REPH Recro Pharma Inc

Summary of Shareholder Voting Matters

Our Director Nominees

You are being asked to vote on the election of Alfred Altomari, William L. Ashton and Dr. Michael Berelowitz as Class III directors to serve, each for a three-year term, expiring at our 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The number of members of our Board is currently set at eight members and is divided into three classes, each of which has a three-year term. Class I consists of two directors, and both of Class II and Class III consist of three directors.

The term of office of our Class III directors expires at the Annual Meeting. We are nominating Alfred Altomari, William L. Ashton and Dr. Michael Berelowitz for re-election at the Annual Meeting to serve until the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors, if any, are elected or appointed, or their earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast by our shareholders at the Annual Meeting. The three nominees receiving the most FOR votes (among votes properly cast in person or by proxy) will be elected. If no contrary indication is made, shares represented by executed proxies will be voted FOR the election of Mr. Altomari, Mr. Ashton and Dr. Berelowitz. Each nominee has agreed to serve as a director if elected, and we have no reason to believe that any nominee will be unable to serve.

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PROXY STATEMENT

This proxy statement, with the enclosed proxy card, is being furnished to shareholders of Recro Pharma, Inc. in connection with the solicitation by our Board of proxies to be voted at our Annual Meeting and at any postponements or adjournments thereof. The Annual Meeting will be held on Friday, May 12, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. at The Desmond Hotel Malvern, 1 Liberty Blvd., Malvern, PA 19355.

This proxy statement and the enclosed proxy card are first being furnished to our shareholders on or about March 28, 2017. The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials being mailed to the shareholders is not part of the proxy statement.

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PROXY SOLICITATION

Our Board is soliciting your vote on matters that will be presented at the Annual Meeting and at any adjournment or postponement thereof. This proxy statement contains information on these matters to assist you in voting your shares.

This proxy statement and the proxy card are being furnished to our shareholders on or about March 28, 2017. This proxy statement and our 2016 Annual Report are available to holders of our common stock at www.proxyvote.com. If you would like to receive, without charge, a paper copy of our 2016 Annual Report, including the financial statements, please send your request to Chief Accounting Officer, Recro Pharma, Inc., 490 Lapp Road, Malvern, PA 19355.

SHAREHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE

All shareholders of record of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at the close of business on March 24, 2017, or the Record Date, are entitled to receive the Notice and to vote their shares at the Annual Meeting. As of that date, 19,050,966 shares of our common stock were outstanding. Each share is entitled to one vote on each matter properly brought to the meeting.

VOTING METHODS

You may vote at the Annual Meeting by delivering a proxy card in person or you may cast your vote in any of the following ways:

 

Mailing your signed proxy card or voter instruction card.		Using the Internet at  www.proxyvote.com .		Calling toll-free from the United States, U.S. territories and Canada to 1-800-579-1639.

HOW YOUR SHARES WILL BE VOTED

In each case, your shares will be voted as you instruct. If you return a signed card, but do not provide voting instructions, your shares will be voted FOR each of the proposals. If you are the record holder of your shares, you may revoke or change your vote any time before the proxy is exercised by filing with our Corporate Secretary a notice of revocation or a duly executed proxy bearing a later date. You may also vote in person at the meeting, although attendance at the meeting will not by itself revoke a previously granted proxy. If your shares are held by your broker, bank or other holder of record as a nominee or agent (i.e., the shares are held in “street name”), you should follow the instructions provided by your broker, bank or other holder of record.

Deadline for Voting . The deadline for voting by telephone or Internet is 11:59 PM Eastern Time on May 11, 2017. If you are a registered shareholder and attend the meeting, you may deliver your completed proxy card in person. “Street name” shareholders who wish to vote at the meeting will need to obtain a proxy form from the institution that holds their shares.

BROKER VOTING AND VOTES REQUIRED FOR EACH PROPOSAL

If your shares are held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other holder of record, you are considered the “beneficial owner” of shares held in street name. The Notice has been forwarded to you by your broker,

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bank or other holder of record who is considered the shareholder of record of those shares. As the beneficial owner, you may direct your broker, bank or other holder of record on how to vote your shares by using the proxy card included in the materials made available or by following their instructions for voting on the Internet.

