Evergy, Inc.

Leadership. The Board uses a Lead Independent Director plus a combined Chairman of the Board (the “Chair”) and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) structure. Mr. Isaac serves as Lead Independent Director and Mr. Campbell, President and CEO, serves as the Chair. The Board has delegated some oversight, monitoring, and other responsibilities to its standing committees, as described in the Company’s By-laws and in the applicable committee charters, subject to the Board’s continuing general oversight and monitoring. The chairs of the standing committees are independent members of the Board.

The Board believes that this structure has been and continues to be an appropriate corporate governance structure for the Company. However, the Board believes it is important to maintain flexibility to separate the roles in the future if it determines that a different Board structure would be in the long-term interests of our shareholders.

As implemented by the Company, the combined Chair and CEO role focuses on the accountability and responsibility of achieving the Company’s objectives, and the Lead Independent Director role provides the independent members of the Board with effective Board leadership, oversight, and monitoring of the Company and its management. The Board believes that the CEO is well-positioned to lead discussions regarding the Company’s strategy. Moreover, the CEO’s operating knowledge of the Company and regular interactions with management provide him with the ability to highlight significant issues for Board consideration.

Chairman of the Board Responsibilities

The Chair is responsible for presiding over all Board meetings and all executive sessions of the Board that include only non-management directors at which he or she is present. The Chair may also call special meetings of the Board or shareholders, and presides over the Company’s shareholder meetings.

The Chair approves Board meeting agendas and reflects input, if any, of the Lead Independent Director. The Chair also discusses the quality, quantity, and timeliness of the flow of information communicated from management to the Board. The Chair also serves as the principal liaison between management and the Board.

The Chair is also available for discussion with individual directors regarding key issues, individual director performance or any other matters relating to effectiveness of the Board. The Chair may also interface from time to time with the public, including shareholders.

Working with the Nominating, Governance, and Sustainability Committee and the Lead Independent Director, the Chair is also responsible for interviewing all potential new candidates and recommending new candidates for the Board. Among these other duties, the Chair is also responsible for helping to set the tone for ethics and integrity at Evergy.

Lead Independent Director Responsibilities

The Lead Independent Director is responsible for developing agendas for executive sessions of independent directors and calling and presiding over the same. The Lead Independent Director also serves as a liaison between the Chair and the independent directors, reviews meeting agendas and reviews meeting schedules.

The Board appoints a Lead Independent Director to ensure that Evergy’s independent directors are represented and have formal mechanisms in place to exercise their governance role.

Independent Board. The Board has determined that 11 of the 12 nominees are independent.

Executive Sessions. Time is reserved on each Board meeting agenda for all directors to meet in executive session, with no members of management (other than the CEO) present, as well as periodically an executive session for independent directors only. Time is also reserved at each regular committee meeting for committee members to meet in executive session with no members of management present.

Meetings and Director Attendance. The Board held four meetings in 2024. Each incumbent director nominee attended greater than 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of the Board and committees on which he or she served during 2024 (or portion of 2024 during which he or she served as a director or committee member).

Committees. We have a robust committee structure, with five standing committees.

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Each committee is led by an independent director. In addition, four of the standing committees, including all committees required by Nasdaq standards, consist solely of independent directors.

Each standing committee is governed by a committee charter that enumerates the committee’s responsibilities. Each charter is reviewed at least annually and is available on the Company’s investor relations website atinvestors.evergy.com.

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The Board has determined that (i) all members of the committee are independent under the Nasdaq listing standards and Rule 10A-3(b)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”); (ii) all members of the committee are financially literate under the Nasdaq listing standards; and (iii) Mr. Keglevic, Mr. Sharma, and Mr. Wilder are “audit committee financial experts” within the meaning of SEC regulations. No member of the committee serves on the audit committee of more than three public companies.

The Board has determined that each member of the committee is independent under the Nasdaq listing standards and Rule 10C-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act, including the enhanced independence standards for members of the compensation committee and a “non-employee director” as defined in Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

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The Board has determined that each member of the committee, other than Mr. Campbell, is independent under the Nasdaq listing standards. The Board determined that having Mr. Campbell on the committee is proper and beneficial due to his extensive financial experience.

The Board has determined that each member of the committee is independent under the Nasdaq listing standards.

Effective May 8, 2024, the Board combined the Nuclear, Power Supply, and Environmental Committee and the Safety and Power Delivery Committee, into a single “Operations Committee” of the Board. The Nuclear, Power Supply, and Environmental Committee and the Safety and Power Delivery Committee each met two times in 2024 prior to May 8, 2024 with 100% committee member attendance. The Operations Committee met two times in 2024 subsequent to May 8, 2024.

The Board has determined that each member of the committee is independent under the Nasdaq listing standards.

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