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Microvast Holdings, Inc.

For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Mar 31, 2025.

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FY2024 · Filed Mar 31, 2025

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Item 11. Executive Compensation

This section sets forth the compensation of our named executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2024 (our “NEOs”). Our NEOs are:

NamePosition
Yang WuFounder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Shengxian WuChief Operating Officer
Isida TushePresident, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

As a smaller reporting company, we are eligible to follow the reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation that apply to smaller reporting companies. Accordingly, we have not included in this section a compensation discussion and analysis of our executive compensation programs or tabular compensation information other than the “Summary Compensation Table” and the “Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End” table below.

Summary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth the compensation of our NEOs for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. Dr. Wu and Ms. Tushe were not NEOs in 2023.

Name and Principal PositionYearSalary($)Bonus ($)StockAwards ($)(1)OptionAwards($)(2)Nonequity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)(3)All othercompensation($)TotalCompensation($)
Yang Wu2024546,480—590,000———1,136,480
Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer2023550,008———99,000—649,008
Shengxian Wu2024400,00093,750—890,000——1,383,750
Chief Operating Officer2023
Isida Tushe2024450,000125,000—890,000——1,465,000
President, General Counsel and Company Secretary2023

(1)Represents the aggregate grant date fair value of stock awards granted to our named executive officers, computed in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation (“FASB Topic 718”). The 2024 stock awards consist of grants of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) granted pursuant to the Microvast Holdings Inc 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”). The terms of the 2024 RSUs are summarized in “Elements of Executive Compensation—Long Term Incentives” below. The assumptions made when calculating the amounts reported are found in Note 21, “Share-Based Payment” to our audited consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8 of the Annual Report. Assuming maximum level of performance, the aggregate grant date values of the RSUs are as follows:

NameRSUs ($)PSUs ($)Total ($)
Yang Wu590,000—590,000
Shengxian Wu———
Isida Tushe———

(2) Represents the grant date fair value of stock options granted to our named executive officers, computed in accordance with FASB Topic 718. The assumptions made when calculating the amounts reported are found in Note 21, “Share-Based Payment” to our audited consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8 of the Annual Report.

(3) 2023 non-equity incentive plan compensation was earned pursuant to the Company’s short-term cash incentive program. On January 31, 2023, the Compensation Committee of the Board established short-term cash incentive opportunities for our NEOs for 2023, which pay out in cash as a percentage of each NEO’s base salary based on achievement of pre-determined revenue and adjusted gross margin performance goals, each weighted equally. The Compensation Committee set the following bonus target for Mr. Wu the only current NEO who was an NEO only for 2023: 30% of base salary ($165,000).

Elements of Executive Compensation

Base Salary

Base salaries are intended to provide a level of compensation sufficient to attract and retain an effective management team when considered in combination with the other components of our executive compensation program.

The relative levels of base salary for our NEOs are designed to reflect each NEO’s scope of responsibility and accountability to us. The base salaries for each of our NEOs were increased effective December 1, 2024:

Mr. Yang Wu: Increased from $550,000 to $564,480

Dr. Shengxian Wu: Increased from $200,000 to $400,000

Ms. Isida Tushe: Increased from $250,000 to $450,000

Short-Term Incentives

In 2023, the Compensation Committee of the Board established short-term cash incentive opportunities, which pay out in cash as a percentage of each executive's base salary based on achievement of pre-determined revenue and adjusted gross margin performance goals, each weighted equally.

Short-term incentives pay out 0% of target if the threshold performance goal or below is achieved and 120% of target if the maximum performance goal or above is achieved. Payouts are linearly interpolated for performance between levels. While the revenue component failed to achieve threshold performance, the adjusted gross margin component was achieved at maximum performance and each executive who remained at the Company through the end of 2023 received a payout of 60% of his or her short-term incentive target.

In 2024, with the Company experiencing volatility making it difficult to set goals, the Compensation Committee chose not to establish a formal short-term cash incentive program. Instead, the Compensation Committee granted one-time cash bonuses in the amounts of $125,000 and $93,750 to Ms. Tushe and Dr. Wu, respectively.

Long-Term Incentives

On December 1, 2024, the Compensation Committee approved 2024 long-term incentive awards (the “2024 LTI”) to the NEOs pursuant to the 2021 Plan. Mr. Wu, our CEO, received 500,000 RSUs, that were fully vested at grant. Ms. Tushe and Dr. Wu each received a grant of stock options to purchase 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price per share of $1.29. The stock options will vest in equal installments on each November 8, 2025, 2026, and 2027, subject to continued employment on each vesting date.