A broker non-vote occurs when a broker or other nominee that holds shares for another does not vote on a particular item because the nominee does not have discretionary voting authority for that item and has not received instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares. The following table summarizes how broker non-votes and abstentions are treated with respect to our proposals:

QUORUM

We must have a quorum to conduct business at the Annual Meeting. A quorum consists of the presence at the meeting either in person or represented by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of our common stock entitled to vote. For the purpose of establishing a quorum, abstentions, including brokers holding customers’ shares of record who cause abstentions to be recorded at the meeting, and broker non-votes are considered shareholders who are present and entitled to vote, and count toward the quorum. If there is no quorum, the holders of a majority of shares present at the meeting in person or represented by proxy or the chairman of the meeting may adjourn the meeting to another date.

PROXY SOLICITATION COSTS

We pay the cost of soliciting proxies. Proxies will be solicited on behalf of the Board by mail, telephone, and other electronic means or in person. Directors and employees will not be paid any additional compensation for soliciting proxies. We may also reimburse brokerage firms, banks and other agents for the cost of forwarding proxy materials to beneficial owners.

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Our Board has nominated Alfred Altomari, William L. Ashton and Dr. Michael Berelowitz for re-election at our Annual Meeting to hold office until our 2020 annual meeting of shareholders.

Our Board is our company’s ultimate decision-making body, except with respect to those matters reserved to the shareholders. Our board selects our senior management team, who in turn are responsible for the day-to-day operations of our company. Our Board acts as an advisor and counselor to senior management and oversees its performance.

Our Board consists of directors divided into three classes, with each class holding office for a three-year term. Alfred Altomari, William L. Ashton and Dr. Michael Berelowitz, current Class III Directors, have been nominated by our Board for election at the Annual Meeting for three-year terms that will expire at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors, if any, are elected or appointed, or their earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. Each of the nominees has agreed to be named and to serve, and we expect each nominee to be able to serve if elected. If any nominee is unable to serve, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, or the Governance Committee, will recommend to our Board a replacement nominee. The Board may then designate the other nominee to stand for election. If you voted for the unavailable nominee, your vote will be cast for his or her replacement.

BOARD STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION

The Governance Committee of our Board is responsible for recommending the composition and structure of our Board and for developing criteria for Board membership. This Committee regularly reviews director competencies, qualities and experiences, with the goal of ensuring that our Board is comprised of an effective team of directors who function collegially and who are able to apply their experience toward meaningful contributions to general corporate strategy and oversight of corporate performance, risk management, organizational development and succession planning.

Our Third Amended and Restated Bylaws, or Bylaws, provide that the number of members of our Board shall be fixed by the Board from time to time. Our Board is currently fixed at eight members and is divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms. The Governance Committee is responsible for identifying individuals that the Committee believes are qualified to become Board members. The Governance Committee has identified certain criteria that it will consider in identifying director nominees. These criteria include:

The Governance Committee also considers the value of diversity on the Board in evaluating director nominees. Accordingly, the Governance Committee’s evaluation of director nominees includes consideration of their ability to contribute to the diversity of personal and professional experiences, opinions, perspectives and backgrounds on the Board.

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SHAREHOLDER-RECOMMENDED DIRECTOR CANDIDATES

The Governance Committee considers nominations by shareholders who recommend candidates for election to the Board. The Governance Committee evaluates nominees recommended by shareholders in the same manner as it evaluates other nominees. A shareholder seeking to recommend a prospective candidate for the Committee’s consideration may do so by writing to the Corporate Secretary, Recro Pharma, Inc., 490 Lapp Road, Malvern, PA 19355. Recommendations submitted for consideration by the Committee in preparation for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders must be received no later than the close of business on November 28, 2017, which is the 120 ^th day prior to the first anniversary of the date on which this Proxy Statement was first made available to our shareholders in connection with the Annual Meeting. If we change the date of the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders by more than 30 days from the anniversary of this year’s Annual Meeting, recommendations of director candidates must be received a reasonable time before we begin to print and mail the proxy materials for the 2018 Annual Meeting. Each notice of recommendation must contain the information required under our Bylaws, including: (a) the name and address of the shareholder; (b) the name and address of the person to be nominated; (c) a representation that the shareholder is a holder of our common stock and entitled to vote at the meeting; (d) a statement in support of the shareholder’s recommendation, including a description of the candidate’s qualifications; (e) information regarding the candidate that would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC; and (f) the candidate’s written, signed consent to serve if elected. The Governance Committee will follow the process described above in considering nominees proposed by shareholders in accordance with the foregoing requirements.

