UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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Inogen, Inc.

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Dear Stockholder:

I am pleased to invite you to attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Inogen, Inc. (“Inogen”), which will be held on May 10, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time as a virtual meeting. In light of public health concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Annual Meeting will be held in a virtual meeting format only. You will be able to attend the meeting, vote and submit your questions via the Internet at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/INGN2021. You will not be able to attend the virtual Annual Meeting physically in person.

At the Annual Meeting, we will ask you to consider the following proposals:

Our Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on March 12, 2021 as the record date for the Annual Meeting. Only stockholders of record on March 12, 2021 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting. Further information regarding voting rights and the matters to be voted upon is presented in the accompanying proxy statement.

We are pleased to be furnishing proxy materials to stockholders primarily over the Internet for our Annual Meeting. Consequently, most stockholders will not receive paper copies of our proxy materials. We will instead send to our stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials. We believe that this process expedites stockholders’ receipt of proxy materials, lowers the costs of our Annual Meeting, and conserves natural resources.

On or about March 23, 2021 we expect to mail to our stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials containing instructions on how to access our proxy statement for our Annual Meeting and our annual report to stockholders (“Annual Report”).  The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials also includes instructions on how you can vote using the Internet, and how you can request and receive, free of charge, a printed copy of our proxy materials. Our proxy statement and our 2020 Annual Report can be accessed directly at the following Internet address: http://www.proxyvote.com. All you have to do is enter the control number located on your proxy card. All stockholders who do not receive a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials will receive a paper copy of the proxy materials by mail.

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, we urge you to submit your vote via the Internet, telephone or mail.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to express our appreciation for your interest in Inogen.

Sincerely,

Nabil Shabshab

Chief Executive Officer and President

Goleta, California

March 23, 2021

The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials is first being mailed to our stockholders on or about March 23, 2021. The proxy materials are first being posted on http://www.proxyvote.com on or about March 23, 2021.

INOGEN, INC.

301 Coromar Drive

Goleta, CA 93117

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

To Be Held Virtually on May 10, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the virtual Annual Meeting to Be Held on May 10, 2021. The notice of annual meeting, proxy statement, proxy card, and Annual Report are available by visiting http://www.proxyvote.com.  All you have to do is enter the control number located on your proxy card.

By order of the Board of Directors,

Alison Bauerlein

Corporate Secretary

Goleta, California

March 23, 2021

The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials is first being mailed to our stockholders on or about March 23, 2021. The proxy materials are first being posted on http://www.proxyvote.com  on or about March 23, 2021.

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INOGEN, INC.

301 Coromar Drive

Goleta, California 93117

PROXY STATEMENT

FOR 2021 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

To Be Held Virtually at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time on May 10, 2021

This proxy statement and the accompanying form of proxy are furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by our Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Inogen, Inc. (“Inogen” or the “Company”) for use at our 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and any postponements, adjournments or continuations thereof (the “Annual Meeting”).  The Annual Meeting will be held virtually via live webcast on the Internet at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/INGN2021 on Monday May 10, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time as a virtual meeting. In light of public health concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Annual Meeting will be held in a virtual meeting format only. You will not be able to attend the Annual Meeting physically in person.  The live webcast of the Annual Meeting can be accessed by stockholders on the day of the meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/INGN2021.  On or about March 23, 2021, we expect to mail to our stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) containing instructions on how to access our proxy statement for our Annual Meeting and our annual report to stockholders (“Annual Report”).  Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not intended to be incorporated by reference into this proxy statement and references to our website address in this proxy statement are inactive textual references only.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING

The information provided in the “question and answer” format below addresses certain frequently asked questions but is not intended to be a summary of all matters contained in this proxy statement.  Please read the entire proxy statement carefully before voting your shares.

What is a proxy?

A proxy is your legal designation of another person to vote the stock you own.  The person you designate is your “proxy,” and you give the proxy authority to vote your shares by submitting the accompanying proxy card or voting by telephone or over the Internet.  We have designated our Chief Executive Officer and President, Nabil Shabshab, and our Executive Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary, and Corporate Treasurer, Alison Bauerlein, to serve as proxies for the Annual Meeting.

Why am I receiving these materials?

The Board of Inogen is providing these proxy materials to you in connection with the Board’s solicitation of proxies for use at the virtual Annual Meeting (and at any adjournment or postponement of such meeting), which will take place virtually via the Internet on May 10, 2021.  Stockholders are invited to attend the virtual Annual Meeting and are requested to vote on the proposals described in this proxy statement.  This proxy statement and the accompanying proxy card are being made available on or about March 23, 2021 in connection with the solicitation of proxies on behalf of the Board.

How do I get electronic access to the proxy materials?

The notice of annual meeting, proxy statement, and Annual Report are available by visiting www.proxyvote.com and typing in the control number as set forth (i) on the proxy card (for stockholders of record), or (ii) on the voting instruction form (for individuals who hold shares through a broker, bank, trustee, or nominee).

What information is contained in these materials?

The information included in this proxy statement relates to the proposals to be voted on at the Annual Meeting, the voting process, the compensation of our most highly paid executive officers and our directors, and certain other required

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information.  Inogen’s Annual Report, which includes our audited financial statements, is being made available along with this proxy statement.

What proposals will be voted on at the Annual Meeting?

The proposals scheduled to be voted on at the Annual Meeting include:

How does our Board recommend that I vote?

Our Board recommends that you vote:

Will there be any other items of business on the agenda?

If any other items of business or other matters are properly brought before the Annual Meeting, your proxy gives discretionary authority to the persons named on the proxy card with respect to those items of business or other matters. The persons named on the proxy card intend to vote the proxy in accordance with their best judgment. Our Board does not intend to bring any other matters to be voted on at the Annual Meeting, and we are not currently aware of any matters that may be properly presented by others for consideration at the Annual Meeting.

Who is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting?

Holders of our common stock at the close of business on March 12, 2021, the record date for the Annual Meeting (the “Record Date”), are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting.  Each stockholder is entitled to one vote for each share of our common stock held as of the Record Date. As of the Record Date, there were 22,326,169 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote.  Stockholders are not permitted to cumulate votes with respect to the election of directors. The shares you are entitled to vote include shares that are (1) held of record directly in your name, and (2) held for you as the beneficial owner through a stockbroker, bank or other nominee.

What is the difference between holding shares as a stockholder of record and as a beneficial owner?

Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name.  If, at the close of business on the Record Date, your shares were registered directly in your name with Computershare Trust Company, N.A., our transfer agent, then you are considered the stockholder of record with respect to those shares.  As the stockholder of record, you have the right to grant your voting proxy directly to the individuals listed on the proxy card or to vote virtually at the Annual Meeting.

Beneficial Owners: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker, Bank or Other Nominee.  If, at the close of business on the Record Date, your shares were held, not in your name, but rather in a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other nominee on your behalf, then you are considered the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name.” As the beneficial

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owner, you have the right to direct your broker, bank or other nominee how to vote your shares by following the voting instructions your broker, bank or other nominee provides.  If you do not provide your broker, bank or other nominee with instructions on how to vote your shares, your broker, bank or other nominee may, in its discretion, vote your shares with respect to routine matters but may not vote your shares with respect to any non-routine matters.  Please see “What if I do not specify how my shares are to be voted?” below for additional information.

Do I have to do anything in advance if I plan to attend the virtual Annual Meeting?

Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name.  If you were a stockholder of record at the close of business on the Record Date, you do not need to do anything in advance to attend and/or vote your shares at the virtual Annual Meeting.

Beneficial Owners: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker, Bank or Other Nominee.  If you were a beneficial owner at the close of business on the Record Date, you may not vote your shares at the virtual Annual Meeting unless you obtain a “legal proxy” from your broker, bank or other nominee who is the stockholder of record with respect to your shares.  You may still attend the Annual Meeting even if you do not have a legal proxy.

To access, participate in, and vote at the virtual Annual Meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/INGN2021, you must enter the 16-digit control number found on your proxy card, voting instruction form or notice that you previously received or, if you were a beneficial owner at the close of business on the Record Date, located in the proxy materials you receive from your broker. If you encounter any difficulties accessing the virtual meeting during the check-in or meeting time, please call the technical support number that will be posted on the login page for the Annual Meeting.  A list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available during the entirety of the meeting at the meeting website. After successfully entering your 16-digit control number, you may vote during the Annual Meeting and submit questions by following the instructions available on the meeting website. 

How can I contact Inogen’s transfer agent?

You may contact our transfer agent by writing Computershare Investor Services, P.O. Box 505000, Louisville, KY 40233, by telephoning (877) 373-6374 or (781) 575-3100 (International), or via its Investor Center at www.computershare.com/investor.

Why is the Annual Meeting being held virtually?

Due to the public health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and to support the health and well-being of our employees, stockholders and other meeting participants, the 2021 Annual Meeting will be held as a virtual meeting format only. You will not be able to attend the Annual Meeting physically in person.  The live webcast of the Annual Meeting can be accessed by stockholders on the day of the meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/INGN2021.

How do I vote and what are the voting deadlines?

Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name.  If you are a stockholder of record, you can vote in one of the following ways:

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Beneficial Owners: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker, Bank or Other Nominee.  If you are the beneficial owner of shares held of record by a broker, bank or other nominee, you will receive voting instructions from your broker, bank or other nominee.  You must follow the voting instructions provided by your broker, bank or other nominee in order to instruct your broker, bank or other nominee how to vote your shares.  The availability of Internet and telephone voting options will depend on the voting process of your broker, bank or other nominee.  As discussed above, if you are a beneficial owner, you may not vote your shares virtually at the Annual Meeting unless you obtain a legal proxy from your broker, bank or other nominee.  

Can I change my vote or revoke my proxy?

Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name.  If you are a stockholder of record, you may revoke your proxy or change your proxy instructions at any time before the Annual Meeting by:

Attendance at the Annual Meeting will not cause your previously granted proxy to be revoked unless you specifically so request or vote virtually at the Annual Meeting.

Beneficial Owners: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker, Bank or Other Nominee.  If you are the beneficial owner of your shares, you must contact the broker, bank or other nominee holding your shares and follow their instructions to change your vote or revoke your proxy.

Is there a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting?

The names of stockholders of record entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available at the virtual Annual Meeting and for ten days prior to the meeting for any purpose germane to the meeting, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., at our corporate headquarters at 301 Coromar Drive, Goleta, CA 93117, by contacting our Corporate Secretary.

What is the effect of giving a proxy?

Proxies are solicited by and on behalf of our Board.  The persons named in the proxy have been designated as proxy holders by our Board.  When a proxy is properly dated, executed and returned, the shares represented by the proxy will be voted at the Annual Meeting in accordance with the instructions of the stockholder.  If no specific instructions are given, however, the shares will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of our Board.  If any matters not described in this proxy statement are properly presented at the Annual Meeting, the proxy holders will use their own judgment to determine how to vote your shares.  If the Annual Meeting is postponed or adjourned, the proxy holders can vote your shares on the new meeting date, unless you have properly revoked your proxy, as described above.

What if I do not specify how my shares are to be voted?

Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name.  If you are a stockholder of record and you submit a proxy but you do not provide voting instructions, your shares will be voted:

FOR the election of each of the three directors nominated by our Board and named in this proxy statement as Class I directors to serve for a three-year term (Proposal No. 1);

FOR the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 (Proposal No. 2);

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FOR the approval, on an advisory and non-binding basis, of executive compensation for our fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 as described in this proxy statement (Proposal No. 3); and

In the discretion of the named proxy holders regarding any other matters properly presented for a vote at the Annual Meeting.

