Company: CALX
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001406666-25-000011
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Company: CALIX, INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
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 in our bylaws, submissions must include the name and address of the proposed nominee, information regarding the proposed nominee that is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings in a contested election under Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act, information regarding the proposed nominee’s indirect and direct interests in shares of Calix’s common stock, and a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement of the proposed nominee. Our bylaws also specify further requirements as to the form and content of a stockholder’s notice. We recommend that any stockholder wishing to make a nomination for director review a copy of our bylaws, as amended and restated to date, which is available, without charge, from our Corporate Secretary at 2777 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, California 95134 or corporate.secretary@calix.com. The presiding officer at the applicable annual meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine that a nomination was not properly made in accordance with the foregoing and our bylaws, in which case the defective nomination may be disregarded. In addition to satisfying the foregoing requirements under our bylaws, to comply with the universal proxy rules, stockholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than Calix’s nominees must provide notice that sets forth the information required by Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act no later than March 9, 2025.

#### Talent and Compensation Committee
Our Talent and Compensation Committee is responsible for overseeing the management of risks relating to Calix’s executive compensation plans and arrangements. Our Talent and Compensation Committee also oversees our policies related to employee compensation and benefits. Each director serving on our Talent and Compensation Committee is independent within the meaning of the NYSE listing standards and applicable rules and regulations of the SEC.

Our Talent and Compensation Committee as of the Record Date consisted of Messrs. Bowick and Mukherjee and Ms. Makagon, with Mr. Bowick serving as the Talent and Compensation Committee chair. During 2024, the Talent and Compensation Committee met six times.

Our Talent and Compensation Committee reviews and approves corporate goals and objectives relevant to compensation of the chief executive officer and other executive officers, certifies performance against such corporate goals and objectives and sets the compensation of our executive officers. The Talent and Compensation Committee oversees executive succession matters, including chief executive officer succession planning, on an annual basis. The Talent and Compensation Committee also administers Calix’s stock-based compensation plans, including the grant of stock options and other awards under Calix’s equity plans, including the 201