Alternatively, as discussed under “Requirements for Submission of Shareholder Proposals for Next Year’s Annual Meeting,” in order to nominate a candidate for election by the shareholders at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (in cases where the Board does not intend to nominate the candidate or where the Governance Committee was not requested to consider his or her candidacy), shareholders must comply with the procedures in our Bylaws, a copy of which is available upon request to the our Corporate Secretary. If the shareholder does not meet the applicable deadlines or comply with the requirements of SEC Rule 14a-4, we may exercise discretionary voting authority under proxies we solicit to vote, in accordance with our best judgment, on any such nominee.

In each of the director nominee and continuing director biographies that follow, we highlight the specific experience, qualifications, attributes and skills that led the Board to conclude that the director nominee or continuing director should serve on our Board at this time.

Alfred Altomari has been a member of our Board since 2014. Mr. Altomari has served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Agile Therapeutics, or Agile, a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on

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the development and commercialization of new prescription contraceptive products, since October 2010. Mr. Altomari is also a member of the board of directors of Agile and prior to being named President and Chief Executive Officer, he served as Agile’s Executive Chairman from 2004 to 2010. From 2008 to September 2010, Mr. Altomari also served as a consultant. From 2003 to 2008, Mr. Altomari held multiple senior management positions, including Chief Commercial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Executive Officer, at Barrier Therapeutics, Inc., a pharmaceutical company that developed and marketed dermatology products. In 2008, in his role as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of Barrier’s board of directors, Mr. Altomari completed the successful sale of Barrier to Stiefel Laboratories, which was subsequently acquired by GlaxoSmithKline plc. From 1982 to 2003, Mr. Altomari held numerous executive roles in general management, commercial operations, business development, product launch preparation, and finance with Johnson & Johnson. Mr. Altomari also serves on the board of directors of Insmed Incorporated. Mr. Altomari received an M.B.A. from Rider University and his B.S. from Drexel University.

Skills & Qualifications: Mr. Altomari’s extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry, in senior leadership positions at both large and specialty pharmaceutical companies as well as his experience in the development, commercialization and launch of numerous pharmaceutical products, contributed to our Board’s conclusion that he should serve as a director of our company.

William L. Ashton has been a member of our Board since 2009. Since the beginning of 2013, Mr. Ashton has been a principal at Harrison Consulting Group, Inc., a privately-held biopharmaceutical consulting firm. From August 2009 to June 2013, Mr. Ashton was the senior vice president of external affairs reporting to the president and an assistant professor at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From August 2005 to August 2009, Mr. Ashton was the founding Dean of the Mayes College of Healthcare Business and Policy. Mr. Ashton has 29 years’ experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. From 1989 to 2005, Mr. Ashton held a number of positions at Amgen Inc., a biotechnology company, including vice president of U.S. sales and vice president of commercial and government affairs. Mr. Ashton currently serves on the boards of directors of Galena Biopharma, Inc. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Academy of Notre Dame and Loyola University. Mr. Ashton holds a B.S., Education, from the California University of Pennsylvania and an M.A., Education, from the University of Pittsburgh.

Skills & Qualifications: Mr. Ashton’s extensive experience with pharmaceutical and biological product commercialization, including developing and leading a commercial sales force, as well as his governance experience as a board member of public and privately-held companies and his reimbursement expertise contributed to our Board’s conclusion that he should serve as a director of our company.