Beneficial Owners: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker, Bank or Other Nominee.  If you are a beneficial owner and you do not provide your broker, bank or other nominee that holds your shares with voting instructions, then your broker, bank or other nominee will determine if it has discretion to vote on each matter.  Brokers do not have discretion to vote on non-routine matters.  Proposal No. 1 (election of directors) and Proposal No. 3 (advisory vote to approve Named Executive Officer (“NEO”) compensation) are non-routine matters, while Proposal No. 2 (ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm) is a routine matter.  As a result, if you do not provide voting instructions to your broker, bank or other nominee, then your broker, bank or other nominee may not vote your shares with respect to Proposal No. 1 or Proposal No. 3, which would result in a “broker non-vote” on each such proposal, but may, in its discretion, vote your shares with respect to Proposal No. 2.  For additional information regarding broker non-votes, see “What are the effects of abstentions and broker non-votes?” below.

What is a quorum?

A quorum is the minimum number of shares required to be present at the Annual Meeting for the meeting to be properly held under our bylaws and Delaware law.  The holders of a majority of the common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, present virtually or represented by proxy, constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business at the Annual Meeting.  As noted above, as of the Record Date, there were a total of 22,326,169 shares of common stock outstanding, which means that 11,163,085 shares of common stock must be represented virtually or by proxy at the Annual Meeting to have a quorum.  If there is no quorum, (i) the chairperson of the Annual Meeting or (ii) the stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, present virtually in person or represented by proxy, may adjourn the meeting to a later date.

What are the effects of abstentions and broker non-votes?

An abstention represents a stockholder’s affirmative choice to decline to vote on a proposal.  If a stockholder indicates on its proxy card that it wishes to abstain from voting its shares, or if a broker, bank or other nominee holding its customers’ shares of record causes abstentions to be recorded for shares, these shares will be considered present and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.  As a result, abstentions will be counted for purposes of determining the presence or absence of a quorum and will also count as votes against a proposal in cases where approval of the proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present virtually in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting (e.g., Proposal No. 2 and Proposal No. 3).  However, because the outcome of Proposal No. 1 (election of directors) will be determined by a plurality vote, abstentions will have no impact on the outcome of such proposals as long as a quorum exists.

A broker non-vote occurs when a broker, bank or other nominee holding shares for a beneficial owner does not vote on a particular proposal because the broker, bank or other nominee does not have discretionary voting power with respect to such proposal and has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares.  Broker non-votes will be counted for purposes of calculating whether a quorum is present at the Annual Meeting but will not be counted for purposes of determining the number of votes cast.  Therefore, a broker non-vote will make a quorum more readily attainable but will not otherwise affect the outcome of the vote on any proposal.

How many votes are needed for approval of each proposal?

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How may my brokerage firm or other intermediary vote my shares if I fail to provide timely directions?

Brokerage firms and other intermediaries holding shares of common stock in street name for customers are generally required to vote such shares in the manner directed by their customers.  In the absence of timely directions, your broker will have discretion to vote your shares on our sole “routine” matter — the proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP.  Absent direction from you, your broker will not have discretion to vote on the election of directors or on the advisory vote regarding executive compensation.

Who will count the votes?

A representative from Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. will tabulate the votes and act as inspector of elections.

Why did I receive a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials instead of a full set of proxy materials?

In accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), we have elected to furnish our proxy materials, including this proxy statement and our Annual Report, primarily via the Internet. The Notice containing instructions on how to access our proxy materials is first being mailed on or about March 23, 2021 to all stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Stockholders may request to receive all future proxy materials in printed form by mail or electronically by e-mail by following the instructions contained in the Notice. We encourage stockholders to take advantage of the availability of our proxy materials on the Internet to help reduce the environmental impact of our annual meetings of stockholders.

How are proxies solicited for the Annual Meeting and who is paying for such solicitation?

Our Board is soliciting proxies for use at the Annual Meeting by means of the proxy materials.  We will bear the entire cost of proxy solicitation, including the preparation, assembly, printing, mailing and distribution of the proxy materials.  Copies of solicitation materials will also be made available upon request to brokers, banks and other nominees to forward to the beneficial owners of the shares held of record by such brokers, banks or other nominees.  The original solicitation of proxies may be supplemented by solicitation by telephone, electronic communication, or other means by our directors, officers, employees or agents.  No additional compensation will be paid to these individuals for any such services, although we may reimburse such individuals for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with such solicitation.  We do not plan to retain a proxy solicitor to assist in the solicitation of proxies.

If you choose to access the proxy materials and/or vote over the Internet, you are responsible for Internet access charges you may incur.  If you choose to vote by telephone, you are responsible for telephone charges you may incur.

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What does it mean if I received more than one Notice?

If you receive more than one Notice, your shares may be registered in more than one name or in different accounts.  Please follow the voting instructions on each Notice to ensure that all of your shares are voted.

Will members of the Board attend the Annual Meeting?

We encourage, but do not require, the members of our Board to attend the virtual Annual Meeting.

Is my vote confidential?

Proxy instructions, ballots and voting tabulations that identify individual stockholders are handled in a manner that protects your voting privacy.  Your vote will not be disclosed either within Inogen or to third parties, except as necessary to meet applicable legal requirements, to allow for the tabulation of votes and certification of the vote, or to facilitate a successful proxy solicitation.

I share an address with another stockholder, and we received only one paper copy of the proxy materials.  How may I obtain an additional copy of the proxy materials?

We have adopted an SEC-approved procedure called “householding,” under which we can deliver a single copy of the Notice and, if applicable, the proxy materials to multiple stockholders who share the same address unless we received contrary instructions from one or more of the stockholders.  This procedure reduces our printing and mailing costs.  Stockholders who participate in householding will continue to be able to access and receive separate proxy cards.  Upon written or oral request, we will promptly deliver a separate copy of the Notice and, if applicable, the proxy materials to any stockholder at a shared address to which we delivered a single copy of any of these documents.  To receive a separate copy, or, if you are receiving multiple copies, to request that we only send a single copy of next year’s Notice and, if applicable, proxy materials, you may contact us as follows:

Inogen, Inc.

Attention: Corporate Secretary

301 Coromar Drive

Goleta, CA  93117

(805) 562-0500

Stockholders who hold shares in street name may contact their brokerage firm, bank, broker-dealer or other nominee to request information about householding.

How can I find out the results of the voting at the Annual Meeting?

Preliminary voting results will be announced at the Annual Meeting.  In addition, final voting results will be published in a current report on Form 8-K that we expect to file within four business days after the Annual Meeting.  If final voting results are not available to us at that time, we intend to file a Form 8-K to publish preliminary results and, within four business days after the final results are known to us, file an amendment to the Form 8-K to publish the final results.

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What is the deadline to propose actions for consideration at next year’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders or to nominate individuals to serve as directors?

Stockholder Proposals

Stockholders may present proper proposals for inclusion in our proxy statement and for consideration at the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders by submitting their proposals in writing to our Corporate Secretary in a timely manner.  For a stockholder proposal to be considered for inclusion in our proxy statement for our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, our Corporate Secretary must receive the written proposal at our principal executive offices not later than November 23, 2021.  In addition, stockholder proposals must comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regarding the inclusion of stockholder proposals in company-sponsored proxy materials.  Stockholder proposals should be addressed to:

Inogen, Inc.

Attention: Corporate Secretary

301 Coromar Drive

Goleta, CA  93117

Our bylaws also establish an advance notice procedure for stockholders who wish to present a proposal before an Annual Meeting of Stockholders but do not intend for the proposal to be included in our proxy statement.  Our bylaws provide that the only business that may be conducted at an Annual Meeting is business that is (i) specified in our proxy materials with respect to such meeting, (ii) otherwise properly brought before the Annual Meeting by or at the direction of our Board, or (iii) properly brought before the Annual Meeting by a stockholder of record entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting who has delivered timely written notice to our Corporate Secretary, which notice must contain the information specified in our bylaws.  To be timely for our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, our Corporate Secretary must receive the written notice at our principal executive offices:

In the event that we hold our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after the first anniversary of the date of the 2021 Annual Meeting, then notice of a stockholder proposal that is not intended to be included in our proxy statement must be received no earlier than the close of business on the 120th day before such Annual Meeting and no later than the close of business on the later of the following two dates:

If a stockholder who has notified us of his, her or its intention to present a proposal at an Annual Meeting does not appear to present his, her or its proposal at such Annual Meeting, we are not required to present the proposal for a vote at such Annual Meeting.

Nomination of Director Candidates

You may propose director candidates for consideration by our Nominating and Governance Committee.  Any such recommendations should include the nominee’s name and qualifications for membership on our Board and should be directed to our Corporate Secretary at the address set forth above.  For additional information regarding stockholder recommendations for director candidates, see “Board of Directors and Corporate Governance—Stockholder Recommendations for Nominations to the Board.”

In addition, our bylaws permit stockholders to nominate directors for election at an Annual Meeting of Stockholders.  To nominate a director, the stockholder must provide the information required by our bylaws.  In addition, the stockholder must give timely notice to our Corporate Secretary in accordance with our bylaws, which, in general, require that the notice be received by our Corporate Secretary within the time period described above under “Stockholder Proposals” for stockholder proposals that are not intended to be included in a proxy statement.

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Availability of Bylaws

A copy of our bylaws may be obtained by accessing our public filings on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.  You may also contact our Corporate Secretary at our principal executive office for a copy of the relevant bylaw provisions regarding the requirements for making stockholder proposals and nominating director candidates.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Our business affairs are managed under the direction of our Board, which is currently comprised of eight members.  Seven of our eight directors are independent within the meaning of the independent director requirements of the NASDAQ Global Select Market.  Our Board is divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms.  At each Annual Meeting of Stockholders, a class of directors will be elected for a three-year term to succeed the same class whose term is then expiring.

The following table sets forth the names and ages as of March 12, 2021 and certain other information for each of the directors with terms expiring at the Annual Meeting (who are also nominees for election as a director at the Annual Meeting) and for each of the continuing directors:

(3)  Member of our Nominating and Governance Committee

Nominees for Director

R. Scott Greer has served as a Member of our Board since August 2015 and Chairperson of the Audit Committee since January 1, 2018. Since June 2003, Mr. Greer has served as Managing Director of Numenor Ventures, LLC, a venture capital firm. In 1996, Mr. Greer co-founded Abgenix, Inc., a company that specialized in the discovery, development and manufacture of human therapeutic antibodies, and from June 1996 through May 2002, he served as its Chief Executive Officer. He also served on the Board of Directors of Abgenix from 1996 and Chairman of the Board of Directors from 2000 until the acquisition of Abgenix by Amgen, Inc. in April 2006. Prior to Abgenix’s formation, Mr. Greer held senior management positions at Cell Genesys, Inc., a biotechnology company, initially as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Corporate Development and later as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, and various positions at Genetics Institute, Inc., a biotechnology research and development company. Mr. Greer currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of Nektar Therapeutics, a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company (NKTR). Mr. Greer holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Whitman College and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. He also was a Certified Public Accountant. The Board believes that he is qualified to serve as a director of Inogen because of his experience as an accountant and as an executive and director of various public and private biotechnology and biopharmaceutical companies.

