Company: ABUS
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-012305
Chunk: 68

Company: Arbutus Biopharma Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 68
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ve the hiring of executive officers. |

| • | Evaluate the integrity of the Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) and other executive officers, and direct each of these individuals to promote a culture of integrity throughout the Company. |

| • | Establish and review annually the position description for the CEO, and the job descriptions for the other executive officers as deemed necessary. |

| • | Evaluate executive officers’ performance and replace executive officers where necessary. |

| • | Consider succession planning and the appointment, training and monitoring of executive officers, including any recommendations from the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. |

| • | Confirm with management that all executive officers have current employment, non-competition, and confidentiality agreements. |

| • | Review major Company organizational and staffing issues. |

Corporate Disclosure

| • | Annually review the Company’s Corporate Disclosure Policy and evaluate Company compliance with same. |

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Systems Integrity

| • | Confirm with the Audit Committee that it has reviewed and discussed the adequacy of the Company’s internal financial reporting controls and management information systems. |

| • | Review, adopt and confirm distribution to appropriate personnel of the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and review and evaluate, as deemed necessary, whether the Company and its executive officers conduct themselves in an ethical manner and in compliance with the applicable rules, audit and accounting principles and the Company’s own governing policies. |

| • | Provide for free and full access by the Board to management regarding all matters of compliance and performance. |

Material Transactions

| • | Review and approve any material transactions outside of the corporate budget. |

The Company’s senior executives, under the direction of the CEO, are responsible for the operations of the Company; the Board has delegated to the officers of the Company the authority and responsibility for managing the Company’s day-to-day affairs. The Board has an oversight role and is not expected to perform or duplicate the tasks of the CEO or senior management. The Board may delegate its responsibilities to the Committees of the Board. These policies are not intended as binding legal obligations or inflexible requirements and are not intended to interpret applicable laws and regulations or to modify the Company’s Articles. These Guidelines are subject to modification from time-to-time by the Board.

| 2. | FIDUCIARY DUTIES AND ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE DIRECTORS |

Fiduciary duties of the Board The members of the Board are elected by the shareholders of the Company to oversee, and provide strategic guidance to, senior management of the Company