MEC Mayville Engineering Company Inc

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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MAYVILLE ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.

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MAYVILLE ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

To Be Held April 16, 2024

To the Shareholders of

Mayville Engineering Company, Inc.:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. will be held online at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/MEC2024 on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at 2:00 P.M., Central Time, for the following purposes:

1. To elect three directors to hold office until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

2. To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2024.

3. To consider and act upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

The close of business on February 16, 2024, has been fixed as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof.

A proxy for the meeting and a proxy statement are enclosed herewith. You or your proxyholder can participate, vote, and examine our shareholder list at the Annual Meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/MEC2024 and using your control number found on your proxy card.

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Mayville, Wisconsin

March 6, 2024

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholder Meeting To Be Held on April 16, 2024. The Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. proxy statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and the 2023 Annual Report to Shareholders are available at www.proxyvote.com.

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT NO MATTER HOW LARGE OR SMALL YOUR HOLDINGS MAY BE. TO ASSURE YOUR REPRESENTATION AT THE MEETING, PLEASE DATE THE ENCLOSED PROXY, WHICH IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME APPEARS THEREON AND RETURN IMMEDIATELY, OR VOTE OVER THE INTERNET OR BY TELEPHONE AS PROVIDED ON YOUR PROXY CARD.

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MAYVILLE ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.

135 S. 84th Street, Suite 300

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53214

PROXY STATEMENT

FOR

ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

To Be Held April 16, 2024

This proxy statement is being furnished to shareholders by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. (the “Company”, “we”, “our”, “us” or similar terms), beginning on or about March 6, 2024, in connection with a solicitation of proxies by the Board for use at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held online at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/MEC2024 on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at 2:00 P.M., Central Time, and all adjournments or postponements thereof (the “Annual Meeting”) for the purposes set forth in the attached Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Only holders of record of the Company’s common stock, no par value per share (the “Common Stock”), at the close of business on February 16, 2024 (the “Record Date”), are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. On that date, the Company had outstanding and entitled to vote 20,364,907 shares of Common Stock, each of which is entitled to one vote per share. The presence of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting business at the Annual Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted as present in determining whether there is a quorum.

To ensure that your vote is recorded promptly, please vote as soon as possible, even if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting by virtual presence online. Whether you hold shares directly as the shareholder of record or beneficially in street name, you may direct how your shares are voted without attending the Annual Meeting. If you are a shareholder of record, you have the option to vote by written proxy or electronically via either the internet or telephone pursuant to instructions provided on the proxy card sent to you. A shareholder of record may access and complete the proxy card online at www.proxyvote.com or vote by telephone (1-800-690-6903), in each case by using the control number provided on your proxy card. If you hold shares beneficially in street name, you may also vote by proxy by following the voting instructions provided to you by your broker, bank, trustee or nominee.

If you attend the Annual Meeting online, you may also vote your shares at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/MEC2024 during the meeting, and any previous votes that you submitted will be superseded by the vote that you cast at the Annual Meeting. Please note, however, that if your shares are held of record by a broker, bank or other nominee and you wish to vote at the Annual Meeting, you must obtain from the record holder of those shares a legal proxy issued in your name.

If you hold shares in the Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the “ESOP”) and/or the Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the “401(k) Plan”), you must provide voting instructions to the trustee of those plans by April 11, 2024, which can be done by written proxy or electronically via either the internet or telephone pursuant to instructions provided on the proxy card sent to you. A holder of shares in the ESOP and/or the 401(k) Plan may access and complete the proxy card online at www.proxyvote.com or vote by telephone (1-800-690-6903), in each case by using the control number provided on your proxy card. If no instructions are made or if your completed proxy card is not received by April 11, 2024, the trustee of will votes the shares allocated to your plan account in its sole discretion (for shares in the ESOP) or as directed by the 401(k) Plan sponsor, which is the Company (for shares in the 401(k) Plan).

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The format of the Annual Meeting will be a virtual-only meeting. We have worked to offer the same participation opportunities as would be provided at an in person annual meeting.

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You may attend and participate in the Annual Meeting by virtual presence online if you were a shareholder or joint holder as of the close of business on the Record Date (February 16, 2024), or you hold a valid proxy for the Annual Meeting. To attend the Annual Meeting by virtual presence online, go to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/MEC2024. If you are a shareholder of record or hold shares in the ESOP or the 401(k) Plan, you will also need to provide your control number found on your proxy card. If you are not a shareholder of record and do not hold your shares in the ESOP or the 401(k) Plan, but hold shares through a broker, trustee or nominee, you will also need to obtain a legal proxy from the broker, trustee or nominee that holds your shares, have a copy of the voting instruction card provided by your broker, trustee or nominee, and provide your control number found on the voting instruction card provided by such broker, trustee or nominee.

The virtual Annual Meeting will begin promptly at 2:00 P.M., Central Time. Online check-in will begin at 1:45 P.M., Central Time, and you should allow ample time for the online check-in procedures. If you have difficulty accessing the Annual Meeting, please call the telephone number provided on the login page at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/MEC2024. We will have technicians available to assist you.