Dr. Michael Berelowitz has been a member of our Board since 2014. Since 2011, Dr. Berelowitz has served as a biopharmaceutical consultant. From 2009 to 2011, Dr. Berelowitz was Senior Vice President and Head of Clinical Development and Medical Affairs in the Specialty Care Business Unit at Pfizer, Inc., a pharmaceutical company. From 1996 to 2009, he held various other roles at Pfizer, Inc., beginning as a Medical Director in the Diabetes Clinical Research team and then assuming positions of increasing responsibility. Prior to that, Dr. Berelowitz spent a number of years in academia. Dr. Berelowitz also serves on the board of directors of Kamada Ltd. Among his

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public activities, Dr. Berelowitz has served on the board of directors of the American Diabetes Association and the Clinical Initiatives Committee of the Endocrine Society, and has chaired the Task Force on Research of the New York State Council on Diabetes. He has also served on several editorial boards, including the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism and Endocrinology, Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders and Clinical Diabetes. Dr. Berelowitz has authored and co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters in the areas of pituitary growth hormone regulation, diabetes and metabolic disorders. Dr. Berelowitz holds adjunct appointments as Professor of Medicine in the Divisions of Endocrinology and Metabolism at SUNY – StonyBrook and Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Dr. Berelowitz holds a MBChB degree from University of Cape Town-School of Medicine.

Skills & Qualifications: Dr. Berelowitz’s years of experience in management roles in the pharmaceuticals industry, his experience in overseeing and reviewing clinical trials and drug development, as well as his vast medical and scientific expertise, contributed to our Board’s conclusion that he should serve as a director of our company.

Winston J. Churchill has been a member of our Board since 2008. Since 2007, Mr. Churchill has been a director of the corporate general partner of the common general partner of SCP Vitalife Partners II, L.P. and SCP Vitalife Partners (Israel) II, L.P., collectively referred to herein as SCP Vitalife, which beneficially owns 15.7% of our outstanding stock as of April 1, 2017. He has also served as a managing member of SCP Vitalife Management Company, LLC, which by contract provides certain management services to the common general partner of SCP Vitalife. Mr. Churchill has also served since 1993 as the President of CIP Capital Management, Inc., the general partner of CIP Capital, L.P., an SBA-licensed private equity fund. Prior to that, Mr. Churchill was a managing partner of Bradford Associates, which managed private equity funds on behalf of Bessemer Securities Corporation and Bessemer Trust Company. From 1967 to 1983, Mr. Churchill practiced law at the Philadelphia firm of Saul Ewing, LLP, where he served as Chairman of the Banking and Financial Institutions Department, Chairman of the Finance Committee and was a member of the Executive Committee. Mr. Churchill is a director of Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc., Innovative Solutions and Support, Inc., Amkor Technology, Inc. and various SCP Vitalife portfolio companies. In addition, he serves as a director on the boards of a number of charities and as a trustee of educational institutions including the Gesu School and Scholar Academies and is a Trustee Fellow of Fordham University. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Churchill served as Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System. He was awarded a B.S. in Physics, summa cum laude, from Fordham University followed by an M.A. in Economics from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

Skills & Qualifications: Mr. Churchill’s insight into financial and investment matters from his experience in private equity investing in life sciences companies, his financial and corporate governance experience from serving on numerous public and private boards of directors, as well as his long service as a director on our Board, where he gained extensive knowledge of our business and history, contributed to our Board’s conclusion that he should serve as a director of our company.

