Company: JSDA
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001641172-25-017818
Chunk: 94

Company: JONES SODA CO.
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: S-1
Chunk 94
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 applicable Nasdaq and SEC rules and qualified as an “outside director” pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder. The Compensation Committee makes recommendations to our Board of Directors regarding our general compensation policies as well as the compensation plans and specific compensation levels for our executive officers.

The Compensation Committee has a number of functions and responsibilities as delineated in its written charter, which is reviewed by the committee on an annual basis, and by our Board of Directors as appropriate. A copy of the Compensation Committee charter is available on our website at www.jonessoda.comunder the Investor Relations tab under the heading “Corporate Governance.”

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The primary functions of the Compensation Committee are to (i) assist our Board of Directors with its responsibilities relating to compensation of our Chief Executive Officer and other executives, employees and directors who are not our employees, (ii) advise our Board of Directors in connection with our retirement, welfare and other benefit plans, (iii) develop, update, as necessary, and recommend to our Board of Directors corporate governance principles and policies applicable to us, and monitor compliance with such principles and policies and (iv) administer our Clawback Policy. The Compensation Committee, when appropriate, may delegate authority to subcommittees and may delegate authority to one or more designated members of the committee, our Board of Directors or our officers. Additionally, the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, may retain compensation consultants, independent counsel, accounting and other professionals without seeking approval of our Board of Directors with respect to the selection, fees or retention terms for these advisors. The Compensation Committee did not retain a compensation consultant in 2024.

Under its charter, the Compensation Committee establishes and annually reviews policies regarding executive compensation. With respect to our Chief Executive Officer, the Compensation Committee solicits input from the full Board of Directors and, based on that input, develops corporate goals and objectives relevant to the Chief Executive Officer’s compensation, evaluates the Chief Executive Officer’s performance in light of those goals and objectives and recommends to our Board of Directors the Chief Executive Officer’s compensation based on this evaluation and other relevant information. For other executive officers, the Chief Executive Officer provides the Compensation Committee with a performance assessment and recommendation regarding performance goals and compensation. The Compensation Committee reviews this information and the recommendations, as well as other relevant information, and recommends the compensation of these officers on an annual basis to our Board of Directors for approval. With respect to equity grants, the Compensation Committee has the authority, without approval from our Board of Directors, to approve all equity awards