Company: VCYT
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001384101-25-000051
Chunk: 121

Company: VERACYTE, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
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 the Committee in good faith.

28.21. “Insider” means an officer or Director of the Company or any other person whose transactions in the Company’s Common Stock are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

28.22. “IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

28.23. “Non-Employee Director” means a Director who is not an Employee of the Company or any Parent, Subsidiary, or Affiliate.

28.24. “Option” means an Award as defined in Section 5 and granted under this Plan.

28.25. “Parent” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company if each of such corporations other than the Company owns stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

28.26. “Participant” means a person who holds an Award under this Plan.

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28.27. “Performance Award” means an Award as defined in Section 10 and granted under this Plan.

28.28. “Performance Factors” means any of the factors selected by the Committee and specified in an Award Agreement, from among the following measures, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to the Company as a whole or any business unit or Subsidiary, either individually, alternatively, or in any combination, on a GAAP or non-GAAP basis, and measured, to the extent applicable on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to determine whether the performance goals established by the Committee with respect to applicable Awards have been satisfied:

(a) profit before tax;

(b) billings;

(c) revenue;

(d) net revenue or return on operating revenue;

(e) earnings (which may include earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before taxes, net earnings, stock-based compensation expenses, depreciation, and amortization);

(f) operating income;

(g) operating margin;

(h) operating profit;

(i) controllable operating profit or net operating profit;

(j) net profit;

(k) gross margin;

(l) cost, operating expenses or operating expenses as a percentage of revenue;

(m) net income;

(n) earning per share;

(o) total stockholder return or relative total stockholder return;

(p) market share or market segment share;

(q) return on assets or net assets;

(r) the Company’s stock price;

(s)