Exhibit 97.1
SUNRISE COMMUNICATIONS AG
DODD-FRANK CLAWBACK POLICY
The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Sunrise Communications AG (the “Company”) has
adopted this Dodd-Frank Clawback Policy (this “Policy”) in accordance with the applicable
provisions of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC Listing Rules (the “Clawback Rules”), promulgated
pursuant to the final rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission enacting the
clawback standards under Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act. The Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”) is designated to
administer this Policy. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Policy have the meanings
given to them under the Clawback Rules, which are attached to this Policy as Appendix A.
Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Incentive Compensation. The Company shall comply
with the Clawback Rules and reasonably promptly recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation
Received by current or former members of the Company's Executive Committee appointed by
the Board from time to time, as well as any other individual who is or was an Executive Officer
as determined by the Committee (“Covered Individuals”) in the event the Company is required to
prepare an accounting restatement due to the Company’s material noncompliance with any
financial reporting requirement under applicable securities laws, including any required
accounting restatement to correct an error in previously issued financial statements that is
material to the previously issued financial statements, or that would result in a material
misstatement if the error were corrected in the current period or left uncorrected in the current
period. The Committee may determine not to recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation
pursuant to this Policy in circumstances where non-enforcement is expressly permitted by the
Clawback Rules, including where recovery would violate applicable home country laws in effect
before November 28, 2022.
Covered Compensation. This Policy applies to the Incentive-based Compensation Received
by a Covered Individual: (1) after such Covered Individual began service as a member of the
Executive Committee; (2) who served as a member of the Executive Committee at any time
during the performance period for that Incentive-based Compensation; (3) while the Company
has a class of securities listed on a United States national securities exchange or a United
States national securities association; and (4) during the three completed fiscal years
immediately preceding the date that the Company is required to prepare an accounting
restatement as described above (or during any transition period, that results from a change in
the Company’s fiscal year, within or immediately following those three completed fiscal years, as
determined in accordance with the Clawback Rules).
The amount of Incentive-based Compensation subject to this Policy is the Erroneously Awarded
Compensation, which is the amount of Incentive-based Compensation Received by a Covered
Individual that exceeds the amount of Incentive-based Compensation that otherwise would have
been Received by the Covered Individual had it been determined based on the restated amount
(or otherwise determined in accordance with the Clawback Rules), and will be computed without
regard to any taxes paid by the Covered Individual (or withheld from the Incentive-based
Compensation). The Committee shall make all determinations regarding the amount of
Erroneously Awarded Compensation.
Method of Recovery. The Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, the manner in which
any Erroneously Awarded Compensation shall be recovered. Methods of recovery may include,
but are not limited to: (1) seeking direct repayment from the Covered Individual; (2) reducing
(subject to applicable law and the terms and conditions of the applicable plan, program or
arrangement pursuant to which the incentive-based compensation was paid) the amount that
would otherwise be payable to the Covered Individual under any compensation, bonus, incentive,
equity and other benefit plan, agreement, policy or arrangement maintained by the Company or
any of its affiliates; (3) cancelling any award (whether cash- or equity-based) or portion thereof
previously granted to the Covered Individual; or (4) any combination of the foregoing.
No-Fault Basis. This Policy applies on a no-fault basis, and Covered Individuals will be subject
to recovery under this Policy without regard to their personal culpability.
Other Company Arrangements. This Policy shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other
clawback, recovery or recoupment policy maintained by the Company from time to time, as well
as any clawback, recovery or recoupment provision in any of the Company’s plans, awards or
individual agreements (including the clawback, recovery and recoupment provisions in the
Company’s equity award agreements) (collectively, “Other Company Arrangement”) and any
other rights or remedies available to the Company, including termination of employment;
provided, however, that there is no intention to, nor shall there be, any duplicative recoupment of
the same compensation under more than one policy, plan, award or agreement. In addition, no
Other Company Arrangement shall serve to restrict the scope or the recoverability of
Erroneously Awarded Compensation under this Policy or in any way limit recovery in compliance
with the Clawback Rules.
No Indemnification. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any policy,
arrangement, articles of incorporation or other constitutional document or plan of the Company
or any individual agreement between a Covered Individual and the Company or any of its
affiliates, no Covered Individual shall be entitled to indemnification from the Company or any of
its affiliates for the amount that is or may be recovered by the Company pursuant to this Policy;
provided, however, that to the extent expense advancement or reimbursement is available to a
Covered Individual, this Policy shall not serve to prohibit such advancement or reimbursement.