Wayne B. Weisman has been a member and the chairman of our Board since 2008. Since 2007, Mr. Weisman has been a director of the corporate general partner of the common general partner of SCP Vitalife, which beneficially owns 15.7% of our outstanding stock as of April 1, 2016. He has also served as a managing member of SCP Vitalife Management Company, LLC, which by contract provides certain management services to the common general partner of SCP Vitalife. He has also led the activities of SCP Private Equity Partners II, L.P., a venture capital fund of which he and Mr. Churchill are principals, in the life sciences area; these activities include investments in the United States and Israel. He has also led several other technology investments for SCP Private Equity Partners II, L.P. He has been a member of the investment committee of the Vitalife Life Sciences funds since their inception in 2002 and has worked closely with these funds since then. Mr. Weisman has been a member of the board of directors of CIP Capital L.P., a small business investment company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration since its inception in 1991. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Weisman was executive vice president and member of the board of directors of a public drug delivery technology company. In addition, he also operated a management and financial advisory firm focusing on the reorganization and turnaround of troubled companies and began his career practicing reorganization law at a large Philadelphia law firm. Mr. Weisman possesses extensive experience in venture capital investing, particularly in the life sciences area. Mr. Weisman serves on the board of ReWalk Robotics Ltd. and on the board of directors for a number of private companies. He is the chairman of the boards of trustees of Young Scholars School, Young Scholars Frederick Douglass and Young Scholars Kenderton. He is also an advisory board member of the Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of Commerce and Mid-Atlantic Diamond Ventures, the venture forum of Temple University. Mr. Weisman holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.

Skills & Qualifications: Mr. Weisman’s leadership as a director of various pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, his experience serving on the board of directors of life sciences companies, his insight into the legal issues facing our business, as well as his in-depth knowledge of our business and history as a long time director, contributed to our Board’s conclusion that he should serve as a director of our company.

Karen Flynn has been a member of our Board since 2015. Ms. Flynn has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., or West, a manufacturer of packaging components and delivery systems for healthcare products, since January 2016. Prior to that, Ms. Flynn served as President of the Pharmaceutical Packaging Systems of West from October 2014 to January 2016. Prior to her appointment as President of the Pharmaceutical Packaging Systems, Ms. Flynn served as President, Americas Region, Pharmaceutical Packaging Systems at West, where she was responsible for the Americas regional business segment, including both the manufacturing and commercial aspects of the business. From 2000 to 2008, Ms. Flynn worked in the Sales Management department of Catalent (formerly known as a division of Cardinal Health), a drug development, delivery and supply partner for drugs, biologics and consumer health products, where she ultimately served as Vice President, Global Accounts. Prior to joining Catalent, Ms. Flynn spent 15 years at West, in roles spanning Quality, R&D, Technical Services and Sales. She is a member of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association and the Forum of Executive Women, and she serves on the

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Downingtown STEM Academy Advisory Board. Ms. Flynn holds a B.S. in Pre-Professional Studies (Pre-Med) from The University of Notre Dame, an M.S. in Business Administration from Boston University, and an M.S. in Engineering from The University of Pennsylvania.

Skills & Qualifications: Ms. Flynn’s extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including her experience in senior leadership positions working at and with large pharmaceutical companies, as well as her insight into the manufacture of pharmaceutical products, contributed to our Board’s conclusion that she should serve as a director of our company.

Gerri Henwood has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board since our inception in 2008. From 2006 to 2013, Ms. Henwood served as the President of Malvern Consulting Group, or MCG, a pharmaceutical incubator and consulting firm. From 1999 to 2006, Ms. Henwood was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., or Auxilium, a biopharmaceutical company she founded in late 1999. From 1985 to 1999, Ms. Henwood was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of IBAH, Inc., or IBAH, a contract research organization. IBAH reached a net revenue level of $150 million, as a NASDAQ traded company, before being acquired by Omnicare in 1998. Ms. Henwood began her career with Smith Kline & French, now part of GlaxoSmithKline plc, in the pharmaceutical management program. She rose through the ranks to be a brand manager, then the head of Regulatory and Medical Affairs for the U.S. business and then to the position of Group Director—Marketing in the International Pharmaceutical Division. Ms. Henwood currently serves on the board of directors of Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, a position she has held since May 2015, and two private companies, and she previously served on the board of directors of Alkermes, Inc. and its successor company, Alkermes, plc, a global biopharmaceutical company, from 2003 until March 2015, and on the board of directors of MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceuticals company, from 2004 until its acquisition by Allergan, Inc. in March 2013. Ms. Henwood also serves on the compensation committee of the board of directors of Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Ms. Henwood holds a B.S. in Biology from Neumann University.

Skills & Qualifications: Ms. Henwood’s strong background in clinical and product development and substantial knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry, her expertise in developing, financing and providing strong executive leadership to numerous biopharmaceutical companies, her corporate governance experience as a board member of multiple publicly-traded and privately-held companies, as well as her extensive knowledge of our business and history as a founder of our company, contributed to our Board’s conclusion that she should serve as a director of our company.

