy may do so as follows:

| · | Internet: going to www.proxydocs.com/WAL and following the online instructions. You will need information from your Notice of Internet Availability or proxy card, as applicable, to submit your proxy.                             |
| · | Telephone: calling 1-866-249-5139 and following the voice prompts. You will need information from your Notice of Internet Availability or proxy card, as applicable, to submit your proxy.                                          |
| · | Mail (if you request to receive your proxy materials by mail): marking your vote on your proxy card, signing your name exactly as it appears on your proxy card, dating your proxy card, and returning it in the envelope