Corporate Governance Guidelines and Code of Conduct
We have adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines that address items such as the qualifications and responsibilities of our directors and director nominees, conflicts of interest, succession planning, committee composition, director term limits, and other important governance policies and principles.
Additionally, we have adopted a Code of Conduct that applies to all our employees, officers and directors. Our Code of Conduct addresses, among other things, competition and fair dealing, gifts and entertainment, conflicts of interest, international business laws, financial matters and external reporting, company assets, confidentiality and corporate opportunity requirements and the process for reporting violations of the Code of Conduct.
The Corporate Governance Guidelines and Code of Conduct are available under the “Corporate Governance” section in the “Investor Relations” portion of our website at www.taboola.com.
Communication with the Board of Directors
Shareholders and interested parties who wish to contact the Board or the Chairman should address correspondence to the Chairman in care of the Corporate Secretary as shown below. The Corporate Secretary will review and forward appropriate correspondence to the Chairman or the most relevant person or persons for response.
Chairman of Taboola.com Ltd.
c/o Office of the Corporate Secretary
16 Madison Square West, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10010
Non-Employee Director Compensation
Members of the Board who are not employees are eligible for compensation under our Compensation Policy for Executive Officers and Directors, or the Compensation Policy. The Compensation Policy was adopted by the Board, and approved by shareholders, with the objective of assembling a high-performing Board that could best guide the Company in achieving its strategic and operational goals, and promoting long-term shareholder value. The Compensation Policy is periodically reviewed under the combined leadership of the Compensation Committee and Board to ensure that it continues to satisfy the Board’s overall compensation objectives and philosophy.
The Compensation Committee and Board are aided in their review by an independent compensation consultant, Pearl Meyer & Partners, LLC (“Pearl Meyer”), which provides compensation benchmarking and consultation services.
For the first six months of 2024, each of the Company’s non-employee directors received the following cash compensation, which is paid in quarterly installments: (i) annual Board retainer of $35,000 (or $110,000 for the chairperson); (ii) $10,000 per membership of the Audit Committee (or $20,000 for the chairperson); (iii) $7,500 per membership of the Compensation Committee (or $15,000 for the chairperson); (iv) and $3,000 per membership of the Nominating and Governance Committee or any other Board Committee (or $7,500 for the chairperson).
Following shareholder approval in May 2024, each of the non-employee directors received the following cash compensation for the third and fourth quarters of 2024 which is paid in quarterly installments: (i) annual Board retainer of $40,000 (or $140,000 for the chairperson); (ii) $10,000 per membership of the Audit Committee (or $20,000 for the chairperson); (iii) $7,500 per membership of the Compensation Committee (or $15,000 for the chairperson); (iv) and $4,000 per membership of the Nominating and Governance Committee or any other Board Committee (or $8,000 for the chairperson).
In addition, upon election or appointment, non-employee directors will be granted a restricted share unit award under our equity incentive plan at a value of $360,000, which will vest over a period of one year, and thereafter, provided the director is still in office, an annual restricted share unit award of $190,000, which will vest over a period of one year.