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Heather Rider has served as a Member of our Board since 2014, Chairperson of the Compensation Committee and Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee since October 1, 2020. Ms. Rider also served as Chairperson of the Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee from January 1, 2018 to September 30, 2020. From 2012 to 2013, Ms. Rider served as Vice President, Global Human Resources of Cymer, Inc., a publicly traded supplier of light sources for semiconductor manufacturing that was acquired by ASML Holding NV in 2013.  From October 2010 to September 2012, Ms. Rider served as Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources of Alphatec Holdings, Inc., a publicly-traded medical device company focused on surgical treatment of spine disorders, and from 2006 to 2010, she served as Vice President, Human Resources of Intuitive Surgical, Inc., a publicly-traded manufacturer of robotic surgical systems. From 2001 to 2005, Ms. Rider served as Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources of Sunrise Medical, Inc., a global manufacturer and distributor of durable medical equipment. From 1998 to 2001, Ms. Rider served as Vice President of Human Resources of Biosense Webster, a member of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, and a medical device manufacturer of intracardiac catheters and location technology. Prior to 1998, Ms. Rider served as Head of Human Resources for City of Hope, a leading research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases, CAP/MPT, a medical malpractice provider for physicians in California and medical malpractice insurance for large physician groups and hospitals, and Environmental Diagnostics International, a bio-diagnostics company with focus on the detection of environmental compounds and diseases using monoclonal antibody technology. Ms. Rider currently serves on the Board of Directors of Intricon Corporation, a medical technology company.  Ms. Rider holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Claremont McKenna College and an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University. The Board believes that she is qualified to serve as a director of Inogen because of her extensive executive-level experience with healthcare and life science companies.

Kristen Miranda has served as Aetna’s West Region President since 2017. Prior to joining Aetna, she served as the Chief Integration Officer for Agilon Health from 2016 to 2017, and in various senior leadership roles for Blue Shield of California from 2006 to 2016 including Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Innovation as well as Vice President, Provider Network Management. Prior to that, Ms. Miranda held leadership roles at various healthcare firms including Wellpoint from 2003 to 2006, CIGNA from 1998 to 2003, Health Net from 1995 to 1998, Dignity Health from 1993 to 1995, and First Health from 1989 to 1993. Ms. Miranda has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from the University of California, Davis. The Board believes that she is qualified to serve as a director of Inogen because of her leadership experience and her extensive healthcare experience.  

Continuing Directors

Loren McFarland has served as a Member of our Board since 2013. He has been President and Managing Member of Santa Barbara Financial Services, LLC since 2008. Prior to founding Santa Barbara Financial Services, he served as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Mentor Corporation, a medical equipment company, from 2004 to 2007. Prior to that, Mr. McFarland fulfilled various finance and accounting roles at Mentor from 1985 to 2004. He worked as a Certified Public Accountant and Audit Supervisor with Touche Ross & Co., an accounting firm, from 1981 to 1985 and served in the North Dakota Army National Guard from 1978 to 1984. He currently serves on the Board of Managing Members and as the Chief Financial Officer of Cure Medical, LLC, a privately held manufacturer of disposable urology products, and chairs the parish finance council for St. Mark’s University Parish, Isla Vista, CA. Previously, Mr. McFarland served on the Board of Directors of Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. (PSTX) as the Financial Expert on the Audit Committee and as a Member of the Compensation, Nominating, and Governance Committee and on the Board of Directors of the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast. Mr. McFarland has a Bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of North Dakota and an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles. He completed an ISS Director Certification Program in October 2008 at the University of California, Los Angeles’ Anderson School. The Board believes that he is qualified to serve as a director of Inogen because of his leadership experience and his extensive experience in finance and accounting.

Benjamin Anderson-Ray has served as a Member of our Board since 2013 and Chairperson of the Nominating and Governance Committee since October 1, 2020. He has been a Partner and Advisor with Trinitas Advisors, a consulting firm, since 2009. Prior to joining Trinitas Advisors, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of three manufacturing companies: Hubbardton Forge, LLC from 2008 to 2009, Chromcraft Revington, Inc. from 2005 to 2008 and Gravograph New Hermes from 2002 to 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Anderson-Ray held various senior leadership roles at Sunrise Medical,

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Inc., a global manufacturer and distributor of durable medical equipment, including President of the Global Business Group in 2001, President of the Continuing Care Group from 1998 to 2000, and President of the Mobility Products Division from 1996 to 2001. Earlier in his career, Mr. Anderson-Ray held management and marketing roles at GE Lighting, a lighting solutions company, from 1984 to 1993, Black & Decker Home Products, a product manufacturing company, from 1993 to 1994, and Rubbermaid Home Products, a manufacturer and distributor of household items, from 1994 to 1996. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Sommetrics, Inc. Mr. Anderson-Ray has Bachelor of Art and Science degrees in Marketing and Horticulture from Michigan State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan. The Board believes that he is qualified to serve as a director of Inogen because of his leadership experience and his extensive industry experience.

Nabil Shabshab has served as our Chief Executive Officer, President and a member of our Board since February 2021. Prior to joining Inogen, Mr. Shabshab served as Worldwide President of Diabetes Care and Digital Health at Becton Dickinson and Company, a leading medical technology company, from August 2017 to February 2021. Prior to that, since August 2011, Mr. Shabshab served as Becton Dickinson’s Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning. Prior to Becton Dickinson, Mr. Shabshab served as EVP, Global Portfolio, Chief Marketing Officer and Head of RD&E of Diversey, Inc., a cleaning and sanitation solutions company from 2006 to 2010. In his previous roles Mr. Shabshab served as Principal with The Zyman Group, as Vice President, Client Solutions and Consulting with Symphony IRI, and in various sales and marketing roles in pharmaceutical and consumer goods companies including Warner Lambert / Pfizer, the Coca-Cola Company, and Fronterra. Mr. Shabshab holds an MBA from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and a B.S. in Computer Sciences from American Lebanese University. The Board believes that he is qualified to serve as a director of Inogen due to his extensive industry and leadership experience.  

Heath Lukatch, Ph.D. has served as Chairperson of our Board since 2008, and as a Member of our Board since 2006. Dr. Lukatch is Founder and Managing Partner of Red Tree Venture Capital, a life sciences venture capital firm. From 2015 to 2020, Dr. Lukatch worked at TPG where he was Partner, Managing Director and Life Sciences Investment Team Leader in TPG’s Biotech, Growth and RISE platforms. In 2006, Dr. Lukatch cofounded Novo Ventures’ San Francisco office, where he was a Partner through 2015. Prior to joining Novo Ventures, Dr. Lukatch was a Managing Director responsible for biotechnology venture investments at Piper Jaffray Ventures and SightLine Partners. Dr. Lukatch currently serves as Chairman of Inogen (INGN) and Satsuma Pharmaceuticals (STSA) and is a board member at Excellergy, Flexion Therapeutics (FLXN), Magnus Medical and Vaxcyte (PCVX). Previously Dr. Lukatch was Chairman of Cianna Medical (acquired by Merit Medical), Engage Therapeutics (acquired by UCB) and Spinifex (acquired by Novartis), and served on multiple life sciences company boards, including: Amira (acquired by BMS), AnaptysBio (ANAB), Elevation Pharma (acquired by Sunovion), FoldRx (acquired by Pfizer), InSound Medical (acquired by Sonova) and Synosia Therapeutics (acquired by BioTie). Dr. Lukatch was also a board observer at Alios BioPharma (acquired by J&J), Dynavax (DVAX), Fluidigm (FLDM) and SI-Bone (SIBN). Prior to becoming an investor, Dr. Lukatch worked as a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company and was co‐founder and CEO of AutoMate Scientific, a biotechnology instrumentation company. In addition, he was a bench scientist at Chiron, Roche Bioscience and Cetus, doing molecular biology, electrophysiology and protein chemistry, respectively. Dr. Lukatch received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Stanford University where he was a DOD USAF Fellow, and his B.A. with high honors in Biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley.

Raymond Huggenberger has served as a Member of our Board since 2008. Mr. Huggenberger previously served as our Chief Executive Officer from 2008 until March 1, 2017 and as our President from 2008 until January 1, 2016. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Huggenberger held various management positions with Sunrise Medical Inc., a global manufacturer and distributor of durable medical equipment, including: Vice President of Marketing for Sunrise’s German subsidiary from 1994 to 1996, President of Sunrise’s German division from 1998 until 2000, President of the European Operating Group from 2000 to 2002, President and Chief Operating Officer from 2002 until 2004, and President of European Operations 2006 to 2007. Mr. Huggenberger also held a consultant position with McDermott and Bull Inc., an executive search firm, from 2005 to 2006 and the position of Managing Director in the healthcare division of TA Triumph Adler AG, a document process management firm, from 1996 to 1998. Mr. Huggenberger currently serves on the Board of Directors of Tactile Medical, Avation Medical, Zerigo Health and Sommetrics (all medical device companies) as well as Intricon Corporation, a medical technology company. He previously served on the Board of Directors of IYIA Technologies, a healthcare company.  Mr. Huggenberger graduated from AKAD University in Rendsburg, Germany in Economics and completed the Advanced Marketing Strategies Program at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France. The Board

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believes that he is qualified to serve as a director of Inogen because of his deep understanding of our business, operations and strategy and extensive executive and director roles with healthcare companies.

Director Independence

Our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.  Under the rules of the NASDAQ Global Select Market, independent directors must comprise a majority of a listed company’s Board of Directors. In addition, the rules of the NASDAQ Global Select Market require that, subject to specified exceptions, each member of a listed company’s Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Governance Committee be independent. Under the rules of the NASDAQ Global Select Market, a director will only qualify as an “independent director” if, in the opinion of that company’s Board of Directors, that person does not have a relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director.

Our Board has undertaken a review of its composition, the composition of its committees and the independence of each of our directors and considered whether any director has a material relationship with us that could compromise his or her ability to exercise independent judgment in carrying out his or her responsibilities. Based upon information requested from and provided by each director concerning his or her background, employment and affiliations, including family relationships, our Board has determined that none of Mr. Anderson-Ray, Mr. McFarland, Mr. Greer, Dr. Lukatch, Ms. Rider, Mr. Huggenberger and Ms. Miranda, representing seven of our eight directors, has a relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director and that each of these directors is “independent” as that term is defined under the rules of the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Our Board also determined that Mr. Greer (Chairperson), Mr. McFarland and Mr. Anderson-Ray, who comprise our Audit Committee; Ms. Rider (Chairperson), Dr. Lukatch and Ms. Miranda, who comprise our Compensation Committee; and Mr. Anderson-Ray (Chairperson) and Ms. Rider, who comprise our Nominating and Governance Committee, satisfy the independence standards for those committees established by applicable SEC, rules and the listing standards of the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

In making this determination, our Board considered the relationships that each non-employee director has with us and all other facts and circumstances our Board deemed relevant in determining independence, including the beneficial ownership of our capital stock by each non-employee director.

Board Leadership Structure

Our corporate governance principles require that the positions of chairperson of the Board and Chief Executive Officer must be held by separate persons and that the chairperson of our Board must be independent, as determined in accordance with the rules of the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Dr. Lukatch currently serves as the chairperson of our Board.  Our Board believes the current board leadership structure provides effective independent oversight of management while allowing our Board and management to benefit from Dr. Lukatch’s leadership and years of experience as a venture capital investor in the biotech industry and that Dr. Lukatch is best positioned to identify strategic priorities, lead critical discussion and execute our strategy and business plans.  Dr. Lukatch possesses detailed in-depth knowledge of the issues, opportunities, and challenges facing us. Independent directors and management sometimes have different perspectives and roles in strategy development. Our Board believes that Dr. Lukatch’s role enables strong leadership, creates clear accountability, facilitates information flow between management and our Board, and enhances our ability to communicate our message and strategy clearly and consistently to stockholders.  

Board Diversity

Inogen embraces our Board’s diversity of background, experience, culture, and other characteristics that make the Board unique. Diversity at the top sets the expectation for inclusion throughout the organization.  As a result, we are disclosing specific diversity-related metrics, including self-identified sex, race, and sexual orientation.  The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) defines an “underrepresented minority” as an individual who self-identifies in one or more of the following groups:  Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Asian, Native American or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander or Two or More Races or Ethnicities.  The EEOC defines a “LGBTQ+” as an individual who self-identifies in one or more of the following groups:  lesbian, gay, bisexual,

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transgender, and queer or questioning in regards to their sexual orientation.  Two of the eight board directors self-identified with one or more diversity characteristic.  

