Company: ISRG
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001035267-25-000098
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Company: INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: DEF 14A
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 Stockholders.

We believe that the outcome of the Say-on-Pay vote reflects our stockholders’ support of our compensation philosophy, specifically our efforts to attract, retain, and motivate our executive officers, including our NEOs.

We value the opinions of our stockholders and will continue to consider the outcome of future Say-on-Pay votes, as well as feedback received throughout the year, when making compensation decisions for our executive

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officers, including our NEOs. Our policy is to hold Say-on-Pay votes on the compensation of our NEOs on an annual basis, which is consistent with our stockholders’ preference (as demonstrated by the results of the stockholder advisory vote on the frequency of Say-on-Pay votes conducted at our 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders).

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#### Executive Compensation Policies and Practices
The Compensation Committee has adopted and is committed to maintaining a comprehensive governance framework for executive compensation that aligns with long-term stockholder interests. This framework includes the following:

| Independence                                                                |     | The Compensation Committee is comprised solely of independent directors.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Independent Adviser                                                         |     | The Compensation Committee engages an independent compensation consultant, Aon, to provide analysis, advice, and guidance on compensation matters.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Annual Executive Compensation Review                                        |     | The Compensation Committee reviews an annual compensation analysis prepared by Aon, which includes approval of our executive compensation strategy and philosophy and our compensation peer group.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Succession Planning                                                         |     | We review the risks associated with key executive officer positions and, together with the Governance and Nominating Committee, endeavor to ensure adequate succession plans are in place.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Stock Ownership Guidelines                                                  |     | We maintain stock ownership guidelines for our executive officers and the non-employee members of our Board.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Policy for Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation (“Clawback Policy”) |     | We have a Clawback Policy that complies with the SEC and Nasdaq listing standards and provides that the Company shall recover certain erroneously paid incentive-based compensation, including cash incentive or performance-vesting equity compensation of our current and former executive officers in the event that the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement. The policy provides that such erroneously paid incentive-based compensation may also be recovered from other compensation payable by the Company (including any awards, whether time- or performance-vesting).