Bryan M. Reasons has been a director of the Company since 2017. Mr. Reasons has served as the Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Impax Laboratories, Inc., or Impax, a specialty pharmaceutical company, since December 2012. He previously served as the Acting Chief Financial Officer of Impax from June 2012 to December 2012 and as the Vice President, Finance of Impax from January 2012 to June 2012. Prior to joining Impax, Mr. Reasons served as Vice President, Finance, from January 2010 to November 2011 and as Vice President, Risk Management and General Auditor, from October 2005 to January 2010 at Cephalon, Inc., or

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Cephalon, a biopharmaceutical company. Following the acquisition of Cephalon by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., a generic pharmaceuticals company, he served as Vice President, Finance of Teva from November 2011 to January 2012. Prior to joining Cephalon, Mr. Reasons held various finance management positions at E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company from 2003 to 2005 and served as senior manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 1992 to 2003. Mr. Reasons has a B.S in accounting from Pennsylvania State University and an M.B.A from Widener University and is a certified public accountant.

Skills & Qualifications: Mr. Reasons’s extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including his experience in senior leadership positions at a number of large pharmaceutical companies, as well as his expertise in financial and accounting matters, contributed to our Board’s conclusion that he should serve as a director of our company.

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We are committed to good corporate governance and integrity in our business dealings. Our governance practices are documented in our Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, or Articles, our Bylaws, our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, or the Code of Conduct and the charters of the committees of the Board, or the Committees. Aspects of our governance documents are summarized below. You can find our charters for each Committee of the board and our Code of Conduct on our website www.recropharma.com under “News & Investors—Corporate Governance—Governance Documents.”

BOARD INDEPENDENCE

Our Board has determined all of our directors, except for Ms. Henwood, are “independent” directors, as defined under the rules of the NASDAQ Capital Market, or NASDAQ. In making such determination, the Board considered the relationships that each such non-employee director has with the Company and all other facts and circumstances that the Board deemed relevant in determining their independence, including the beneficial ownership of our common stock by each non-employee director. Our independent directors generally meet in executive session at each regularly scheduled board meeting.

BOARD LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE

The Board does not have a formal policy with respect to the separation of the offices of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. It is the Board’s view that rather than having a rigid policy, the Board, with the advice and assistance of the Governance Committee, and upon consideration of all relevant factors and circumstances, will determine, as and when appropriate, whether the two offices should be separate. Currently, our leadership structure separates the offices of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board with Ms. Henwood serving as our Chief Executive Officer and Mr. Weisman serving as Chairman of the Board.

BOARD COMMITTEES

Our Board has established various Committees to assist in discharging its duties: the Audit Committee; the Compensation Committee; and the Governance Committee. Each member of our Committees is an independent director as that term is defined by the SEC and NASDAQ. The primary responsibilities of each of the Committees and the Committee memberships are provided below under the section entitled “Board Attendance, Committee Meetings and Committee Membership.”

Each of the Committees has the authority, as its members deem appropriate, to engage legal counsel or other experts or consultants in order to assist the Committee in carrying out its responsibilities.

RISK MANAGEMENT

The Board’s role in risk oversight is consistent with our leadership structure, with management having day-to-day responsibility for assessing and managing our risk exposure and the Board actively overseeing management of our risks—both at the Board and Committee level. The risk oversight process includes receiving regular reports from Committees and our executive officers to enable our Board to understand our risk identification, risk management and risk mitigation strategies with respect to areas of potential material risk, including operations, finance, legal, regulatory, strategic and reputational risk.

The Board focuses on the overall risks affecting us. Each Committee has been delegated the responsibility for the oversight of specific risks that fall within its areas of responsibility. For example:

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While each Committee is responsible for evaluating certain risks and overseeing the management of such risks, the entire Board is regularly informed through Committee reports about such risks. Matters of significant strategic risk are considered by our entire Board.

