Company: CYTK
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-013167
Chunk: 49

Company: CYTOKINETICS INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 49
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S Board of Directors approved by the Compensation Committee. In addition, the Compensation Committee approves the annual stock option and restricted stock unit (“RSU”) awards for all employees as part of the annual performance review process. The Compensation Committee may engage the services of third-party professional compensation consulting firms to assist in benchmarking data from competitive peer group companies. Further discussion of the role and function of our Compensation Committee can be found in the section below entitled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis.” The Compensation Committee held eight meetings during fiscal year 2024. Nominating and Governance Committee. The Governance Committee consists of directors Dr. Henderson (Chair), Ms. Bhanji, Dr. Harrington, and Dr. Wierenga. All members of the Governance Committee are independent (as independence is currently defined in Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules). The Governance Committee assists our Board of Directors in identifying qualified persons to serve as directors, evaluates all proposed director nominees, recommends committee chairs and members, and recommends approved candidates to the Board of Directors for appointment or re-nomination to Company stockholders. The Governance Committee also regularly reviews issues and developments relating to corporate governance, has primary responsibility for overseeing Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) matters and formulates and recommends corporate governance standards to our Board of Directors. If there is a change in a director’s employment, the Governance Committee evaluates and makes a recommendation to our Board of Directors as to whether it would be appropriate to request that the director resign. The Governance Committee has not established minimum qualifications for proposed director nominees. The Governance Committee has used and may use in the future search firms to assist in the identification and evaluation of qualified candidates to join our Board of Directors. The Governance Committee held nine meetings during fiscal year 2024. Consideration of Stockholder Nominations to the Board To date, the Governance Committee has not established a policy for considering candidates for director recommended by our stockholders and will consider director candidates recommended by stockholders on a case-by-case basis, as appropriate. Because those candidates recommended by stockholders will receive substantially the same consideration that candidates recommended by members of the Board of Directors receive, our Board of Directors believes that it is appropriate for us to not have a formal policy for considering such candidates at this time. Shareholders wishing to recommend individuals for consideration by the Governance Committee may do so by delivering a written recommendation to our Company Secretary at Cytokinetics, Incorporated, 350 Oyster Point Blvd., South San Francisco, California 94080 with the candidate’s