Company: ALGN
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001097149-25-000021
Chunk: 88

Company: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 88
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, proxies returned to us will be voted “FOR” each of the Nominees named above. If you hold your shares through a broker, bank or other nominee holder of record you must instruct your broker, bank or other nominee how to vote your shares so that your vote can be counted for this Proposal 1. If you do not provide voting instructions to your broker, bank or other nominee, your shares will be considered “broker non-votes” with regard to this matter. Broker non-votes are counted for the purposes of determining a quorum but will be excluded from determining the number of votes cast.

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#### COMPANY PROPOSAL 2
<div align='center'>Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers</div>

In accordance with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and Rule 14a-21 under the Exchange Act, and because our Board believes that an annual advisory vote to approve the compensation of our NEOs allows our stockholders to provide us with their direct input on our compensation philosophy, policies and practices described in our proxy statement every year and is consistent with our policy of seeking input from, and engaging in discussions with, our stockholders on these matters.

This vote is not intended to address any specific item of compensation, but rather the overall compensation of our NEOs and the related compensation philosophy, policies, and practices described in this proxy statement.

Accordingly, we are again requesting that you approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our NEOs as described in this proxy statement, including the section entitled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” the compensation tables and the related narrative disclosure in this proxy statement.

Our compensation program is designed to motivate and reward exceptional performance in a straight-forward and effective way, while also recognizing the success of our business. Our 2024 financial results improved relative to 2023 and in general we achieved our internal financial objectives for the year. The actual compensation paid to our executives in 2024 reflects that financial performance, although total shareholder return did not meet our long-term expectations. Overall, we believe our compensation program operated as designed and is aligned with the long-term interests of our stockholders. We encourage stockholders to read the section in this proxy statement entitled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” which describes the details of our executive compensation program and the decisions made by the Compensation and Human Capital Committee in 2024.

Stockholders are being asked to approve the following resolution at the