Board Meetings and Committees

During 2020, our Board held thirteen meetings (including regularly scheduled and special meetings), and each director attended at least 75% of the aggregate of (i) the total number of meetings of our Board and (ii) the total number of meetings held by all committees of our Board on which he or she served during the periods that he or she served.

It is the policy of our Board to regularly have separate meeting times for independent directors without management.  Although we do not have a formal policy regarding attendance by members of our Board at Annual Meetings of Stockholders, we encourage, but do not require, our directors to attend. All eight members of our Board attended our 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

We have established an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, and a Nominating and Governance Committee. Prior to October 1, 2020, the Board had an Audit Committee and a Compensation, Nominating and Governance committee. Effective October 1, 2020, the Board approved the dissolution of the Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee and established the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee. 

We believe that the composition of these committees meets the criteria for independence under, and the functioning of these committees complies with the requirements of, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the rules of the NASDAQ Global Select Market, and SEC rules and regulations. We intend to comply with the requirements of the NASDAQ Global Select Market with respect to committee composition of independent directors.  Each committee has the composition and responsibilities described below.

Audit Committee

The members of our Audit Committee are Mr. Greer (Chairperson), Mr. McFarland and Mr. Anderson-Ray, each of whom is a non-employee member of our Board.  The composition of our Audit Committee meets the requirements for independence under current NASDAQ Global Select Market listing standards and SEC rules and regulations. Each member of our Audit Committee also meets the financial literacy requirements of the NASDAQ Global Select Market listing standards. Our Audit Committee Chairperson, Mr. Greer, and Audit Committee member Mr. McFarland are our Audit Committee financial experts, as that term is defined under the SEC rules implementing Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and each of Mr. Greer and Mr. McFarland possesses financial sophistication, as defined under the

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listing standards of the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Our Audit Committee oversees our corporate accounting and financial reporting process and assists our Board in monitoring our financial systems. Our Audit Committee also:

Our Audit Committee operates under a written charter that satisfies the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the listing requirements of the NASDAQ Global Select Market. A copy of the charter of our Audit Committee is available on our website at https://investor.inogen.com/corporate-governance/governance-documents.  During 2020, our Audit Committee held ten meetings.

Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee was established effective October 1, 2020. Previously the compensation functions were performed by the prior compensation, nominating and governance committee.  The current members of our Compensation Committee are Ms. Rider (Chairperson), Dr. Lukatch and Ms. Miranda. The composition of our Compensation Committee meets the requirements for independence under current NASDAQ Global Select Market listing standards and SEC rules and regulations. Each member of the Compensation Committee is also a non-employee director, as defined pursuant to Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act. Our Compensation Committee oversees our compensation policies, plans and benefits programs. Our Compensation Committee also:

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Our Compensation Committee operates under a written charter that satisfies the listing standards of NASDAQ Global Select Market. A copy of the charter of our Compensation Committee is available on our website at https://investor.inogen.com/corporate-governance/governance-documents. Following the split of the Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee into two separate committees in October 2020, our Compensation Committee did not hold any additional meetings in 2020.

The Compensation Committee regularly reviews the services provided by its outside consultants and believes that Pearl Meyer & Partners, LLC (“Pearl Meyer”) is independent in providing executive compensation consulting services.  The Compensation Committee continues to monitor the independence of its compensation consultant on a periodic basis.

Nominating and Governance Committee

The current members of our Nominating and Governance Committee are Mr. Anderson-Ray (Chairperson), and Ms. Rider. The composition of our Nominating and Governance Committee meets the requirements for independence under current NASDAQ Global Select Market listing standards and SEC rules and regulations. Our Nominating and Governance Committee oversees our plans and benefits programs. Our Nominating and Governance Committee also:

Our Nominating and Governance Committee operates under a written charter that satisfies the listing standards of the NASDAQ Global Select Market. A copy of the charter of our Nominating and Governance Committee is available on our website at https://investor.inogen.com/corporate-governance/governance-documents. Following the split of the Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee into two separate committees in October 2020, our Nominating and Governance Committee held one additional meeting in 2020.

Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee

Immediately prior to the dissolution of the Compensation, Nominating and Governance committee effective October 1, 2020, our Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee was comprised of Ms. Rider (Chairperson), Dr. Lukatch and former director Scott Beardsley. The composition of our Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee met the requirements for independence under current NASDAQ Global Select Market listing standards and SEC rules and regulations. Each member of the Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee was also a non-employee director, as defined pursuant to Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act. Our Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee oversaw our compensation policies, plans and benefits programs. Our Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee also:

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Our Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee operated under a written charter that satisfied the listing standards of NASDAQ Global Select Market.

The Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee regularly reviewed the services provided by its outside consultants. The Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee conducted a review of its relationship with Pearl Meyer in 2019, and determined that Pearl Meyer’s work for the Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee did not raise any conflicts of interest, consistent with the guidance provided under the Dodd-Frank Act, the SEC and NASDAQ Global Select Market. Prior to the split of the Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee into two separate committees in October 2020, the Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee held four meetings in 2020.

Compensation Committee Interlocks

None of the members of our Compensation Committee (which includes Ms. Rider, Dr. Lukatch and Ms. Miranda) and none of the former members of our prior Compensation, Nominating and Governance committee (which included Ms. Rider, Dr. Lukatch and former director Scott Beardsley) is or has at any time during the past year been an officer or employee of our Company. None of our executive officers currently serves, or in the past year has served, as a member of the Board of Directors or Compensation Committee (or other board committee performing equivalent functions) of any entity that has one or more of its executive officers serving on our Board or our current Compensation Committee or former Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee.

The Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee was separated into the Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee effective as of October 1, 2020. During 2020, each committee held the following number of meetings:

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References to the “Compensation Committee” in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section below are to (i) the Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee with respect to any actions taken before October 1, 2020, and (ii) the Compensation Committee with respect to any actions taken on or after October 1, 2020.

Identifying and Evaluating Nominees for Director

The Nominating and Governance Committee was established effective October 1, 2020. Prior to October 1, 2020, the Nominating and Governance Committee functions were performed by the Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee. The Nominating and Governance Committee will use the following procedures to identify and evaluate any individual recommended or offered for nomination to the Board:

The Nominating and Governance Committee also focuses on issues of diversity, such as diversity of gender, race and national origin, education, professional experience and differences in viewpoints and skills. Inogen does not have a formal policy with respect to diversity on the Board; however, our Board and the Nominating and Governance Committee believe that it is essential that members of our Board represent diverse viewpoints.

The Nominating and Governance Committee requires the following minimum qualifications to be satisfied by any nominee for a position on the Board:

If the Nominating and Governance Committee determines that an additional or replacement director is required, the Nominating and Governance Committee may take such measures that it considers appropriate in connection with its evaluation of a director candidate, including candidate interviews, inquiry of the person or persons making the recommendation or nomination, engagement of an outside search firm to gather additional information, or reliance on the knowledge of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee, the Board or management.

The Nominating and Governance Committee may propose to the Board a candidate recommended or offered for nomination by a stockholder as a nominee for election to the Board.

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Stockholder Recommendations for Nominations to the Board

It is the policy of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board to consider recommendations for candidates to the Board from stockholders holding no less than one percent (1%) of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock continuously for at least twelve (12) months prior to the date of the submission of the recommendation or nomination.

A stockholder that wants to recommend a candidate for election to the Board should direct the recommendation in writing by letter to the Company, attention of the Corporate Secretary, at 301 Coromar Drive, Goleta, CA 93117. The recommendation must include the candidate’s name, home and business contact information, detailed biographical data, relevant qualifications, a signed letter from the candidate confirming willingness to serve, information regarding any relationships between the candidate and the Company and evidence of the recommending stockholder’s ownership of Company stock. Such recommendations must also include a statement from the recommending stockholder in support of the candidate, particularly within the context of the criteria for Board membership, including issues of character, integrity, judgment, diversity of experience, independence, area of expertise, corporate experience, length of service, potential conflicts of interest, other commitments and the like and personal references.

A stockholder that instead desires to nominate a person directly for election to the Board at an Annual Meeting of the Stockholders must meet the deadlines and other requirements set forth in Section 2.4 of the Company’s Bylaws and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Section 2.4 of the Company’s Bylaws requires that a stockholder who seeks to nominate a candidate for director must provide a written notice to the Corporate Secretary of the Company not later than the 45th day nor earlier than the 75th day before the one-year anniversary of the date on which the corporation first mailed its proxy materials or a notice of availability of proxy materials (whichever is earlier) for the preceding year’s Annual Meeting; provided, however, that in the event that no Annual Meeting was held in the previous year or if the date of the Annual Meeting is advanced by more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 60 days after the one-year anniversary of the date of the previous year’s Annual Meeting, then notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received by the Corporate Secretary of the Company not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such Annual Meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (i) the 90th day prior to such Annual Meeting and (ii) the 10th day following the day on which Public Announcement (as defined below) of the date of such Annual Meeting is first made. That notice must state the information required by Section 2.4 of the Company’s Bylaws, and otherwise must comply with applicable federal and state law. The Corporate Secretary of the Company will provide a copy of the Bylaws upon request in writing from a stockholder.  “Public Announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto.

Communications with the Board

The Board believes that management speaks for the Company. Individual Board members may, from time to time, communicate with various constituencies that are involved with the Company, but it is expected that Board members would do this with knowledge of management and, in most instances, only at the request of management.

In cases where stockholders and other interested parties wish to communicate directly with our non-management directors, messages can be sent to our Corporate Secretary, at Inogen, Inc., 301 Coromar Drive, Goleta, California 93117, Attn: Corporate Secretary. Our Corporate Secretary monitors these communications and will provide a summary of all received messages to the Board at each regularly scheduled meeting of the Board. Our Board generally meets on a quarterly basis. Where the nature of a communication warrants, our Corporate Secretary may determine, in his or her judgment, to obtain the more immediate attention of the appropriate committee of the Board or non-management director, of independent advisors or of Company management, as our Corporate Secretary considers appropriate.

Our Corporate Secretary may decide in the exercise of his or her judgment whether a response to any stockholder or interested party communication is necessary.

This procedure for stockholder and other interested party communications with the non-management directors is administered by the Company’s Nominating and Governance Committee. This procedure does not apply to

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(a) communications to non-management directors from officers or directors of the Company who are stockholders, (b) stockholder proposals submitted pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or (c) communications to the Audit Committee pursuant to the Complaint Procedures for Accounting and Auditing Matters.

Corporate Governance Principles and Code of Ethics and Conduct

Our Board has adopted Corporate Governance Principles. These principles address items such as the qualifications and responsibilities of our directors and director candidates and corporate governance policies and standards applicable to us in general. In March 2020, the Board updated our Corporate Governance Principles to incorporate a policy that the positions of Chairman and CEO must be held by separate persons and the Chairman must be independent as defined in the applicable NASDAQ and SEC rules. In addition, our Board has adopted a Code of Ethics and Conduct that applies to all of our employees, officers and directors, including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and other executive and senior financial officers. The full text of our Corporate Governance Principles and our Code of Ethics and Conduct is posted on our website at https://investor.inogen.com/corporate-governance/governance-documents.  We intend to post any amendments to our Code of Ethics and Conduct, and any waivers of our Code of Ethics and Conduct for directors and executive officers, on the same website.

Corporate Practices and Alignment to Create Stockholder Value

Our corporate practices are designed to align with stockholder value and long-term stockholder interests, including:

Risk Management

Risk is inherent with every business, and we face a number of risks, including strategic, financial, business and operational, legal and compliance, and reputational. We have designed and implemented processes to manage risk in our operations. Management is responsible for the day-to-day management of risks the Company faces, while our Board, as a whole and assisted by its committees, has responsibility for the oversight of risk management. In its risk oversight role, our Board has the responsibility to satisfy itself that the risk management processes designed and implemented by management are appropriate and functioning as designed.