CODE OF CONDUCT

We have a written Code of Conduct that applies to our directors, officers and employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. The Code of Conduct covers fundamental ethical and compliance-related principles and practices such as accurate accounting records and financial reporting, avoiding conflicts of interest, the protection and use of our property and information and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE GUIDELINES

We have a written set of corporate governance guidelines that are designed to help ensure effective corporate governance of our Company. Our corporate governance guidelines cover topics including, but not limited to, director qualification criteria, director responsibilities, director compensation, director orientation and continuing education, succession planning and the annual evaluations of our Board and its Committees. Our corporate governance guidelines are reviewed at least annually by the Governance Committee and amended by our Board when appropriate.

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During 2016, with the exception of Dr. Ludomirski, each director attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Board and meetings of each Committee of the Board on which he or she served.

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee assists the Board by providing oversight of our financial management, independent auditor and financial reporting procedures, as well as such other matters as directed by the Board or the Audit Committee Charter.

Among other things, the Audit Committee’s responsibilities include:

The members of our Audit Committee are Mr. Altomari (chair), Dr. Berelowitz and Ms. Flynn. All members of our Audit Committee are deemed “independent” and financially literate under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and NASDAQ. Mr. Altomari also qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of SEC regulations.

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Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee reviews the performance and development of our management in achieving corporate goals and objectives and assures that our executive officers (including our chief executive officer, or CEO) are compensated effectively in a manner consistent with our strategy, competitive practice and shareholder interests, as well as such other matters as directed by the Board or the Compensation Committee Charter. Among other things, the Compensation Committee’s responsibilities include:

Our Compensation Committee may delegate to one or more of our executive officers the power to grant options or other stock awards pursuant to such equity-based plan to employees who are not our directors or executive officers. Our Compensation Committee may also form and delegate authority to one or more subcommittees as it deems appropriate from time to time under the circumstances.

During 2016, the Compensation Committee retained Radford, or Radford, an Aon Hewitt company, as its executive compensation consultant. Radford reported directly to the Compensation Committee. Radford provided various executive compensation services to the Compensation Committee, including advising the Compensation Committee on the principal aspects of our executive compensation program and evolving industry practices and providing market information and analysis regarding the competitiveness of our program design and our award values in relation to performance. Upon request by the Compensation Committee, a representative of Radford attended meetings of the Compensation Committee.

Radford provides no services to us other than its advice to the Compensation Committee on executive and director compensation matters. The Compensation Committee determined Radford to be independent under the NASDAQ and SEC regulations.

Our Chief Executive Officer annually reviews the performance of each of the other executive officers, including the other named executive officers. She then recommends annual merit salary adjustments and any changes in annual or long-term incentive opportunities for other executives. The Compensation Committee considers our Chief Executive Officer’s recommendations in addition to data and recommendations presented by Radford.

The members of our Compensation Committee are Mr. Altomari, Mr. Ashton, Mr. Churchill and Ms. Flynn (chair). The Board has determined that all Compensation Committee members are independent under the listing

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standards of NASDAQ, and that they are “nonemployee directors” for purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, and “outside directors” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the Code.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

The Governance Committee identifies qualified individuals for membership on the Board; recommends to the Board the director nominees to fill vacancies on the Board and to stand for election at the next annual meeting of shareholders; develops and recommends to the Board a set of corporate governance guidelines for the Board; and provides oversight of the corporate governance affairs of the Board; as well as such other matters as directed by the Board or the Nominating and Corporate Governance Charter. Among other things, our Governance Committee’s responsibilities include:

The Governance Committee is responsible for identifying individuals that the Committee believes are qualified to become Board members, as described above in the section entitled “Board Structure and Composition.”

The members of our Governance Committee are Dr. Berelowitz, Mr. Churchill (chair) and Mr. Weisman. The Board has determined that all Governance Committee members are independent under the listing standards of NASDAQ.

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Ms. Myers, our Senior Vice President, Regulatory and Quality, is the sister of Ms. Henwood, our President, Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board. See Ms. Myers’ biography under “Executive Officers” for a summary of her extensive regulatory experience. Other than the family relationship between Ms. Myers and Ms. Henwood described above, there are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers.

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