Company: DMRC
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-009135
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Company: Digimarc CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 of ensuring digital content integrity through digital watermarking and provenance solutions. |

| ● | California Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Assembly Bill 3211: In June 2024, our Chief Product Officer, Ken Sickles, provided testimony before the California Senate Judiciary Committee on Assembly Bill 3211. His statement reinforced Digimarc’s position on the necessity of technological solutions for safeguarding digital content authenticity. |

| ● | Publication of the 2024 Responsibility Report: In October 2024, Digimarc published its Responsibility Report, detailing the Company’s approach to corporate responsibility and emphasizing long-term value creation through a focus on key impact areas: People, Product and Innovation, and Data Security. Aligned with International Financial Reporting Standards and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, the report outlines our efforts and contributions to global societal and environmental goals, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals. |

These initiatives underscore Digimarc’s commitment to leveraging technology and cross-industry collaboration to address critical sustainability, AI safety, and digital content integrity challenges.
More information can be found at https://www.digimarc.com/company/impact and https://www.digimarc.com/company/newsroom. The content on any website referred to in this proxy statement is not incorporated by reference in this proxy statement unless expressly noted.

<div align='center'>Corporate Governance Functions and Processes</div>

A Shift in Corporate Perspective

When the new Digimarc was created in 2008, it adopted a governance structure, reflected in its charter documents and Bylaws, that was largely in-line with companies of similar size. Among other things, shareholder rights plans, plurality voting, and classified Boards were common, and most of our peers had similar governance characteristics. Nearly a decade ago, in response to changing norms, Digimarc eliminated its “classified Board” and initiated annual elections of all Board members. The Board also made an affirmative decision to allow the Company’s shareholder rights plan to expire in 2018.

Obtaining and Considering Stakeholder Feedback

The Governance, Nominating, and Sustainability Committee, Audit Committee, and Compensation and Talent Management Committee have relatively new chairs and anticipate an active agenda of review and improvement during 2025. Each committee reviews its charter documents annually and considers potential updates. A key part of this continuous improvement is hearing from stakeholders regarding their views. We encourage all stakeholders, including our shareholders, to email the Board and its Committees through the Company’s Secretary at: George.Karamanos@digimarc.com. Our Chair of the Board and Chair of the