Company: RPID
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001380106-25-000089
Chunk: 40

Company: RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 40
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 Plan, and $520 in life and $15,191 in insurance premiums that we paid in respect of Mr. Wirtjes. (8) Such amount includes $9,006 in the Company’s matching contributions under our 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, and $520 in life and $21,050 in medical insurance premiums that we paid in respect of Mr. Wilson. 26

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### NARRATIVE DISCLOSURE TO SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
Our Board and Compensation Committee review compensation annually for our Chief Executive Officer and other executive officers. In setting executive base salaries and bonuses and granting equity incentive awards, the Compensation Committee and the Board consider compensation for comparable positions in the market, the historical compensation levels of our executives, individual performance as compared to our expectations and objectives, internal equity, our desire to motivate our employees to achieve short- and long-term results that are in the best interests of our stockholders, and a long-term commitment to our company. We target a general competitive position, based on independent third-party benchmark analytics to inform the mix of compensation of base salary, bonus and long-term incentives.

Our Compensation Committee is primarily responsible for reviewing and recommending to our Board the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer and determining the compensation for our other executive officers. Our Compensation Committee typically reviews and discusses management’s proposed compensation with our Chief Executive Officer for all executives other than the Chief Executive Officer. Based on those discussions and its discretion, taking into account the factors noted above, the Compensation Committee then sets the compensation for each executive officer other than the Chief Executive Officer and recommends the compensation for the Chief Executive Officer to our Board for approval, including base salaries and annual incentives and granting equity awards. Our Board discusses the Compensation Committee’s recommendation and ultimately approves the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer without members of management present. Our Compensation Committee has the authority to engage the services of a consulting firm or other outside advisor to assist it in designing our executive compensation programs and in making compensation decisions. In fiscal year 2024, our management engaged Radford to provide executive and director compensation consulting services.

#### Base Salaries
The base salary payable to each named executive officer is intended to provide a fixed component of compensation reflecting the executive’s skill set, experience, role and responsibilities. The 2024 annual base salaries for Messrs. Spignesi, Wirtjes and Wilson were $641,160, $449,904 and $449,904, respectively, which were each increased from their 2023 levels by