Simpson Manufacturing Co Inc

The Board believes that, to maintain a sense of unity and fairness, the forms of compensation for our NEOs generally should match those of our other employees. Under this principle, our compensation programs for our executive population, including our NEOs, include three core elements:

•Base salaries and contributions to profit sharing trust accounts;

•Cash profit sharing awards, such as EOCPS awards to our NEOs; and

•Long-term equity awards, such as PSUs and RSUs granted to our NEOs.

Each element of our compensation programs possesses characteristics intended to motivate our NEOs and other employees in different ways. We believe that coordinated compensation elements work best to help us to retain their services and to motivate them to achieve results that increase stockholder value.