Our Board believes that open communication between management and our Board is essential for effective risk management and oversight. Our Board meets with our Chief Executive Officer and other members of the senior

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management team at quarterly meetings of our Board as well as at such other times as they deem appropriate, where, among other topics, they discuss strategy and risks facing the Company.

While our Board is ultimately responsible for risk oversight, our Board committees assist our Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities in certain areas of risk. Our Audit Committee assists our Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities with respect to risk management in the areas of internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures, legal and regulatory compliance, and discusses with management and the independent auditor guidelines and policies with respect to risk assessment and risk management. Our Audit Committee also reviews our major financial risk exposures and the steps management has taken to monitor and control these exposures. In addition, our Audit Committee monitors certain key risks on a regular basis throughout the fiscal year, such as risk associated with internal control over financial reporting and liquidity risk. Our Nominating and Governance Committee assists our Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities with respect to the management of risk associated with Board organization, membership and structure, ESG reporting, and corporate governance. Our Compensation Committee also oversees risks related to our compensation policies to ensure that our compensation programs do not encourage unnecessary risk-taking. Finally, our full Board reviews strategic and operational risk in the context of reports from the management team, receives reports on all significant committee activities at each regular meeting, and evaluates the risks inherent in significant transactions.

Director Compensation

In October 2019, after reviewing data regarding practices at comparable companies and in consultation with Pearl Meyer, our Board, upon recommendation of the Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee, determined it was necessary to implement changes to our non-employee director compensation levels at the time. In making this determination, the Board and the Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee considered the midpoint range of our compensation peer group (as described in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section below) as a general guideline for the appropriate level of cash and equity compensation, but did not attempt to benchmark cash or equity compensation to any specific percentile.

Also in October 2019, our Board, upon recommendation of the Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee, adopted Equity Ownership Guidelines, applicable to our non-employee directors who receive compensation from us, executive officers, and other senior level employees. A more detailed description of these guidelines is provided in the “Equity Ownership Guidelines” section of this proxy statement below.

Cash Compensation.  All non-employee directors were entitled to receive the following cash compensation for their services effective through September 30, 2020:

In September 2020, our Board restructured our non-employee director compensation program to align with the new separated Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee. After reviewing data provided by our independent compensation consulting firm, Pearl Meyer, our Board revised the director compensation for non-employee directors. All non-employee directors were entitled to receive the following cash compensation for their services effective starting October 1, 2020:

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All cash payments to non-employee directors are paid quarterly in arrears on a pro-rata basis.

Equity Compensation.

Initial Awards: Each non-employee director who first joins us will be granted an initial award of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) covering a number of shares equal to the product of (i) the number of RSUs subject to the Annual Award (as defined below) provided to non-employee directors at the last annual meeting of stockholders preceding the date in which such person first becomes a non-employee director (the “Start Date”) multiplied by (ii) a fraction (A) the numerator of which is (x) 12 minus (y) the number of fully completed months between the date of the last annual meeting and the start date and (B) the denominator of which is 12, rounded to the nearest whole share. Each such initial award will vest on the same date as the other Annual Awards that are outstanding as of the grant date, subject to the non-employee director continuing to be a service provider through the applicable vesting date.

Annual Awards: On the date of each annual meeting of stockholders, each non-employee director will automatically be granted an award of RSUs covering a number of shares having a grant date fair value of $180,000, rounded down to the nearest whole share (the “Annual Award”). The Annual Award will vest on the earlier of (i) the one-year anniversary of the date the Annual Award is granted or (ii) the day prior to the date of the Annual Meeting following the date the Annual Award is granted, in each case, subject to the non-employee director continuing to be a service provider through the applicable vesting date.

Elections to Receive RSUs in Lieu of Cash Compensation: Each non-employee director who serves as Chairperson of our Board may elect to convert all or a portion of his or her cash compensation for service as Chairperson of our Board into an award of RSUs covering a number of shares having a grant date fair value equal to the aggregate amount of cash compensation for which the non-employee director submitted an award election, rounded down to the nearest whole share. Such award will be granted on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders and will vest quarterly in equal amounts, subject to the non-employee director continuing to be a service provider through each applicable vesting date.

All awards granted to non-employee directors of our Board are subject to 100% vesting acceleration in connection with a “change in control” pursuant to our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”).

The table below shows compensation earned by our non-employee directors during 2020. Directors who are also our employees receive no additional compensation for their service as a director while they are also employees. During the year ended December 31, 2020, Mr. Wilkinson, served in the role of President and Chief Executive Officer and therefore is treated as a NEO. The following table excludes Mr. Wilkinson as his compensation is set forth in the “2020 Summary Compensation Table” below.

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2020 Director Compensation Table

See “Executive Compensation” for information about the compensation of directors who also were NEOs during 2020.

Equity Ownership Guidelines

In addition, we maintain equity ownership guidelines to further align interests of directors and executives with those of our stockholders.   The guideline level for non-employee directors is 3x the annual cash retainer for Board service.  A more detailed description of these guidelines is provided in the “Equity Ownership Guidelines” section of this proxy statement below.   As of December 31, 2020, the respective ownership levels of all of our non-employee directors exceeded the current guidelines.

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PROPOSAL NO. 1
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Our Board is currently composed of eight members. In accordance with our certificate of incorporation, our Board is divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms. At the Annual Meeting, three Class I directors will be elected for a three-year term to succeed the same class whose term is then expiring.

Each director’s term continues until the election and qualification of such director’s successor, or such director’s earlier death, resignation, or removal. Any increase or decrease in the number of directors will be distributed among the three classes so that, as nearly as possible, each class will consist of one-third of our directors. This classification of our Board may have the effect of delaying or preventing changes in control of our Company.

Nominees

Our Nominating and Governance Committee has recommended, and our Board has approved, Mr. Greer, Ms. Rider and Ms. Miranda as nominees for election as Class I directors at the Annual Meeting. If elected, each of Mr. Greer, Ms. Rider and Ms. Miranda will serve as Class I directors until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Each of the nominees is currently a director of our Company. For information concerning the nominees, please see the section titled “Board of Directors and Corporate Governance.”

If you are a stockholder of record and you sign your proxy card or vote over the Internet or by telephone but do not give instructions with respect to the voting of directors, your shares will be voted FOR the election of Mr. Greer, Ms. Rider and Ms. Miranda. We expect that Mr. Greer, Ms. Rider and Ms. Miranda will accept such nomination. However, in the event that a director nominee is unable or declines to serve as a director at the time of the Annual Meeting, the proxies will be voted for any nominee who shall be designated by our Board to fill such vacancy. If you are a beneficial owner of shares of our common stock and you do not give voting instructions to your broker, bank or other nominee, then your broker, bank or other nominee will leave your shares unvoted on this matter.

Vote Required

The election of Class I directors requires a plurality of the shares of common stock present virtually in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote thereon to be approved.  Broker non-votes will have no effect on this proposal.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” the election of each of the THREE directors nominated by our board of directors and named in this proxy statement as Class I directors to serve for a three-year term.

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PROPOSAL NO. 2
RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Our Audit Committee has appointed Deloitte & Touche LLP to audit the financial statements of our company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 and recommends that stockholders vote in favor of the ratification of such appointment. During the year ended December 31, 2020, Deloitte & Touche LLP served as our independent registered public accounting firm.

At the Annual Meeting, stockholders are being asked to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. Stockholder ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP is not required by our bylaws or other applicable legal requirements.  However, our Board is submitting the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to our stockholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate governance. In the event that this appointment is not ratified by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of common stock present virtually in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote, such appointment will be reconsidered by our Audit Committee. Even if the appointment is ratified, our Audit Committee, in its sole discretion, may appoint another independent registered public accounting firm at any time during our fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 if our Audit Committee believes that such a change would be in the best interests of Inogen and its stockholders. A representative of Deloitte & Touche LLP is expected to be present virtually at the Annual Meeting, will have an opportunity to make a statement if he or she wishes to do so, and is expected to be available to respond to appropriate questions from stockholders.

Fees Paid to the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The following table presents fees for professional audit services and other services rendered to us by Deloitte & Touche LLP for our fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  

Auditor Independence

In 2020, there were no other professional services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP that would have required our Audit Committee to consider their compatibility with maintaining the independence of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

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Audit Committee Policy on Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Our Audit Committee has established a policy governing our use of the services of our independent registered public accounting firm. Under the policy, our Audit Committee is required to pre-approve all audit and permissible non‑audit services performed by our independent registered public accounting firm in order to ensure that the provision of such services does not impair such accounting firm’s independence. All fees paid to Deloitte & Touche LLP for our fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were pre-approved by our Audit Committee.

Vote Required

The ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of our common stock present virtually in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote thereon.  Abstentions will have the effect of a vote AGAINST the proposal.  

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE
RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.

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PROPOSAL NO. 3

ADVISORY VOTE ON NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, or the Dodd-Frank Act, enables stockholders to approve, on an advisory or non-binding basis, the compensation of our NEOs as disclosed pursuant to Section 14A of the Exchange Act. This proposal, commonly known as a “Say-on-Pay” proposal, gives our stockholders the opportunity to express their views on our NEOs compensation as a whole. This vote is not intended to address any specific item of compensation or any specific NEO, but rather the overall compensation of all of our NEO, and the philosophy, policies and practices described in this proxy statement.

The Say-on-Pay vote is advisory, and therefore is not binding on us, the Compensation Committee or our Board. The Say-on-Pay vote will, however, provide information to us regarding investor sentiment about our executive compensation philosophy, policies and practices, which the Compensation Committee will be able to consider when determining executive compensation for the remainder of the current fiscal year and beyond. Our Board and our Compensation Committee value the opinions of our stockholders and to the extent there is any significant vote against the NEO compensation as disclosed in this proxy statement, we will endeavor to communicate with stockholders to better understand the concerns that influenced the vote, consider our stockholders’ concerns and the Compensation, Committee will evaluate whether any actions are necessary to address those concerns.

We believe that the information provided in the “Executive Compensation” section of this proxy statement, including the information discussed in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Executive Compensation Philosophy and Program Design” beginning on page 31 below, particularly the continued use of performance-based awards in our equity plan, demonstrates that our executive compensation program is designed appropriately and is working to ensure management’s interests are aligned with our stockholders’ interests to support long-term value creation. Accordingly, we ask our stockholders to vote “FOR” the following resolution at the Annual Meeting:

“RESOLVED, that the stockholders approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the NEOs, as disclosed in the proxy statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC, including the compensation discussion and analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion, and other related disclosure.”

Vote Required

Approval of NEO compensation requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of our common stock present virtually or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote thereon. Abstentions will have the effect of a vote AGAINST the proposal and broker non-votes will have no effect.

As an advisory vote, this proposal is non-binding. Although the vote is non-binding, our Board and our Compensation Committee value the opinions of our stockholders and will consider the outcome of the vote when making future compensation decisions for our NEOs.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” APPROVAL, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, OF THE NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT.

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AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT

The information contained in the following Audit Committee Report shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any future filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent that Inogen, Inc., or the Company, specifically incorporates it by reference in such filing.

The primary purpose of our Audit Committee is to oversee our financial reporting process on behalf of our Board. The Audit Committee’s functions are more fully described in its charter, which is available on our website at https://investor.inogen.com/corporate-governance/governance-documents. The Audit Committee reviews and reassesses the adequacy of its charter and the Audit Committee’s performance on an annual basis.

The Audit Committee does not itself prepare financial statements or perform audits, and its members are not auditors or certifiers of our financial statements. Management has the primary responsibility for our financial statements and reporting processes, including our systems of internal controls. Our independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for performing an independent audit of our financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and issuing a report thereon.