Mr. Wu received PSUs in 2022, which will vest, if at all, based on the Company’s achievement of relative total stockholder return (“TSR”) targets during the performance period from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024, provided that the recipient continues to provide services to the Company through the date achievement is certified by the Compensation Committee. The Committee reviewed the Company’s relative TSR and determined that the 2022 PSUs were earned at 60% of target.

MeasurementPeriodShare Price at 1/1/2022Share Price at 12/31/2024TSR for Measurement PeriodTarget Relative TSR Percentile for Measurement PeriodActual Relative TSR Percentile for Measurement PeriodAchievement
1/1/2022 – 12/31/2024$4.31$2.00(53.53)%50th Percentile30th Percentile60%

Insider Trading Policy and Anti-Hedging and Anti-Pledging

The Company has an insider trading policy which governs the purchase, sale and other dispositions of its securities by directors, officers, employees and other agents of the Company, as well as their immediate family members and other persons living in their households. We believe our insider trading policy is reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations and any listing standards applicable to the Company. The insider trading policy prohibits covered persons from directly or indirectly purchasing or selling the Company’s securities while in possession of material non-public information concerning the Company, except in the limited circumstances described in the policy. Additionally, the Company’s directors, officers and employees are prohibited from engaging in hedging and pledging transactions with respect to the Company’s securities of the Company. The insider trading policy requires pre-approval of any transaction related to the Company’s securities by the Company’s directors, officers, certain employees and agents.

Compensation Recovery Policy

We have adopted a compensation recovery policy in accordance with the listing standards and rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, that requires the Board to recoup excess compensation paid to our executive officers as a result of a financial statement restatement, regardless of any misconduct, fault or illegal activity on the part of the executive officer. The clawback policy applies in the case of an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Company with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws. The clawback policy applies to all incentive-based compensation, which is any compensation that is granted, earned, or vested based wholly or in part upon the attainment of a financial reporting measure, received by our executive officers.

Equity Award Policies and Practices

Although we have not adopted a formal policy pertaining to the timing of stock option grants to our named executive officers, it is our practice not to time the grant of equity awards, including stock options, in relation to the release of material non-public information. Similarly, the Company does not time the disclosure ofmaterial nonpublic information for the purpose of affecting the value of executive compensation. The Compensation Committee generally approves the grant of annual equity awards for the Company’s executive officers, including each of the named executive officers, in December of each year. In special circumstances, including the hiring or promotion of an individual or where the Compensation Committee determines it is in the best interest of the Company, the Compensation Committee may approve grants of equity awards at other times.

Employment Agreements with NEOs

Mr. Wu is a party to a written employment arrangement with the Company (the “Employment Agreement”). The material terms of that arrangement are summarized below. For a description of the compensation actually paid to the NEOs for Fiscal Year 2024, please refer to the “Summary Compensation Table” above. Dr. Wu and Ms. Tushe are not parties to an employment agreement.

Subject to earlier termination in accordance with the Employment Agreement, Mr. Wu is engaged for a three-year term of employment, at the end of which his term of employment will be automatically extended for additional 12-month periods unless a notice of non-renewal is given by either party in accordance with the notice requirements of the Employment Agreement prior to the expiration of the term then in effect.

The Employment Agreement provides for an annual base salary, the opportunity to participate in the Company’s annual incentive bonus plan for senior executives and the Company’s long-term incentive plan, each in accordance with the terms of such plans that may be in effect from time-to-time and subject to such other terms as the Board may approve and eligibility to participate in the benefit plans or programs of the Company generally provided to other similarly situated executives of the Company.

The term of employment under the Employment Agreement may be terminated by either the Company or Mr. Wu at any time and for any reason upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice. Upon a termination by the Company or Mr. Wu for any reason, Mr. Wu (or his estate upon a termination due to his death) will receive all accrued salary and any earned but unpaid bonuses through and including the date of termination. Following a termination due to death or disability of Mr. Wu, he (or his estate) will also receive: (i) a pro rata bonus for the annual bonus that he would have earned for the fiscal year in which the death or disability occurs based on performance as determined by the Board, prorated for the period of time during the fiscal year worked by Mr. Wu; and (ii) if the death or disability occurs within his three-year term, full acceleration of any equity awards or other long-term incentive awards held by Mr. Wu as of the effective time of his Employment Agreement that were granted to Mr. Wu prior to such effective time. Any other outstanding equity awards or long-term incentive awards granted to Mr. Wu following the effective time of his Employment Agreement will be treated in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans and award agreements.

