Company: ZM
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-016910
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Company: Zoom Communications, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form: DEF 14A
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 Committee works with and receives information and analyses from management, including within our legal, finance, and human resources departments, and our Chief Executive Officer, and considers such information and analyses along with the information from its independent compensation consultant, in determining the structure and amount of compensation to be paid to our executive officers, including our named executive officers. Other than with respect to his own compensation, our Chief Executive Officer evaluates and provides to the Compensation Committee executive officer performance assessments and his recommendations and proposals regarding executive officer compensation programs and decisions affecting base salaries, performance incentives, equity compensation, and other compensation-related matters outside of the presence of any other named executive officers. Members of management, including our Chief Executive Officer, may attend portions of our Compensation Committee’s meetings. However, our Compensation Committee retains the final authority to make all compensation decisions. While the Chief Executive Officer discusses his recommendations with the Compensation Committee, he does not participate in the deliberations concerning, or the determination of, his own compensation. From time to time, various other members of management and other employees, as well as outside advisors or consultants, may be invited by the Compensation Committee to make presentations, provide financial or other background information or advice, or otherwise participate in Compensation Committee or Board of Directors meetings. Role of Compensation Consultant The Compensation Committee continued to retain Aon as its independent compensation consultant during fiscal 2025, due to its extensive analytical and compensation expertise relating to technology companies. In this capacity, Aon advised the Compensation Committee on compensation matters related to the executive and director compensation structure. In fiscal 2025, Aon assisted with, among other things:

| • | conducting an executive market pay analysis; |

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| • | developing a group of peer companies to use as a reference in making executive compensation decisions; |

| • | evaluating current executive pay practices and considering alternative compensation programs; |

| • | reviewing our director compensation policies and practices; and |

| • | assisting in the development of this Compensation Disclosure and Analysis. |

The Compensation Committee has the sole authority to engage and terminate Aon’s services, as well as to approve its compensation. Aon makes recommendations to the Compensation Committee but has no authority to make compensation decisions on behalf of the Compensation Committee or Zoom. Aon reported to the Compensation Committee and had direct access to the chairperson and the other members of the Compensation Committee. Beyond data and advice related to executive and director compensation matters, Aon did not provide other services to us in fiscal 2025. The Compensation Committee has analyzed whether the