Company: WAL-PA
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-057334
Chunk: 19

Company: WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 19
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 of preparing or issuing an audit report or related work;Pre-approve all services to be performed by the independent auditor, and pre-approve all audit engagement fees and terms, audit-related, tax or other services (to the extent permitted under applicable law);Review and approve the audit committee report required by the proxy rules of the SEC to be included in the Company’s annual proxy statement;Support an open avenue of communication among the independent auditor, management, internal audit, and the Board; |     |                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

Mr. Latta served on the Audit Committee during 2024 and was independent and financially literate. Mr. Blakely, who also served on the Audit Committee during 2024, was independent and financially literate. Mr. Blakely retired from the Board in December 2024.

| 2025 PROXY STATEMENT | 23 |

| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |

| Compensation Committee | Meetings during 2024: 8 |

|                 |     |           |     |            |     |             |     |            |     |            |     | ALLINDEPENDENT |
| Mr. Latta,Chair |     | Mr. Beach |     | Ms. Jammet |     | Ms. Johnson |     | Mr. Segedi |     | Mr. Snyder |     |                |

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| ·      ·     ·      ·   ·   ·      · | Annually review and approve corporate goals and objectives relevant to the CEO’s compensation, evaluate the CEO’s performance in light of those goals and objectives, and make recommendations to the independent directors of the Board regarding the CEO’s compensation levels based on this evaluation;Retain and terminate, at the Compensation Committee’s sole discretion,  any compensation consultant to be used to assist in the evaluation of directors’ and executive officers’ compensation, and the sole authority to approve fees  and  other retention terms of such consultant;At least annually, review and approve compensation of executive officers, including base salary, cash-based incentive awards, equity awards, and perquisites and other personal benefits, which may include consideration of the results of the most recent stockholder advisory vote on executive compensation (“Say on Pay Vote”); Periodically review and approve the executive officers’ employment, severance, and