Following a termination of employment by the Company without Cause (as defined in the Employment Agreement) or due to resignation by Mr. Wu for Good Reason (as defined in the Employment Agreement), in either case, prior to a Change in Control (as defined in the Employment Agreement), subject to the execution and non-revocation by Mr. Wu of a general release of claims in favor of the Company, Mr. Wu will be entitled to: (i) an amount equal to two and a half times the sum of (x) Mr. Wu’s then-current base salary plus (y) the greater of (A) the average amount of the annual bonus paid to Mr. Wu for each of the three fiscal years immediately prior to the fiscal year in which the termination or resignation occurs or (B) the target annual bonus for the fiscal year in which the termination or resignation occurs, payable in substantially equal monthly installments over a period of thirty (30) months; and (ii) if the termination without Cause or resignation for Good Reason occurs within three years following the effective time of his Employment Agreement, full acceleration of any equity awards or other long-term incentive awards held by Mr. Wu as of the effective time of his

Employment Agreement that were granted to the executive prior to such effective time. Any other outstanding equity awards or long-term incentive awards granted to Mr. Wu following the effective time of his Employment Agreement will be treated in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans and award agreements.

Following a termination by the Company without Cause or due to resignation by Mr. Wu for Good Reason on or within two years following the closing of a Change in Control, subject to the execution and non-revocation by Mr. Wu of a general release of claims in favor of the Company, Mr. Wu will be entitled to: (i) an amount equal to three times the sum of (x) Mr. Wu’s then-current base salary plus (y) the greater of (A) the average amount of the annual bonus paid to Mr. Wu for each of the three fiscal years immediately prior to the fiscal year in which the termination or resignation occurs or (B) the target annual bonus for the fiscal year in which the termination or resignation occurs, payable in a single lump sum within seventy-five (75) days of the termination or resignation; (ii) a pro rata bonus of the greater of (A) the average amount of the annual bonus paid to Mr. Wu for each of the three fiscal years immediately prior to the fiscal year in which the termination or resignation occurs or (B) the annual bonus Mr. Wu would have earned for the fiscal year in which the termination or resignation occurs based on performance as determined through the date of termination or resignation, prorated for the period of time during the fiscal year worked by Mr. Wu, payable in a single lump sum within seventy-five (75) days of the termination or resignation; and (iii) full acceleration of all outstanding equity awards held by Mr. Wu as of the date of termination or resignation.

Mr. Wu is subject to restrictive covenants as follows: (i) a post-termination non-compete covenant for a period of eighteen (18) months following his termination or resignation for any reason; (ii) confidentiality restrictions through the time period such confidential information remains not generally known to the public; and (iii) customer and employee non-solicitation and non-interference for a period of eighteen (18) months following his termination or resignation for any reason.

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

The following table sets forth the outstanding equity awards held by each of our NEOs as of December 31, 2024.

Option Awards · Stock Awards
Name · Number of securities underlying unexercised options (#) exercisable · Number of securities underlying unexercised options (#) unexercisable · Option exercise price ($) · Option expiration date · Number of shares or units of stock that have not vested (#) · Market value of shares of units of stock that have not vested ($)(1) · Equity incentive plan awards: Number of unearned shares, units or other rights that have not vested (#) · Equityincentiveplan awards: Market or payout value ofunearnedshares, units or other rights that have not vested($)(1)
Yang Wu————————
—————————
Shengxian Wu—1,000,000 (2)1.2912/5/20341,464(5)3,03040,000(8)—82,800
160,300(6)—6.287/24/202726,666(7)55,199——
641,200(6)—6.287/28/2030————
480,900(6)—6.2812/25/2030————
Isida Tushe—1,000,000 (2)1.2912/5/2034————
33,334(3)66,666 (3)1.303/15/2033————
100,000(4)200,000 (4)2.088/9/2033————

(1)The value presented in the table is equal to the product of the number of RSUs and PSUs, as applicable, that had not vested as of December 31, 2024 and the closing price of our common stock on such date, which was $2.07.

(2)Represents stock options granted that will vest in equal installments on each of November 8, 2025, 2026 and 2027, subject to the NEO’s continued employment with or services to us or one of our affiliates through the vesting date. 232,557 options are treated as incentive stock options (ISOs). ISOs are intended to qualify for favorable tax treatment under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code.

(3)Represents stock options that vested one-third each on March 15, 2024 and 2025 and will vest one-third on March 15, 2026, subject to the NEO’s continued employment with or services to us or one of our affiliates through the vesting date.