The Audit Committee also reviews the performance of our independent registered public accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP in the annual audit of our financial statements and in assignments unrelated to the audit, reviews and approves the independent registered public accounting firm’s audit and non-audit fees.

The members of the Audit Committee are currently R. Scott Greer (chairperson), Benjamin Anderson-Ray and Loren McFarland. Each of the members of the Audit Committee is an independent director as currently defined in the applicable NASDAQ and SEC rules. The Board has also determined that Mr. Greer and Mr. McFarland are “audit committee financial experts” as described in applicable rules and regulations of the SEC. The Audit Committee provides our Board such information and materials as it may deem necessary to make our Board aware of financial matters requiring the attention of our Board. The Audit Committee reviews our financial disclosures and meets privately, outside the presence of our management, with our independent registered public accounting firm. In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the Audit Committee reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements in our Annual Report with management, including a discussion of the quality and substance of the accounting principles and significant accounting policies, the reasonableness of significant judgments made in connection with the audited financial statements, and the clarity of disclosures in the financial statements. The Audit Committee reports on these meetings to our Board.

The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the Company’s audited financial statements with management and Deloitte & Touche LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee has discussed with Deloitte & Touche LLP the matters required to be discussed by Auditing Standard No. 1301, “Communications with Audit Committees” issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”).

The Audit Committee has received and reviewed the written disclosures and the letter from Deloitte & Touche LLP required by the applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding Deloitte & Touche LLP’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and has discussed with Deloitte & Touche LLP its tenure and independence.

Based on the review and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that the Company’s Audited Financial Statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 for filing with the SEC. The Audit Committee also has selected Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2021. The Board recommends that stockholders ratify this selection at the Annual Meeting.

Respectfully submitted by the members of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors:

R. Scott Greer (Chairperson)

Benjamin Anderson-Ray

Loren McFarland

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The following table identifies certain information about our executive officers as of March 12, 2021.  Each executive officer serves at the discretion of our Board and holds office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.  There are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers.

Nabil Shabshab has served as our Chief Executive Officer, President and a member of our Board since February 2021. Prior to joining Inogen, Mr. Shabshab served as Worldwide President of Diabetes Care and Digital Health at Becton Dickinson and Company, a leading medical technology company, from August 2017 to February 2021.  Prior to that, since August 2011, Mr. Shabshab served as Becton Dickinson’s Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning. Prior to Becton Dickinson, Mr. Shabshab served as EVP, Global Portfolio, Chief Marketing Officer and Head of RD&E of Diversey, Inc., a cleaning and sanitation solutions company from 2006 to 2010. In his previous roles Mr. Shabshab served as Principal with The Zyman Group, as Vice President, Client Solutions and Consulting with Symphony IRI, and in various sales and marketing roles in pharmaceutical and consumer goods companies including Warner Lambert / Pfizer, the Coca-Cola Company, and Fronterra. Mr. Shabshab holds an MBA from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and a B.S. in Computer Sciences from American Lebanese University.  

Alison Bauerlein is a co-founder of Inogen and has served as our Chief Financial Officer since 2009 and Executive Vice President, Finance since March 2014. Ms. Bauerlein has also served as Corporate Secretary and Corporate Treasurer since 2002. Ms. Bauerlein previously served as our Vice President, Finance from 2008 until March 2014. Prior to serving in these positions, Ms. Bauerlein also served as Controller with our company from 2008 to 2009 and 2001 to 2004, and the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis from 2004 to 2008. Ms. Bauerlein has over 19 years of experience in treasury, finance, accounting, risk management as well as strategic and tactical cost analysis and forecasting. Ms. Bauerlein received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics/Mathematics with high honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Byron Myers is a co-founder of Inogen and has served as our Executive Vice President, Marketing since August 2020. Previously, Mr. Myers served as our Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing from 2017 to August 2020 and Vice President, Marketing from 2011 to 2016. In his current role, Mr. Myers leads Inogen’s Marketing and Product Management Operations. Prior to serving in these positions, Mr. Myers held various roles with our company, including: Product Manager from 2002 to 2006, Director of Marketing from 2006 to 2007 and 2008 to 2011, International Product Manager during 2007, and Director of International Product Management from 2007 to 2008. Mr. Myers received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics/Mathematics from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an M.B.A. from the Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego.

Arron Retterer has served as our Executive Vice President, Sales since August 2020.  Mr. Retterer was the Global Platform Leader for V. Mueller Surgical Instruments (Becton Dickinson) from June 2016 to October 2019. From October 2010 to May 2016, Mr. Retterer served as the National Vice President, Sales, for several medical device divisions of BD/Carefusion, including V. Mueller/Snowden-Pencer Surgical Instruments, Airlife Respiratory and Inside Sales. From August 2000 to September 2010, Mr. Retterer served in various escalating sales roles with the V. Mueller/Snowden-Pencer Surgical Instrument business. Mr. Retterer received a Master of Science degree from the University of Oregon and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Arizona.

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Bart Sanford has served as our Executive Vice President, Operations since September 2018.  From April 2017 to September 2018, Mr. Sanford was Senior Vice President, Operations, at Cepheid Inc., a molecular diagnostics company. From October 2010 to March 2017, Mr. Sanford was Vice President, Global Operations, at Molecular Devices, LLC, a life sciences company. From January 2009 to September 2010, Mr. Sanford was a Corporate Director at Danaher Corporation, a medical device company. From March 2000 to December 2008, Mr. Sanford held various positions at Fluke Corporation, an industrial test product company, including plant manager, manufacturing manager and materials manager. Mr. Sanford received an M.B.A. from Central Michigan University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Logistics, Materials and Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University.

Brenton Taylor is a co-founder of Inogen and has served as our Executive Vice President, Engineering since March 2014. Prior to serving in this position, Mr. Taylor served as our Vice President, Engineering from 2008 until March 2014 and as the Director of Technology with our company from 2003 to 2008. Mr. Taylor is listed as an inventor on 33 of the Company’s issued U.S. patents related to portable oxygen concentrator development. Mr. Taylor received a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis describes the principles underlying the material components of our executive compensation program for our executive officers, including the NEOs, in the “Summary Compensation Table.” We also provide an overview of the overall objectives of the program and the factors relevant to an analysis of these policies and decisions and how we use our executive compensation program to drive our performance.

Our NEOs for 2020 were:

2021 Management Changes*

On January 22, 2021, our Board appointed Nabil Shabshab to serve as our President and Chief Executive Officer, effective February 8, 2021.  In addition, on January 22, 2021, our Board, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee, appointed Mr. Shabshab to serve as a member of our Board, effective February 8, 2021.  Mr. Shabshab succeeded Mr. Wilkinson, who previously announced that he was retiring from the positions of President, CEO, and as a director.  Mr. Wilkinson’s retirement as an officer and director of the Company became effective February 8, 2021.  In connection with these changes, each of Mr. Shabshab and Mr. Wilkinson entered into an agreement with us, which agreement is described in the “Employment Agreements and Potential Payments Upon Termination or Upon Change in Control” section below.

Executive Summary

  Covid-19 Impact on Business and Compensation

We had multiple challenges in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic that had a significant impact on our company, primarily due to a significant reduction in patient travel and activity outside of the home, reduced consumer confidence and physicians limiting patient interactions. However, we believe we adjusted our operations appropriately to balance minimizing operating losses through operating expense efficiency, while also investing in key areas of the business that we believe are important to our long-term success.

However, as a result of the impact of COVID-19, we did not achieve threshold levels of performance for key metrics in our annual cash incentive plan, or for the 2020 tranches of our performance-based equity awards.  Consistent with our pay-for-performance philosophy, no annual bonus plan payouts were made to our senior executive team for 2020, and none of the performance-based equity awards were earned or vested due to 2020 performance. While the COVID-19 pandemic was unforeseen when performance targets were put in place, the Compensation Committee determined it was appropriate to not make any adjustments to the performance targets for 2020.

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We believe we are a leader in portable oxygen concentrators and that the market for our technology remains underpenetrated.

We are committed to our mission to drive freedom and independence for respiratory therapy patients through our innovative products and services. We believe we can create long-term shareholder value by focusing on increasing patient and physician awareness of our products, growing revenue, and optimizing our business in 2021 and beyond.  We maintain our belief that the need and patient preference for our best-in-class portable oxygen concentrators remains strong.

Our early 2020 executive compensation program and incentive plan targets reflected our objective of building momentum for earnings growth as we continued to utilize performance-based criteria, based on Adjusted Operating Income, in our equity compensation program for our executives so that a significant portion of an executive’s 2020 equity compensation only vests if we achieve meaningful Adjusted Operating Income targets over a multi-year period. We define “Adjusted Operating Income” for these performance targets as operating income as determined under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) but excluding the impact of (i) revenue and expenses arising from any businesses acquired following the grant date but prior to the end of the applicable performance period, and (ii) stock-based compensation expenses and stock-based compensation payroll taxes.

2020 Business Performance

As mentioned above, the COVID-19 pandemic impacted both revenue growth and profitability in 2020. As a result, we quickly shifted priorities and took multiple actions to mitigate the impact, including reduced advertising spend, increased focus on new rental setups and improved rental gross margin, and research and development investments to maintain our leadership position.  Despite these headwinds, we demonstrated liquidity and strong growth in rental revenue and rental gross margin for our stockholders in 2020 compared to 2019.  We continue to look for ways to enhance our business and create and sustain long-term value in several of our key business metrics, including additional technology investments, increased consumer and physician awareness, and expanded access to our products through our rental offerings.

Our 2020 results include:

Please see Appendix A attached to this proxy statement for a reconciliation of non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA and non-GAAP Adjusted Operating Income.

Overview of Executive Compensation Program

Our executive compensation program is designed to be competitive and appropriately balance our goals of attracting, motivating, rewarding, and retaining our executive officers and driving company performance. To align our executive officers’ interests with those of our stockholders and to motivate and reward individual initiative and effort, a substantial portion of each executive officer’s target annual total direct compensation opportunity (base salary, cash incentive compensation and long-term equity awards based on grant date fair value at target levels) is “at-risk,” meaning

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the amounts paid to each executive officer will vary based on our company performance and their contributions to that performance.

We emphasize performance-based compensation that appropriately rewards our executive officers for delivering financial, operational, and strategic results that meet or exceed pre-established annual goals through our cash executive incentive compensation plan  In 2020, we continued to place a strong emphasis on performance-based compensation by granting a portion of each executive officer’s long-term incentive compensation, such that it vests only if we achieve certain Adjusted Operating Income goals during the three one-year performance periods, and the executive continues to provide services to us. The continued use of performance-based equity awards is intended to enhance the alignment between the interests of our executives and stockholders and provide incentives for our executives to drive long-term company growth and stockholder value.  

As illustrated by the charts below, for 2020, performance-based compensation opportunities, consisting of performance-based RSUs and target annual cash incentive compensation, made up a significant portion of the total annual direct compensation paid to our executive officers: 48% for Mr. Wilkinson and 32% for our NEOs (other than Messrs. Wilkinson and Retterer). For the NEOs (other than Messrs. Wilkinson and Retterer), each NEOs percentages were separately calculated, and the percentages shown in the chart represent the average of the corresponding percentages for these NEOs.

The percentages above were calculated using base salary as reported in the Summary Compensation Table and target cash incentive compensation and the grant date fair value of long-term equity awards, all as reported in the Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table.

2020 Executive Compensation Highlights

Consistent with our pay-for-performance philosophy, we took the following actions during 2020 with respect to NEO compensation.

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In 2020, we did not achieve our threshold of Revenue or Adjusted EBITDA targets; as a result, we did not pay annual cash bonuses to our NEOs under the 2020 Incentive Plan (as defined below).

In 2020, we did not achieve our threshold Adjusted Operating Income goals; as a result, the 2020 tranches of our performance-based awards were forfeited in their entirety.  

