Company: COOT
Filing Date: 2025-05-14
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001641172-25-010068
Chunk: 92

Company: Australian Oilseeds Holdings Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-05-14
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 92
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 SEC rules. In addition, the Board has determined that Mr. Gowri Shankar qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by SEC rules.

Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee (i) assists the Board in discharging its responsibilities with respect to compensation of the Company’s executive officers and directors, (ii) evaluates the performance of the executive officers of the Company, and (iii) administers the Company’s stock and incentive compensation plans and recommends changes in such plans to the Board as needed. Our Board has determined that each member of the Compensation Committee is independent under Nasdaq’s director independence standards and applicable SEC rules. Among other things, our Compensation Committee is responsible for:

| ● | evaluating                                                                                                           
 the performance of our Chief Executive Officer;                                                                      |
| ● | evaluating                                                                                                           
 the performance of our other executive officers (including officers reporting under Section 16 of the Exchange Act); |
| ● | reviewing                                                                                                            
 and approving our overall compensation philosophy, programs, policies, and practices;                                |
| ● | administering                                                                                                        
 our Clawback Policy; and                                                                                             |
| ● | reviewing                                                                                                            
 and developing short- and long-term management succession plans.                                                     |

The Compensation Committee may form and delegate responsibility to subcommittees as it deems necessary or appropriate, provided that any subcommittee must meet all applicable independence requirements.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee assists the Board in (i) identifying qualified individuals to become directors, (ii) determining the composition of the Board and its committees, (iii) developing succession plans for executive officers, (iv) monitoring a process to assess Board effectiveness, and (v) developing and implementing the Company’s corporate governance procedures and policies. Our Board has determined that each member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is independent under Nasdaq’s director independence standards and applicable SEC rules.

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The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers candidates recommended by shareholders as well as from other sources such as other directors or officers, third party search firms or other appropriate sources. Once identified, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will evaluate a candidate’s qualifications in accordance with its written charter and, if the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee believes a candidate would be a valuable addition to the Board, it recommends his or her candidacy to the full Board. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee does not alter its criteria for evaluating candidates, including the criteria described above, for shareholder recommended candidates. Threshold criteria include personal integrity and