(4)Represents stocks options that vested one-third on August 9, 2024 and will vest one-third each on August 9, 2025 and 2026, subject to the NEO’s continued employment with or services to us or one of our affiliates through the vesting date.

(5)Represents RSUs granted under the 2021 Plan that were unvested as of December 31, 2024. These RSUs were part of an award that vested one-third each on January 1, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

(6)Represents stock options that vested in equal installments on each July 23, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

(7)Represents RSUs granted under the 2021 Plan that were unvested as of December 31, 2024. These RSUs were part of an award that vested one-third each on January 31, 2024 and 2025 and will vest one third on January 31, 2026, subject to the NEO’s continued employment with or services to us or one of our affiliates through the vesting date.

(8)Represents PSUs granted pursuant to the 2023 long term incentive plan at threshold performance. These PSUs will vest, subject to achievement of the applicable performance criteria and the NEO's continued employment with or services to us or one of our affiliates through the vesting date, following the end of the performance period on December 31, 2025.

Retirement Plans

We sponsor a 401(k) plan covering substantially all our employees, including our NEOs. Eligible employees may elect to make pre-tax contributions to the plan, subject to limitations set forth by the plan and the Code. All eligible employees, including our NEOs, may participate in the plan on substantially the same terms. We do not provide matching employer contributions to employees’ accounts under the plan.

Termination and Change in Control Provisions

Descriptions of the severance payments and benefits to be provided to our NEOs, including in respect of equity awards held by our NEOs, in connection with certain terminations of employment both in connection with a change in control and not in connection with a change in control, are set forth in “Elements of Executive Compensation—Long Term Incentives” and “Employment, Transition and Separation Agreements with NEOs” above.

Director Compensation

The table below sets forth information regarding non-employee director compensation for the year ended December 31, 2024.

NameFees Earned or Paid in Cash ($)Stock Awards ($)Total ($)
Yanzhuan Zheng(3)———
Arthur Wong80,00019,999(1)99,999
Stephen Vogel(3)46,712—46,712
Ying Wei—79,999(1)79,999
Yeelong Tan Balladon(3)66,4108,907(1)75,317
Yixin Pan21,39958,096(2)79,495

(1)Reflects changes to the Company's non-employee director compensation policy that was amended from 2023 and adopted March 30, 2024, as summarized under "Non-Employee Director Compensation" below. Includes the portion of the non-employee director's annual cash retainer received as Elective RSUs, as summarized in “Non-Employee Director Compensation” below, computed in accordance with FASB Topic 718, as follows: Mr. Wong— 14,285; Mr. Ying—57,142 and Ms. Balladon—6,362.

(2)Represents the aggregate grant date fair value of the annual RSUs computed in accordance with FASB Topic 718 as follows: Ms. Pan—92,954.

(3)Mr. Vogel resigned as a Board member on July 7, 2024. Ms. Balladon resigned as a Board member on July 10, 2024. Mr. Zheng resigned as a Board member on August 16, 2024. In connection with their resignations, Mr. Vogel, Ms. Balladon and Mr. Zheng forfeited all of their unvested RSUs and PSUs, as applicable.

(4)Mr. Zheng does not receive any compensation for services provided to the Company as a director. Pursuant to the terms of a consulting agreement between Mr. Zheng and the Company, Mr. Zheng received the following as compensation for services provided to the Company as an advisor during 2024: salary and fees—$226,983. As of December 31, 2024, Mr. Zheng had 1,122,100 stock options outstanding.

Non-Employee Director Compensation

For Fiscal 2024, our non-employee directors other than Mr. Zheng were compensated for services in accordance with our non-employee director compensation policy that was amended from 2023 and adopted by our Board on March 30, 2024 (the "2024 Director Compensation Policy"). The material terms of the 2024 Director Compensation Policy are described below.

For their service to the Company during 2024, each of our non-employee directors other than Mr. Zheng received an annual award of RSUs under the Director Compensation Policy, which will vest on December 31, 2024, subject to the director's continued service through such date. In addition, our non-employee directors other than Mr. Zheng may elect to receive all or a portion of their annual cash retainer and/or committee chair retainer in the form of RSUs (the “Elective RSUs”). The grant date of the Elective RSUs is the date the non-employee director makes the election to receive equity in lieu of his or her cash retainer and the value of the RSUs is equal to the amount of the non-employee director’s annual cash retainer that is foregone. The Elective RSUs vest in quarterly installments on the last day of each fiscal quarter. The number of Elective RSUs each non-employee director received in 2024 are set forth in footnote 1 to the "Director Compensation" table above. Our non-employee directors must make elections to receive equity in lieu of his or her cash retainer prior to the start of the calendar year, which elective RSUs will vest in equal installments on the last day of each fiscal quarter during the calendar year.