Administration; Interpretation. The Committee shall interpret and construe this Policy
consistent with the Clawback Rules and applicable laws and regulations and shall make all
determinations necessary, appropriate or advisable for the administration of this Policy. Any
determinations made by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive on all affected
individuals. As required by the Clawback Rules, the Company shall provide public disclosures
related to this Policy and any applicable recoveries of Erroneously Awarded Compensation. To
the extent this Policy conflicts, or is inconsistent, with the Clawback Rules, the Clawback Rules
shall govern. In no event is this Policy intended to be broader than, or require recoupment in
addition to, that required pursuant to the Clawback Rules.
Amendment or Termination of this Policy. The Board reserves the right to amend this Policy
at any time and for any reason, subject to applicable law and the Clawback Rules. To the extent
that the Clawback Rules cease to be in force or cease to apply to the Company, this Policy shall
also cease to be in force.
Approved and Adopted: November 8, 2024
COVERED INDIVIDUAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I, [INSERT NAME], acknowledge that I have received a copy of the Sunrise Communications AG
Dodd-Frank Clawback Policy (the “Policy”) and the applicable provisions of The Nasdaq Stock
Market LLC Listing Rules (the “Clawback Rules”), and that I have read and understood the
Policy and the Clawback Rules. I further understand that the Policy applies to my Incentive-
Based Compensation, as defined in the Clawback Rules, and that I agree to take all actions
necessary to assist the Company in complying with the Policy and the Clawback Rules.
COVERED INDIVIDUAL
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Name:
Date:
Appendix A
Clawback Rules
5608. Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation
(a)Preamble. As required by SEC Rule 10D-1, this Rule 5608 requires Companies to
adopt a compensation recovery policy, comply with that policy, and provide the compensation
recovery policy disclosures required by this rule and in the applicable Commission filings.
(b)Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation. Each Company must:
(1) Adopt and comply with a written policy providing that the Company will recover reasonably
promptly the amount of erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation in the event that
the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to the material
noncompliance of the Company with any financial reporting requirement under the securities
laws, including any required accounting restatement to correct an error in previously issued
financial statements that is material to the previously issued financial statements, or that
would result in a material misstatement if the error were corrected in the current period or left
uncorrected in the current period.
(i) The Company’s recovery policy must apply to all incentive-based compensation
received by a person:
(A)After beginning service as an executive officer;
(B)Who served as an executive officer at any time during the performance period
for that incentive-based compensation;
(C)While the Company has a class of securities listed on a national securities
exchange or a national securities association; and
(D)During the three completed fiscal years immediately preceding the date that the
Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement as described in paragraph
(b)(1) of this Rule. In addition to these last three completed fiscal years, the recovery
policy must apply to any transition period (that results from a change in the Company’s
fiscal year) within or immediately following those three completed fiscal years. However,
a transition period between the last day of the Company’s previous fiscal year end and
the first day of its new fiscal year that comprises a period of nine to 12 months would be
deemed a completed fiscal year. A Company’s obligation to recover erroneously
awarded compensation is not dependent on if or when the restated financial statements
are filed.
(ii) For purposes of determining the relevant recovery period, the date that a Company is
required to prepare an accounting restatement as described in paragraph (b)(1) of this
Rule is the earlier to occur of:
(A) The date the Company’s board of directors, a committee of the board of directors, or
the officer or officers of the Company authorized to take such action if board action is not
required, concludes, or reasonably should have concluded, that the Company is required
to prepare an accounting restatement as described in paragraph (b)(1) of this Rule; or
(B) The date a court, regulator, or other legally authorized body directs the Company to
prepare an accounting restatement as described in paragraph (b)(1) of this Rule.
(iii) The amount of incentive-based compensation that must be subject to the Company’s
recovery policy (“erroneously awarded compensation”) is the amount of incentive-based
compensation received that exceeds the amount of incentive-based compensation that
otherwise would have been received had it been determined based on the restated
amounts, and must be computed without regard to any taxes paid. For incentive-based
compensation based on stock price or total shareholder return, where the amount of
erroneously awarded compensation is not subject to mathematical recalculation directly
from the information in an accounting restatement:
(A)The amount must be based on a reasonable estimate of the effect of the
accounting restatement on the stock price or total shareholder return upon which the
incentive-based compensation was received; and
(B)The Company must maintain documentation of the determination of that
reasonable estimate and provide such documentation to Nasdaq.
