Drexel University

“Michael c. Forman and john a. Fry - business relationship michael c. Forman and brian r. Ford - business relationship michael c. Forman and charles p. Pizzi - business relationship michael c. Forman and joseph p. Ujobai - business relationship denis p. O'brien, nicholas debenedictis and charles p. Pizzi - business relationship”

“Form 990 is prepared by the tax office and submitted to the executive vice president, treasurer and chief operating officer for review and signing. Prior to filing, form 990 and all required schedules ultimately filed with the internal revenue service were available to each member of the board of trustees for their review and comment.”

“Drexel university's conflict of interest and commitment protocols apply to all employees, officers, and trustees of the university. The university's conflict of interest and commitment policy is intended to satisfy compliance requirements and guide university employees in avoiding those situations that can result in a conflict of interest or commitment. The key to avoiding those situations that can result in a conflict of interest or commitment is to make employees aware of what constitutes a conflict and for them to disclose potential situations before the activity is undertaken. In the case of employees and officers, each employee and officer is required to complete a disclosure questionnaire during the annual compliance period. Employee conflict of interest and commitment disclosure questionnaires are managed through the human resources department's electronic system, as required by the vice president and chief compliance and privacy officer. Completed conflict of interest disclosure questionnaires are routed to the employee's senior leader for resolution. After the senior leader's review, a determination is made as to whether a conflict of interest exists and at what level. Conflicts that are determined to be in violation of university policy are discussed with the employee and the employee is advised to terminate the activity. Employees who willingly or otherwise continue to violate the conflict of interest and commitment policy are subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment. In the case of trustees, a conflict of interest disclosure questionnaire is mailed to each trustee annually. Trustees are required to complete the questionnaire and disclose any interests in any corporation, partnership or other organization in which they own or control 5% or more of the entity. Completed trustee conflict of interest disclosure questionnaires are submitted directly to the office of the general counsel for review and resolution.”

“Drexel is committed to compensating its executive team at a fair and competitive level. To meet this goal, drexel university's human resources department prepares an executive compensation analysis annually using the college and university professional association of human resources (cupa) survey and irs form 990 information as they relate to the university's peer groups. Positions included in the analysis were the president, executive vice presidents, senior vice presidents, and highly-compensated deans. Using the executive compensation analysis, a third-party advisor prepared a report and submitted the report to the executive compensation committee of the board of trustees (the "committee") along with certain performance criteria. The compensation analysis served as the basis for the president's recommendations for university executives. The third-party advisor provided the committee with a letter on the appropriateness of the decision-making process and reasonableness of the proposed compensation. All compensation was approved by the executive compensation committee of the board of trustees prior to becoming effective on july 1, 2021.”

“Drexel university makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public in a variety of ways. The conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available on its website, and its governing documents are available upon request.”

“The university implemented a written procedure, which was approved by the president's cabinet, for evaluation of joint venture arrangements to ensure that such arrangements are consistent with the university's tax-exempt purpose.”

“NOT APPLICABLE”

“The audit committee of the board of trustees has responsibility for selecting the independent accountant and overseeing the audit. This process has not changed from the prior year.”