2024 Director Compensation Policy2023 Director Compensation Policy
Board Member Retainer$80,000$80,000
Lead Independent Director Retainer$25,000$25,000
Audit Committee Chair Retainer$20,000$20,000
Compensation Committee Chair Retainer$15,000$15,000
N&GC Committee Chair Retainer$10,000$10,000
Annual Restricted Stock Units (GDFV)$95,000$95,000

Pay Versus Performance Disclosure

Pursuant to Section 953(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act and Item 402(v) of SEC Regulation S-K, we are providing the following information about the relationship between executive “compensation actually paid” (or “CAP”) to the Company’s principal executive officer (“PEO”) and non-PEO named executive officers (the “Non-PEO NEOs”) and certain aspects of the financial performance of the Company.

Pay Versus Performance Table

Year(1)Summary Compensation Table Total for PEO(2)Compensation Actually Paid to PEO(3)Average Summary Compensation Table Total forNon-PEO NEOs(2)Average Compensation Actually Paid to Non-PEO NEOs(3)MicrovastTotal Shareholder Return(4)GAAPNet Income (Loss)($ Mil.)
2024$1,141,207$1,349,765$1,269,434$1,923,375$135($167)
2023$649,008$554,345$1,506,396$1,425,089$92($106)

(1) Yang Wu served as the PEO for the entirety of 2024 and 2023. Our Non-PEO NEOs for the applicable years were as follows:

2024: Dr. Shengxian Wu and Isida Tushe

2023: Zachariah Ward, Craig Webster, and Shane Smith

(2) Amounts reported in these columns represent (i) the total compensation reported in the Summary Compensation Table (“SCT”) for the applicable year in the case of our PEO, Mr. Wu, and (ii) the average of the total compensation reported in the SCT for the applicable year for our Non-PEO NEOs reported for the applicable year.

(3) Amounts reported in these columns represent compensation actually paid; adjustments were made to the amounts reported in the Summary Compensation Table for the applicable year. A reconciliation of the adjustments for Mr. Wu and for the average of the Non-PEO NEOs is set forth in the following table, which describes the adjustments, each of which is prescribed by the SEC rules, to calculate the CAP Amounts from SCT amounts.

20242023
PEOAverage Non-PEO NEOsPEOAverage Non-PEO NEOs
Summary Compensation Table Total$1,141,207$1,269,434$649,008$1,506,396
Minus Stock Award Value & Option Award Value Reported in SCT for the Covered Year$590,000$890,000$0$773,083
Plus Year End Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted During the Covered Year that Remain Outstanding and Unvested as of Last Day of the Covered Year$0$1,670,000$0$603,067
Plus Year over Year Change in Fair Value as of the Last Day of the Covered Year of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years$0$34,491$29,700$70,924
Plus Fair Value as of Vesting Date of Equity Awards Granted and Vested in the Covered Year$590,000$0$0$40,750
Plus Year over Year Change in Fair Value as of the Vesting Date of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years that Vested During the Covered Year$208,559($160,550)($124,363)($22,964)
Minus Fair Value at the End of the Prior Year of Equity Awards that Failed to Meet Vesting Conditions in the Covered or were Forfeited During the Covered Year$0$0$0$0
Plus Value of Dividends or other Earnings Paid on Stock or Option Awards Not Otherwise Reflected in Fair Value or Total Compensation for the Covered Year$0$0$0$0
Compensation Actually Paid$1,349,765$1,923,375$554,345$1,425,089

In the table above, the unvested equity values are computed in accordance with the methodology used for financial reporting purposes, and for unvested awards subject to performance-based vesting conditions, based on the probable outcome of such performance-based vesting conditions as of the last day of the year.

(4) Total Shareholder Return (TSR) is cumulative for the measurement periods beginning on December 31, 2022 and ending on December 31 of each of 2023 and 2024, respectively, calculated in accordance with Item 201(e) of Regulation S-K.

Relationship between CAP and TSR

The graph below reflects the relationship between the PEO and Average Non-PEO NEOs CAP and our TSR.

Relationship between CAP and GAAP Net Income (Loss)

The graph below reflects the relationship between the PEO and Average Non-PEO NEOs CAP and our GAAP Net Income (Loss).

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