Company: DAWN
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-013462
Chunk: 11

Company: Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 11
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. Corporate Governance Guidelines Our board of directors has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines that set forth expectations for directors, director independence standards, board committee structure and functions, and other policies for the governance of the company. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines are available without charge on our website located at https://ir.dayonebio.com under “Documents & charters” in the “Corporate Governance” section. Our nominating and corporate governance committee reviews the Corporate Governance Guidelines periodically, and changes are recommended to our board of directors as warranted. Board of Directors and Committee Self-Evaluations Our board of directors is committed to a robust self-evaluation process designed for continuous improvement. As part of this process, our board of directors conducts an annual self-assessment of the performance of the board of directors and its committees, their own performance, and the performance of fellow members of the board of directors. Results from such assessment are aggregated and shared and discussed with our nominating and corporate governance committee and board of directors. Our board evaluation process is used:

| • | by our board of directors and nominating and corporate governance committee to assess the current composition of our board of directors and its committees and make recommendations for the qualifications, expertise, and characteristics we should seek in identifying potential new directors; |

| • | by our board of directors and nominating and corporate governance committee to identify the strengths and areas of opportunity of each member of our board of directors and to provide insight into how each member of our board of directors can be most valuable; |

| • | to improve agenda topics of the board of directors and its committees so that information they receive enables them to effectively address the issues they consider most critical; and |

| • | by our nominating and corporate governance committee as part of its annual review of each director’s performance when considering whether to nominate the director for re-election to the board of directors. |

Board Leadership Structure Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that our board of directors shall be free to choose its chairperson in any way that it considers in the best interests of our company, and that the nominating and corporate governance committee periodically considers the leadership structure of our board of directors and makes such recommendations to our board of directors with respect thereto as appropriate. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines also provide that, when the positions of chairperson and chief executive officer are held by the same person, our board of directors shall designate a “lead independent director” by a majority vote of the independent directors. In cases in which the chairperson and chief executive officer are the same person, the chairperson schedules and sets