Executive Compensation Governance Highlights

We maintain sound governance standards consistent with our executive compensation policies and practices and we seek to adhere to the best practices for compensation and corporate governance purposes. The Compensation Committee and in certain cases, the independent members of our Board, evaluate our executive compensation program regularly to ensure that it supports our short-term and long-term goals given the dynamic nature of our business and the market in which we compete for executive talent as well as protect our stockholders’ interests. These policies and practices were in effect during 2020:

Compensation Governance

Executive Compensation Policies and Practices

Our compensation philosophy and related corporate governance policies and practices are complemented by several specific compensation practices designed to align our executive compensation with long-term stockholder interests, including:

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Executive Compensation Philosophy and Program Design

Overview

The goals of our executive compensation program are to attract, retain, motivate and reward executive officers who contribute to our success and to incentivize these executives to achieve our short-term and long-term business objectives in order to increase long-term value and increase stockholder returns. This program combines competitive cash and equity awards in the forms and proportions that we believe will motivate our executive officers to increase stockholder value over the long term.

Our executive compensation program is designed to achieve the following specific objectives:

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Executive Compensation Program Framework

For 2020, the principal elements of our executive compensation program are summarized in the following table and described in detail in “Executive Compensation Components” below.

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We also offer our executive officers the opportunity to participate in our 401(k) plan, health care insurance, flexible spending accounts, employee stock purchase plan and certain other benefits available generally to all of our full-time employees.

Governance of Executive Compensation Program

Role of Our Compensation Committee and our Board

Our Compensation Committee, which operates under a written charter adopted by the Board, is primarily responsible for reviewing and approving or recommending to the Board the compensation arrangements for our executive officers. In carrying out these responsibilities, the Compensation Committee reviews all components of executive officer and director compensation for consistency with our compensation philosophy as in effect. The Compensation Committee’s review of the base salary levels, annual cash incentive compensation opportunities, and long-term equity incentive compensation opportunities of our executive officers, including the NEOs, generally occurs around the beginning of the year, or more frequently as warranted. To date, our Compensation Committee has not established any formal policies or guidelines for allocating compensation between short-term and long-term compensation, between cash and non-cash compensation, or among different forms of non-cash compensation. However, as described above, our Compensation Committee seeks to provide a significant portion of our executive officer compensation in the form of variable, at-risk pay.

Our Compensation Committee or the independent members of the Board approve executive compensation decisions after taking into account these recommendations and such other factors as they deem relevant and as further described below. Typically, executive compensation adjustments to cash compensation are effective in the first quarter of the year.

Role of Our Executive Officers

In connection with its review and approval or recommendations, our Compensation Committee considers the recommendations of our Chief Executive Officer regarding the compensation of our executive officers who report directly to him. These recommendations generally include annual adjustments to compensation levels and an assessment of each executive officer’s overall individual contribution, scope of responsibilities and level of experience. While our Compensation Committee retains discretion to set executive officer compensation, it gives considerable weight to our Chief Executive Officer recommendations because of his direct knowledge of each executive officer’s performance and contribution to our business.

No other executive officer participates in the determination or recommendation of the amount or form of executive officer compensation, but our Board or our Compensation Committee may discuss with our Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer our financial, operating and strategic business objectives, incentive targets or performance goals. The Board or the Compensation Committee reviews and determines the appropriateness of the financial measures and performance goals, as well as assesses the degree of difficulty in achieving specific incentive targets and performance goals.

Role of Compensation Consultant

The Compensation Committee engages an independent compensation consultant to assist it by providing information, analysis, and other advice relating to our executive compensation program and the decisions resulting from its executive compensation review. In 2020, the Compensation Committee retained Pearl Meyer to serve as its independent executive compensation consultant and review the competitiveness of our compensation program for our senior executive officers and non-employee directors. Pearl Meyer also advises the Compensation Committee regarding various other executive and director compensation issues as requested.

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No member of our management team participated in the Compensation Committee’s decision to retain Pearl Meyer. Pearl Meyer reports directly to the Compensation Committee, and the Compensation Committee may replace Pearl Meyer or hire additional consultants at any time. Pearl Meyer attends meetings of the Compensation Committee, as requested, and communicates with the Compensation Committee Chairperson between meetings; however, the Compensation Committee, or the independent members of the Board, make all decisions regarding the compensation of our executives.

Pearl Meyer provides various compensation consulting services to the Compensation Committee with respect to our executives and other key employees pursuant to a written consulting agreement with the Compensation Committee. The services Pearl Meyer provides under the agreement include advising the Compensation Committee on the principal aspects of the Company’s executive compensation program including evolving best practices and providing market information and analysis regarding the competitiveness of the Company’s executive compensation program design.

Competitive Positioning

In 2019, the Compensation Committee approved a group of peer group companies (the “Compensation Peer Group”).  The Compensation Peer Group included similarly-situated medical device and diagnostic companies that were identified by Pearl Meyer as companies with similar financial and growth characteristics and as competitors for executive talent based generally on the following criteria:

The updated Compensation Peer Group consisted of 17 companies that met the industry criteria, at least three of the five financial criteria, and had either a one-year revenue growth rate or a three-year compound annual revenue growth rate greater than or equal to 10%. The following companies comprised the Compensation Peer Group used to set compensation for 2019 and 2020:

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Certain information regarding the size and value of the Compensation Peer Group companies relative to us is set forth below (based on estimated information in June 2019).

The compensation surveys used by Pearl Meyer in developing its market consensus were: Towers Watson – 2018 Top Management Compensation Survey (all industries), Pearl Meyer & Partners – 2018 Executive and Senior Management Survey (technology industry), and confidential surveys. For its analysis, Pearl Meyer emphasized data for companies within a revenue range comparable to our company.

In making its 2020 compensation decisions, the Compensation Committee evaluated the target annual total direct compensation (annual base salary, annual cash incentives and long-term equity incentive) for each of our executive officers, including our NEOs. In determining its recommendations for the Board on executive compensation, the Compensation Committee reviewed the market consensus data provided by Pearl Meyer.  The Compensation Committee reviewed the market consensus data for each executive officer’s base salary and annual target cash incentive and for each executive officer’s long-term equity incentives but did not attempt to benchmark to any specific percentile. In conducting its evaluation, the Compensation Committee also considered, among other factors, company performance, each element of compensation, the compensation package as a whole, each executive officer’s past and expected future contribution to our business and our financial performance, and internal pay equity based on the impact on the business and performance, and retention.

We believe that this design allows us to meet the objectives of our executive compensation program, including attracting and retaining talented executives, while retaining flexibility to tailor compensation based on individual circumstances.

In August 2020, the Compensation Committee updated our Compensation Peer Group for merger and acquisition activity and changes in company size and included similarly-situated medical device and diagnostic companies that were identified by Pearl Meyer as companies with similar financial and growth characteristics and as competitors for executive talent based generally on the following criteria:

The updated Compensation Peer Group consisted of 17 companies that meet the industry criteria and financial criteria. The following companies comprised the Compensation Peer Group plan to be used to set compensation for 2021:

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Certain information regarding the size and value of the Compensation Peer Group companies relative to us is set forth below (based on estimated information at the time of review in August 2020).

Executive Compensation Elements and Corporate Performance Measure

Base Salary

We provide an annual base salary to each of our executive officers, including our NEOs, to compensate them for services rendered during the year. Salaries are reviewed annually by the Compensation Committee or, at the request of the committee, the independent members of our Board, and adjusted for the ensuing year based on (i) both qualitative and quantitative factors such as company performance, job level, responsibilities and prior experience and expertise, individual performance, and future potential, (ii) internal review of the executive officer’s total compensation, individually and relative to our other executive officers with similar levels of responsibility within our organization and (iii) an evaluation of the compensation levels of similarly-situated executive officers in our Compensation Peer Group and in our industry generally.

Mr. Retterer’s base salary was established through arms’ length negotiation in connection with his hire in 2020.

In setting our other NEO’s’ base salaries for 2020, we considered the recommendations of the Chief Executive Officer regarding the compensation of each of the NEOs who reported directly to him, the NEOs role and responsibilities within the Company, and such other factors described above.  We also consider the midpoint range as a general guideline for the appropriate level of base salaries but do not attempt to benchmark base salary to any specific percentile.  We believe that this approach to setting base salary levels allows us to be competitive, while retaining flexibility to tailor compensation based on individual circumstances.  No changes were made to the base salaries of these NEOs in 2020.

The 2020 base salaries for our NEOs were as follows:

Cash Incentive Compensation

Overview of 2020 Incentive Plan.  We maintained a cash executive incentive compensation plan for 2020 (the “2020 Incentive Plan”) for our eligible, non-commissioned employees, including our executive officers.

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The 2020 Incentive Plan was designed to increase stockholder value and our success by motivating our employees, including our participating NEOs, to perform to the best of their abilities and achieve our objectives.  The Compensation Committee determined the performance goals applicable to target awards under the 2020 Incentive Plan.  

Target Cash Incentive Opportunities.  Each of our executive officers, including each of our NEOs, Officers, was assigned a target annual incentive compensation opportunity under the 2020 Incentive Plan, which was calculated as a percentage of his or her annual base salary as of the end of 2020. No changes were made to the target bonus percentages of any of our NEOs in 2020.  

The annual cash incentive compensation opportunities of the NEOs for fiscal 2020 were:

2020 Incentive Plan Performance Goals.  For fiscal 2020, we continued to measure the 2020 Incentive Plan on the corporate performance objectives of revenue (weighted 50%) and Adjusted EBITDA (weighted 50%). We use revenue and Adjusted EBITDA to provide incentives for our employees to drive both revenue and earnings growth and make adjustments to exclude certain non-cash and other expenses that are not indicative of our core operating results. The 2020 Incentive Plan funded based on our actual achievement against this metric according to the formula set forth below:

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The Compensation Committee reserved the right to increase, decrease, or eliminate any incentive payment that may be payable under the 2020 Incentive Plan, based on the factors it deemed relevant.

2020 Incentive Plan Achievement

Our 2020 results were Revenue of $308.5 million (resulting in a percentage achievement of 0%) and Adjusted EBITDA was $21.6 million (resulting in a percentage achievement of 0%).  Based on the 2020 results, our executive officers, including our NEOs, received no payment under the 2020 Incentive Plan. While the COVID-19 pandemic was unforeseen when performance targets were put in place, the Compensation Committee determined it was appropriate to not make any adjustments to the performance targets for 2020.

Long-Term Incentive Compensation

We believe long-term incentive compensation is an effective means for focusing our executive officers, including the NEOs, on driving improved financial performance and increased stockholder value over a multi-year period, provides a meaningful reward for long-term value creation, and motivates them to remain employed with us.

This approach aligns the contributions of our executive officers with the long-term interests of our stockholders and allows them to participate in any future appreciation in our common stock.

We determine long-term incentive compensation for our executive officers as part of our annual compensation review and after considering a competitive market analysis, the recommendations of the Chief Executive Officer (except regarding his own long-term incentive compensation), the outstanding equity holdings of each executive officer, the projected impact of the proposed awards on our earnings, our company performance and their contributions towards achieving performance, and the other factors described above. We did not benchmark long-term incentive compensation to any specific percentile.

We previously granted performance-based equity awards to our NEOs (other than Mr. Retterer) in March 2018 and March 2019.  Each of these equity awards is separated into three substantially equal tranches that vest based on our achievement against performance goals related to Adjusted Operating Income for the year the award was granted and each of the following two years.  For the tranche based on achievement of Adjusted Operating Income in 2020, the number of shares covered by the tranche is discussed below.