(iv) The Company must recover erroneously awarded compensation in compliance with its
recovery policy except to the extent that the conditions of paragraphs (b)(1)(iv)(A), (B), or
(C) of this Rule are met, and the Company’s Compensation Committee, or in the absence
of such a committee, a majority of the independent directors serving on the board, has
made a determination that recovery would be impracticable.
(A)The direct expense paid to a third party to assist in enforcing the policy would
exceed the amount to be recovered. Before concluding that it would be impracticable to
recover any amount of erroneously awarded compensation based on expense of
enforcement, the Company must make a reasonable attempt to recover such
erroneously awarded compensation, document such reasonable attempt(s) to recover,
and provide that documentation to Nasdaq.
(B)Recovery would violate home country law where that law was adopted prior to
November 28, 2022. Before concluding that it would be impracticable to recover any
amount of erroneously awarded compensation based on violation of home country law,
the Company must obtain an opinion of home country counsel, acceptable to Nasdaq,
that recovery would result in such a violation, and must provide such opinion to Nasdaq.
(C)Recovery would likely cause an otherwise tax-qualified retirement plan, under
which benefits are broadly available to employees of the registrant, to fail to meet the
requirements of 26 U.S.C. 401(a)(13) or 26 U.S.C. 411(a) and regulations thereunder.
(v) The Company is prohibited from indemnifying any executive officer or former executive
officer against the loss of erroneously awarded compensation.
(2) File all disclosures with respect to such recovery policy in accordance with the
requirements of the Federal securities laws, including the disclosure required by
the applicable Commission filings.
(c) General Exemptions. The requirements of this Rule 5608 do not apply to the listing of:
(1)Any security issued by a unit investment trust, as defined in 15 U.S.C. 80a-4(2); and
(2)Any security issued by a management company, as defined in 15 U.S.C. 80a-4(3), that
is registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8), if such
management company has not awarded incentive-based compensation to any executive officer
of the company in any of the last three fiscal years, or in the case of a company that has been
listed for less than three fiscal years, since the listing of the company.
(d) Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions apply for
purposes of this Rule 5608 (and only for purposes of this Rule 5608):
Executive Officer. An executive officer is the Company’s president, principal financial officer,
principal accounting officer (or if there is no such accounting officer, the controller), any vice-
president of the Company in charge of a principal business unit, division, or function (such as
sales, administration, or finance), any other officer who performs a policy-making function, or
any other person who performs similar policy-making functions for the Company. Executive
officers of the Company’s parent(s) or subsidiaries are deemed executive officers of the
Company if they perform such policy making functions for the Company. In addition, when the
Company is a limited partnership, officers or employees of the general partner(s) who perform
policy-making functions for the limited partnership are deemed officers of the limited
partnership. When the Company is a trust, officers, or employees of the trustee(s) who perform
policy-making functions for the trust are deemed officers of the trust. Policy-making function is
not intended to include policy-making functions that are not significant. Identification of an
executive officer for purposes of this Rule would include at a minimum executive officers
identified pursuant to 17 CFR 229.401(b).
Financial Reporting Measures. Financial reporting measures are measures that are determined
and presented in accordance with the accounting principles used in preparing the Company’s
financial statements, and any measures that are derived wholly or in part from such measures.
Stock price and total shareholder return are also financial reporting measures. A financial
reporting measure need not be presented within the financial statements or included in a filing
with the Commission.
Incentive-Based Compensation. Incentive-based compensation is any compensation that is
granted, earned, or vested based wholly or in part upon the attainment of a financial reporting
measure.
Received. Incentive-based compensation is deemed received in the Company’s fiscal period
during which the financial reporting measure specified in the incentive-based compensation
award is attained, even if the payment or grant of the incentive-based compensation occurs
after the end of that period.
(e) Effective Date. Each Company is required to (i) adopt a policy governing the recovery of
erroneously awarded compensation as required by this rule no later than 60 days following
October 2, 2023, (ii) comply with its recovery policy for all incentive-based compensation
received (as such term is defined in Rule 5608(d)) by executive officers on or after October 2,
2023, and (iii) provide the disclosures required by this rule and in the applicable Commission
filings on or after October 2, 2023. Notwithstanding the look-back requirement in Rule
5608(b)(1)(i)(D), a Company is only required to apply the recovery policy to incentive-based
compensation received on or after October 2, 2023.
Amended Oct. 2, 2023 (SR-NASDAQ-2023-00