Company: VHC
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-015742
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Company: VirnetX Holding Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 Item 406 of Regulation S-K and the NYSE Listed Company Manual. A copy of our Corporate Governance Guidelines and Code of Ethics is available on our website at https://ir.virnetx.com/ under the “Investors” tab in the “Corporate Governance” subcategory, or by writing to us at VirnetX Holding Corporation, P.O. Box 439, Zephyr Cove, Nevada 89448 (Attention: Investor Relations). We intend to post on our website any amendment to, or waiver from, a provision of our Code of Ethics within four business days of such amendment or waiver. Insider Trading Policy and Compliance The Company has adopted an insider trading policy that governs the purchase, sale, and other dispositions of the Company’s securities by directors, officers, employees, consultants, contractors and advisors of the Company, and

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TABLE OF CONTENTS other covered persons that the Company believes is reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and applicable stock exchange listing requirements. A copy of the Company’s insider trading policy is filed as Exhibit 19.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. In addition, with regard to the Company’s trading in its own securities, it is the Company’s policy to comply with the federal securities laws and the applicable exchange listing requirements. Composition of the Board Mix of Independent Directors and Officer-Directors Under the listing standards of NYSE, independent directors must comprise a majority of a listed company’s board of directors. In addition, the listing standards of NYSE require that, subject to specified exceptions, each member of a listed company’s audit, compensation, and nominating and corporate governance committees be independent. Under the listing standards of NYSE, a director will only qualify as an “independent director” if, in the opinion of that listed company’s board of directors, that director does not have a material relationship with the company (either directly or as a partner, stockholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship within the company). The Board has a majority of independent directors and has determined that it is beneficial for us and our stockholders for our Chief Executive Officer to also be a Board member. Other officers may, from time to time, serve as Board members, but no officer other than the Chief Executive Officer should be expected to be elected to the Board by virtue of his or her office. Independence Determinations The Board annually determines the independence of directors based on a review