Company: ABUS
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-012305
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Company: Arbutus Biopharma Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 28
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 the Company’s information governance and information security policies and programs; (iv) disclosures regarding cybersecurity governance and incident reporting; and (v) major legislative and regulatory developments that could materially impact the Company’s privacy, data security and cybersecurity risk exposure; and |

| • | reviewing and discussing with our management and independent registered public accounting firm, as appropriate, our guidelines and policies with respect to risk assessment and risk management, including our major financial risk exposures and investment and hedging policies and the steps taken by our management to monitor and control these exposures. |

A copy of our Audit Committee’s charter is available on our website at www.arbutusbio.com. Both our independent registered public accounting firm and management periodically meets privately with our Audit Committee. Executive Compensation and Human Resources Committee The members of the Compensation Committee are Mr. Beardsley (Chairperson), Mr. Bishop, and Mr. Gline. Our Board has determined that each of the members of the Compensation Committee has the appropriate experience for their Committee responsibilities based on their prior senior roles in our industry. Our Board has determined that each member of our Compensation Committee is independent. Our Compensation Committee is responsible for acting on behalf of our Board in: (i) reviewing and recommending the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer to our Board for approval; (ii) reviewing and recommending to our Board or approving compensation for our other executive officers; (iii) administering our equity compensation plans, including approving all grants and awards under such plans; (iv) fulfilling our Board’s oversight responsibilities with respect to our overall compensation policies, plans and programs; and (v) performing other activities related to our compensation plans and structure, including preparing and reviewing any disclosure on executive compensation included in our annual proxy statement or information circular in accordance with applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and the Canadian provincial securities regulatory authorities. Specific responsibilities of our Compensation Committee include but are not limited to:

| • | reviewing and recommending to our Board for its approval, the salary, bonus, equity compensation and any other compensation and terms of employment of our Chief Executive Officer; |

| • | approving, as applicable, or reviewing and recommending to our Board for its approval, the salary levels, bonus plans and structures and payments thereunder and other forms of compensation policies, plans and programs for our executive officers (not including our Chief Executive Officer); |

| • | reviewing and approving the terms of any employment agreements, severance arrangements, change of control protections and any other compensatory arrangements for our executive officers (not including our Chief Executive Officer); |

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