Company: ISRG
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001035267-25-000098
Chunk: 1

Company: INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 1
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| Proposals |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                   |     | Board Vote Recommendation |     | Page Reference |
| 1         |     | To elect eleven members to the Board of Directors of the Company to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (Proposal No. 1).                                                         |     | “FOR”each of the nominees |     |             68 |
| 2         |     | To consider and approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement (Proposal No. 2).                                   |     | “FOR”                     |     |             69 |
| 3         |     | To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 (Proposal No. 3).             |     | “FOR”                     |     |             70 |
| 4         |     | To approve the amendment and restatement of the Amended and Restated 2010 Incentive Award Plan (Proposal No. 4).                                                                                  |     | “FOR”                     |     |             71 |
| 5         |     | To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal purportedly “to improve the executive compensation program” (Proposal No. 5), if properly presented at the Annual Meeting.                       |     | “AGAINST”                 |     |             80 |
| 6         |     | To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal that is titled “shareholder approval requirement for excessive golden parachutes” (Proposal No. 6), if properly presented at the Annual Meeting. |     | “AGAINST”                 |     |             83 |

And any other business that is properly brought before the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.

#### Record Date
Only stockholders of record at the close of business on March 3, 2025, are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.

#### Proxy Materials
We are pleased to continue to provide access to our proxy materials online instead of mailing printed documents. We believe that this process allows us to provide information regarding the Annual Meeting in a more timely manner, while reducing the environmental impact and the cost of our Annual Meeting. The Notice will be mailed to stockholders starting on or about March 18, 2025, and contains instructions on how to