TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PERSONS AND INDEMNIFICATION
Related Person Transactions Policy and Procedures
Our Board has a written Related Person Transaction Policy that sets forth our procedures for the identification, review, consideration and approval or
ratification of related person transactions, which policy became effective in connection with our initial public offering in 2021. A related person is any executive officer, director, nominee to become a director, or beneficial owner of more than 5%
of any class of our voting securities, including any immediate family members and any entity owned or controlled by such persons.
Under the policy, if a
transaction has been identified as a related person transaction, including any transaction that was not a related person transaction when originally consummated or any transaction that was not initially identified as a related person transaction
prior to consummation, our management must present information regarding the related person transaction to our Audit Committee, or, if Audit Committee approval would be inappropriate, to another independent body of our Board, for review,
consideration and approval or ratification. The presentation must include a description of, among other things, the material facts, the interests, direct and indirect, of the related persons, the benefits to us of the transaction and whether the
transaction is on terms that are comparable to the terms available to or from, as the case may be, an unrelated third party or to or from employees generally. Under the policy, we will collect information that we deem reasonably necessary from each
director, executive officer and, to the extent feasible, significant stockholder to enable us to identify any existing or potential related-person transactions and to effectuate the terms of the policy.
In considering related person transactions, our Audit Committee, or other independent body of our Board, will take into account the relevant available facts
and circumstances, including:
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the risks, costs and benefits to us; |
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the impact on a directors independence in the event that the related person is a director, immediate family
member of a director or an entity with which a director is affiliated; |
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the terms of the transaction; |
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the availability of other sources for comparable services or products; and |
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the terms available to or from, as the case may be, unrelated third parties or to or from employees generally.
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The policy requires that, in determining whether to approve, ratify or reject a related person transaction, our Audit Committee, or
other independent body of our Board, must consider, in light of known circumstances, whether the transaction is in, or is not inconsistent with, our best interests and those of our stockholders, as our Audit Committee, or other independent body of
our Board, determines in the good faith exercise of its discretion.
Certain Related Person Transactions
The following includes a summary of transactions since January 1, 2021 to which we have been a party, in which the amount involved in the transaction
exceeded the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of our total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal years, and in which any of our directors, executive officers or, to our
knowledge, beneficial owners of more than 5% of our voting securities or an affiliate or immediate family member thereof, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest. Other than described below, there have not been, nor are there
currently any proposed, transactions or series of similar transactions to which we have been or will be a party other than compensation arrangements, which include equity and other compensation, termination, change in control and other arrangements,
which are described under Executive Compensation and Director Compensation.
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