Company: IPGP
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001111928-25-000054
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Company: IPG PHOTONICS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 9
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 provides her with a broad perspective in how companies manage to maximize business opportunity potential. Specializing in situations with multi-dimensional complexities and risks, Ms. Tang has more than twenty years of experience working to find creative solutions for companies at strategic crossroads. She brings to the Board a combination of strategy, operational and financial acumen and a commitment to partnership and collaboration.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |     |             |     |            |
| Agnes Tang           
 Independent Director 
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| The Board recommends that you voteFOReach director nominee named in this Proxy Statement. |

16 NOTICE OF 2025 ANNUAL MEETING AND PROXY STATEMENT

#### Corporate Governance
Our conviction is that strong corporate governance bolsters both the Board and management, boosts public confidence, and is essential for realizing enduring value for our stockholders. In this section, you'll find a summary of our corporate governance policies and practices.

As illustrated below, we have diligently worked to implement a range of initiatives and reforms aimed at strengthening our governance structure, increasing transparency, and aligning our operations more closely with the interests of our stockholders. These developments are a testament to our dedication to upholding the highest standards of corporate governance and our commitment to responsible business practices. We believe that these governance enhancements not only reflect our proactive approach to addressing the evolving corporate landscape but also reinforce our resolve to maintain a governance structure that supports our long-term strategic objectives and sustainable value creation for all our stakeholders.

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| Board Practices, Policies and Processes |

Director Meetings and Policy Regarding Board Attendance

It has been the practice of our Board and its committees to hold at least four quarterly meetings each year preceding the announcement of our quarterly results and to also conduct telephone meetings throughout the year. The quarterly meetings are in-person. Our directors are expected to spend the time needed to prepare for and participate in each meeting and to meet as frequently as necessary to properly discharge their responsibilities. We encourage members of our Board to attend our annual meetings of stockholders, but we do not have a formal policy requiring them to do so. In 2024, seven of