In February 2020, the Compensation Committee approved equity awards to our NEOs in the form of RSUs in the following amounts and on the following terms except as noted below and all were effective as of February 28, 2020 (or for Mr. Retterer’s grants shortly following his hiring date):

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The time-based awards vest 25% on the first anniversary of the grant date and 1/16^th vest quarterly thereafter subject to the NEO’s continued service with us.

The performance-based awards are separated into three substantially equal tranches and are earned based on our achievements against Adjusted Operating Income targets for 2020, 2021, and 2022, respectively, and each tranche vests following the end of each performance period on March 1, subject to the NEO’s continued service with us on the applicable vesting date. If, prior to the end of any performance period, there is a “change in control” (as defined in the 2014 Plan), then shares corresponding to that performance period are achieved at target and will vest as of immediately prior to such change in control.

The performance-based awards are earned based on our achievement of Adjusted Operating Income for the performance period that applies to each tranche. The Adjusted Operating Income performance measure has a sliding scale so each NEO may achieve from 0% to 150% of the target award amount. The achievement percentage for the performance-based awards is determined using a linear interpolation if actual results are greater than the minimum amount but less than 150% target.

The following table shows the 2020 actual payout level for the first, second and third tranches of the performance-based awards granted in March 2018, March 2019 and February 2020, which were based on achievement of 2020 Adjusted Operating Income. Since Adjusted Operating Income of $4.8 million was less than the threshold level of achievement for each of these tranches of these equity awards, none of the shares covered by these tranches were earned or vested.

The Adjusted Operating Income targets for the second and third performance periods of the 2020 RSUs, or 2021 and 2022, respectively, are based on Adjusted Operating Income growth percentages of 10% and 8%, respectively. Adjusted Operating Income growth for the second performance period is based on the Company’s growth in Adjusted Operating Income from 2020 to 2021 and the third performance period is based on the Company’s growth in Adjusted Operating Income from 2021 to 2022.

Retirement, Welfare and Health Benefits

Our executive officers are eligible to participate in our employee benefit programs on the same basis as our other full-time, salaried employees. We sponsor a Section 401(k) profit-sharing plan, which is intended to qualify for favorable tax treatment under Section 401(a) of the Code. All of our employees, including the NEOs, are eligible to participate on the first day of the month following the date of hire. The Section 401(k) plan includes a salary deferral arrangement under which participants may elect to defer up to 80% of their current eligible compensation not over the statutorily prescribed limit and have their compensation deferral contributed to the Section 401(k) plan. The Company began matching

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contributions to this plan for all eligible employees in 2017 but suspended matching contributions effective July 1, 2020 due to the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Our health and welfare benefits include medical, dental and vision benefits, long-term disability insurance, basic life insurance coverage, health savings accounts, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance. We design our employee benefits programs to be affordable and competitive in relation to the market, and compliant with applicable laws and practices. We adjust our employee benefits programs as needed based upon changes in applicable laws and market practices.

Perquisites and Other Personal Benefits

We do not provide perquisites or other personal benefits to our executive officers, including the NEOs, except in situations where we believe it is appropriate to assist an individual in the performance of his or her duties, to make our executive officers more efficient and effective, and for recruitment and retention purposes. During 2020, none of the NEOs received perquisites or other personal benefits for such individual with the exception of Arron Retterer, who will receive reimbursement of relocation and temporary housing expenses (with all such expenses grossed up for applicable taxes), in accordance with his employment agreement effective August 17, 2020 (including repayment provisions if his employment with us terminates sooner under certain circumstances), all as described in further detail in the “Employment Agreements and Post-Employment Compensation” section below. In addition, pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement, we agreed to pay Mr. Retterer a $5,000 bonus for miscellaneous moving expenses and a $50,000 relocation bonus.  The Compensation Committee believed that providing Mr. Retterer with these benefits was important in order to recruit Mr. Retterer from Northern California to join our company.  The actual amounts paid to Mr. Retterer in 2020 are set forth in the Summary Compensation Table below.

In the future, we may provide perquisites or other personal benefits in limited circumstances, such as those described in the preceding paragraph or those offered to Mr. Shabshab in accordance with his employment agreement, which became effective February 8, 2021. All future practices with respect to perquisites or other personal benefits for executive officers will be approved and subject to periodic review by the Compensation Committee.

Employment Agreements and Post-Employment Compensation

We have entered into written employment agreements with each of our executive officers, including the NEOs. Each of these agreements was approved by our Board or the Compensation Committee at the time of approval.

In filling each of our executive officer positions, our Board and the Compensation Committee at the time of the executive officer’s appointment recognized the need to develop competitive compensation packages to attract qualified candidates in a dynamic labor market. Our Board and the Compensation Committee at the time of appointment were sensitive to the need to integrate new executive officers into the executive compensation structure that we were seeking to develop, balancing both competitive and internal equity considerations.

In 2020, we entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Retterer in connection with his joining the company.  The employment agreement provides an initial base salary, annual cash incentive opportunity, and initial equity awards, all as described above in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis.”  In addition, the employment agreement provides that Mr. Retterer will be eligible for annual equity awards beginning in 2021 having an expected grant date value of between $400,000 and $500,000 with vesting based on the same terms and conditions as the annual equity awards made to the Company’s similarly situated executives.  We believed that providing Mr. Retterer with an equity award commitment was important in order to recruit him to our business.  

In addition, Mr. Retterer’s employment agreement also provides that we will cover costs of certain relocation and moving expenses, including reasonable moving expenses related to moving his primary residence to Goleta, California plus storage, reasonable costs for him to move himself and his spouse to the Goleta, California area, including up to two house-hunting trips to the Goleta, California, the closing costs on the purchase of a new personal home in the Goleta, California area, and reasonable temporary housing expenses for a furnished one-bedroom apartment in the Goleta,

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California area, all as described in his employment agreement (including a gross up for applicable taxes).  In addition, he also received certain relocation and moving expense bonuses as described in the “Perquisites and Other Personal Benefits” section above.  If, prior to the second anniversary of his start date, his employment is terminated by us for “cause” or by him voluntarily without “good reason”, he has agreed to refund us the gross amount of all payments or reimbursements made under this paragraph within 60 days of the termination date.  

For additional information on the specific terms and conditions of the employment agreements of the NEOs, see the discussion of “Employment Agreements and Potential Payments Upon Termination or Upon Change in Control” below.

In addition, the 2014 Plan provides all employees, including our NEOs with the certain vesting acceleration benefits:  in the event of an “involuntary termination” (as defined in the Plan) on or within twelve (12) months following a “change in control” (as defined in the Plan), as discussed below in the “Employment Agreements and Potential Payments Upon Termination or Upon Change in Control” section.

For the performance-based awards, if, prior to the end of any performance period, there is a “change in control” (as defined in the 2014 Plan), then shares corresponding to that performance period are achieved at target and will vest as of immediately prior to such change in control.

Having reasonable and competitive post-employment compensation arrangements in place is essential to attracting and retaining highly qualified executive officers. Our post-employment compensation arrangements are designed to provide reasonable compensation to executive officers who leave us under certain circumstances to facilitate their transition to new employment as well as to encourage such employees to ease any transition that may be required in the context of a change in control. Further, we seek to mitigate any potential employer liability and avoid future disputes or litigation by requiring a departing executive officer to sign a separation and release agreement acceptable to us as a condition to receiving post-employment compensation payments or benefits.

We do not consider specific amounts payable under these post-employment compensation arrangements when establishing annual compensation. However, we believe these arrangements are necessary to offer compensation packages that are competitive.

These arrangements align the interests of management and stockholders when considering the long-term future for the Company. The primary purpose of these arrangements is to keep our most senior executive officers focused on pursuing corporate transaction activity in the best interests of stockholders regardless of whether those transactions may cause their own job loss.

Except for the performance-based awards, all payments and benefits if a change-in-control of ours occurs are payable only if there is a subsequent qualifying loss of employment by an executive officer (a so-called “double-trigger” arrangement). We use this double-trigger arrangement to protect against losing retention power following a change in control of the Company and to avoid windfalls to the executives, both of which could occur if vesting accelerated automatically because of the transaction.

For information on the change in control severance agreements for the NEO’s, and an estimate of the potential payments and benefits payable under these agreements as of the end of fiscal 2020, see “Employment Agreements and Potential Payments Upon Termination and Upon Termination Following a Change in Control” below.

Other Compensation Policies and Practices

Compensation Recoupment Policy

We maintain a policy to recover annual or long-term incentive compensation provided to current and former executive officers in the event that we are required to file a restatement of our audited financial statements with the SEC and the executive officer receives incentive compensation (within 3 years before the date we announce the restatement)

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based on materially inaccurate financial and operating measure. The policy applies to any current and former executive officer who receives a cash or equity incentive award on or after the effective date of the policy.  The Compensation Committee administers the policy.

Equity Ownership Guidelines

We maintain equity ownership guidelines to further align interests of directors and executives with those of our stockholders.  Each of our directors who receive compensation from us and each of our NEOs shall comply with the minimum ownership levels and timing of compliance outlined in the equity ownership guidelines. The following are the guideline levels:

If a director who receives compensation from us or NEO fails to reach, or falls below, the minimum ownership level set forth in the equity ownership guidelines, he or she may be required to retain 100% of any net shares derived from vested awards under our equity incentive plans until his or her minimum ownership level is met or, if necessary, to retain the minimum ownership level.

The individuals subject to these guidelines will have until the later of the fifth anniversary of the effective date of the guidelines or, if applicable, five years after the date the covered individual is appointed or elected, as applicable, to his or her position to comply with the minimum stock ownership requirement.

Policy Prohibiting Insider Trading, Hedging, Short Sales or Pledging of Our Equity Securities

Subject to certain limited exceptions contained in our insider trading compliance policy, our insider trading compliance policy prohibits all our employees, including our executive officers, and the members of our Board from (i) directly or indirectly engaging in any transaction involving our securities while aware of material nonpublic information relating to us, (ii) engaging in transactions involving the securities of any other company while aware of material nonpublic information about that company, (iii) disclosing material nonpublic information concerning us or any other company to friends, family members or any other person or entity not authorized to receive such information where such person or entity may benefit by trading on the basis of such information, (iv) engaging in derivative securities transactions, including hedging, regarding our common stock, (v) engaging in short sales of our securities, and (vi) pledging our securities as collateral or holding our securities in a margin account.

Accounting Considerations

Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation

We follow the Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 (“FASB ASC Topic 718”) for our stock-based compensation awards. FASB ASC Topic 718 requires us to measure the compensation expense for all share-based payment awards made to our employees and members of our Board, based on the grant date “fair value” of these awards. This calculation is performed for accounting purposes and reported in the executive compensation tables required by the federal securities laws, even though the recipient of the awards may realize no value from their awards.

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Compensation Committee Report

The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and based on such review and discussions, the Compensation Committee recommended to our Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this proxy statement and Inogen’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.

Respectfully submitted by the members of the Compensation Committee of the Board:

Heather Rider (Chairperson)

Heath Lukatch

Kristen Miranda

The Compensation Committee Report does not constitute soliciting material, and shall not be deemed to be filed or incorporated by reference into any other filing by Inogen under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent Inogen specifically incorporates the Compensation Committee Report by reference therein.

Compensation Risk Assessment

Our management team and our Compensation Committee each play a role in evaluating and mitigating any risk that may exist relating to our compensation programs, policies and practices for all employees, including our NEOs. Our management team and our Compensation Committee review our employee compensation plans and arrangements in which our employees (including our NEOs) participate to determine whether these plans and arrangements have any features that might create undue risks or encourage unnecessary and excessive risk-taking that could threaten our value. Based on our review, we have concluded that any potential risks arising from our employee compensation programs, policies and practices, including our executive compensation program, are not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company.

2020 Summary Compensation Table

The following table, footnotes, and narrative provide information regarding the compensation awarded to, or earned by, our executive officers, including each of our NEOs, during 2020, 2019, and 2018.  

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