Company: ABUS
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-012305
Chunk: 29

Company: Arbutus Biopharma Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 29
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| • | from time to time reviewing and recommending to our Board our overall compensation plans and structure, including without limitation incentive compensation and equity-based plans; |

| • | recommending to our Board for its approval the compensation for non-executive Board members, including any retainers, committee and committee chair fees and/or equity compensation; |

| • | administering our equity compensation plans, pension plans, and similar programs, including the adoption, amendment and termination of such plans and any sub-plans thereof, establishing guidelines, interpreting plan documents, selecting participants, approving grants and awards, or exercising such other power and authority as may be permitted or required under such plans; |

| • | reviewing with management all executive compensation disclosure before we publicly disclose this information; and |

| • | reviewing, discussing and assessing annually the committee’s own performance and the adequacy of the committee’s charter. |

Only independent, non-employee members of our Board participate in the review and approval of the executive compensation actions described above. A copy of our Compensation Committee’s charter is available on our website at www.arbutusbio.com. The agenda for each meeting of the Compensation Committee is developed by the chair of the Compensation Committee in consultation with our Chief Executive Officer. The Compensation Committee meets regularly in executive session. From time to time, various members of management and other employees as well as outside advisors or consultants may be invited by the Compensation Committee to make presentations, to provide financial or other background information or advice or to otherwise participate in Compensation Committee meetings. No officer may participate in, or be present during, any deliberations or determinations of the Compensation Committee regarding the compensation for such officer or employee. Our Chief Executive Officer provides recommendations to our Compensation Committee with respect to executive and employee compensation, other than his own compensation. The Compensation Committee takes into consideration our Chief Executive Officer’s input in granting annual bonuses or equity awards and setting compensation levels. The charter of the Compensation Committee grants the Compensation Committee full access to all our books, records, facilities, and personnel, as well as authority to obtain, at our expense, advice, and assistance from internal and external legal, accounting, or other advisors and consultants and other external resources that the Compensation Committee considers necessary or appropriate in the performance of its duties. In particular, the Compensation Committee has the authority to retain compensation consultants to assist in its evaluation of executive and director compensation, including the authority to approve the consultant’s reasonable fees and other retention terms. The Compensation Committee engaged Radford, a unit of Aon plc’s