Company: TALK
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-016714
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Company: Talkspace, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
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 insights and analytical transformations and her extensive leadership experience in the healthcare industry.

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| LIAT BEN-ZUR |     | Age 48 |

Ms. Ben-Zur has served as a member of Talkspace, Inc.’s board of directors since December 2023. Ms. Ben-Zur has served as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Storm Ventures, a venture firm that specializes in building enterprise leaders, since April 2023 and as CEO and Managing Director of LBZ Advisory LLC, a consulting firm that specializes in AI strategy, product-led growth and product management coaching, since May 2023. She has also served as a board member at Splashtop Inc., a company providing a range of zero trust, secure remote-desktop software and remote support software, since January 2024, and as an advisory board member at WestRiver Group, an investment company that invests in early and growth stage businesses and concepts, since January 2024 and at Syndio, which provides technology and expert guidance to sustain workplace equity, since December 2023. Prior to this, she served as Corporate Vice President, Consumer Services at Microsoft from September 2018 to May 2023 and as Senior Vice President at Royal Philips from October 2014 to August 2018, where she led digital initiatives. Ms. Ben-Zur holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Davis and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles Anderson School of Management. We believe that Ms. Ben-Zur is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to her expertise in mobile, IoT, and artificial intelligence and extensive experience in disruptive technologies and product-led growth.

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PROPOSAL 2: RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS Our Audit Committee has appointed Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of EY Global as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. Our Board has directed that this appointment be submitted to our stockholders for ratification. Although ratification of our appointment of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of EY Global is not required, we value the opinions of our stockholders and believe that stockholder ratification of our appointment is a good corporate governance practice. Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of EY Global served as our independent auditors for the fiscal year ended December