Company: INSP
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-009249
Chunk: 7

Company: Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 7
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 for that fewer number of nominees as results from the inability of any nominee to serve. RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

| OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OFCynthia B. Burks, Timothy P. Herbert, and Shawn T McCormick AS CLASS I DIRECTORS to hold office until the 2028 Annual Meeting and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. |

| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. |     | 6 |     | 2025 Proxy Statement |

TABLE OF CONTENTS

| PROPOSAL NO. 1 |

Information About Board Nominees and Continuing Directors The following pages contain certain biographical information as of March 18, 2025 for each nominee for director and each director whose term as a director will continue after the Annual Meeting, including all positions she or he holds, her or his principal occupation and business experience for the past five years, and the names of other publicly held companies of which the director or nominee currently serves as a director or has served as a director during the past five years. We believe that all of our directors and nominees have or display: personal and professional integrity; satisfactory levels of education and/or business experience; broad-based business acumen; an appropriate level of understanding of our business and its industry and other industries relevant to our business; the ability and willingness to devote adequate time to the work of our Board and its committees; skills and personality that complement those of our other directors and that help build a board of directors that is effective, collegial and responsive to the needs of our company; strategic thinking and a willingness to share ideas; a diversity of experiences, expertise and background; and the ability to represent the interests of all of our stockholders. The information presented below in the matrix and director biographies sets forth specific experience, qualifications, attributes and skills that led our Board to the conclusion that each individual should serve as a director in light of our business and structure.

|                                  |     | Broader |     | Burks |     | Curet |     | Ellis |     | Garinois-Melenikiotou |     | Herbert |     | McCormick |     | Mead |     | Tansey |
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