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Whether or not you participate in the Annual Meeting, it is important that your shares be part of the voting process. The methods by which you may vote are described above and on your proxy card.

Execution of a proxy given in response to this solicitation will not affect a shareholder’s right to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting by virtual presence online. Virtual presence at the Annual Meeting of a shareholder who has signed a proxy does not in itself revoke a proxy. Any shareholder giving a proxy may revoke it at any time before it is exercised by giving notice thereof to the Company in writing, by delivering a duly executed proxy bearing a later date or by voting by virtual presence online at the Annual Meeting.

The shares represented by all properly executed unrevoked proxies received in time for the Annual Meeting will be voted as specified on the proxies. If no direction is given on a properly executed unrevoked proxy, it will be voted as follows:

Other than the election of three directors and the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2024, the Board has no knowledge of any matters to be presented for action by the shareholders at the Annual Meeting.

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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

The Company’s bylaws provide that the directors shall be divided into three classes, with the classes to be as nearly equal in number as possible, and with the directors serving three-year terms. At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders will elect three directors to hold office until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. Unless shareholders otherwise specify, the shares represented by the proxies received will be voted in favor of the election as directors of the three persons named as nominees herein. The Board has no reason to believe that the listed nominees will be unable or unwilling to serve as directors if elected. However, in the event that any nominee should be unable to serve or for good cause will not serve, the shares represented by proxies received will be voted for another nominee selected by the Board.

Each director will be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting, assuming a quorum is present. For this purpose, “plurality” means that the nominees receiving the largest number of votes will be elected as directors. Any shares not voted at the Annual Meeting, whether due to abstentions, broker non-votes or otherwise, will have no impact on the election of the directors. Votes will be tabulated by an inspector of elections appointed by the Company.

The Board is presently composed of seven members, six of whom are non-employee, independent directors.

The following sets forth certain information, as of February 16, 2024, about the Board’s nominees for election at the Annual Meeting and each director of the Company whose term will continue after the Annual Meeting.

Nominees for Election at the Annual Meeting

Terms expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting

Allen J. Carlson, 73, has been a member of the Board since January 2016. Mr. Carlson is currently employed by the University of Florida’s College of Engineering, serves as a director of Husco International Inc. and on the Board of Regents of the Milwaukee School of Engineering. Mr. Carlson previously served as a director and the Chief Executive Officer of Sun Hydraulics Corporation from 2000 to 2016. From 1996 to 2000 he was Sun’s senior marketing director. From October 1977 to March 1996, Mr. Carlson held various engineering, marketing and management positions for Vickers Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of Trinova Corporation. Mr. Carlson earned his bachelor’s degree from the Milwaukee School of Engineering and is a graduate of the advanced management program at the Harvard Business School. We believe that Mr. Carlson’s over 40 years of experience in the manufacturing industry and nearly 16 years as the Chief Executive Officer of a public company qualifies him to serve as a member of the Board.

Timothy L. Christen, 65, has been a member of the Board since June 2016 and has served as our non-executive Chair of the Board since July 2022. He also serves as a director of Expensify, a cloud-based expense management platform, since 2021 and CPA.com, a provider of innovative strategies and solutions to accounting firms and their clients, since 2018. Mr. Christen is Chairman Emeritus of Baker Tilly US, LLP, a national public accounting firm where he served as a partner from 1990 to 2016 and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1999 to 2016, and Baker Tilly International Ltd., a top ten global accounting network where he served as Chairman from 2017 to 2021. He was appointed as a trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) as of January 1, 2021. Mr. Christen also served as director of the American Institute of CPAs from 2014 to 2017, serving as Chairman from 2015 to 2016. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant. We believe Mr. Christen’s forty-plus years of accounting expertise and substantial strategy, risk and management experience over his 16 years as the Chief Executive Officer of a national public accounting firm qualifies him to serve as a member of the Board.

Jennifer J. Kent, 52, has been a member of the Board since December 2020. She has served as Chief Legal Officer of Kohl’s Corporation, a retailer, since February 2023. Prior to serving in her current position, Ms. Kent was the Executive Vice President and Chief People & Legal Officer of Quad/Graphics, Inc., a marketing experience company, since January 2022 and served in that role since June 2015 under its previous title of Executive Vice President of Administration, General Counsel & Secretary. Ms. Kent joined Quad in August 2010 as Assistant General Counsel and was promoted to Vice President and General Counsel in December 2013. Prior thereto, Ms. Kent held various positions in motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson Motor Company’s legal department from 2003 to 2010, including Associate General Counsel. Ms. Kent earned her law degree from Stanford University and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Iowa. We believe Ms. Kent’s over 20 years of broad business and leadership experience, including managing legal, compliance, human resources, corporate communications, government affairs, real estate, and safety and environmental management functions at a public company, qualifies her to serve on the Board.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THE FOREGOING NOMINEES FOR ELECTION AS DIRECTORS AND URGES EACH SHAREHOLDER TO VOTE “FOR” SUCH NOMINEES. SHARES OF THE COMPANY’S COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED BY EXECUTED BUT UNMARKED PROXIES WILL BE VOTED “FOR” SUCH NOMINEES.

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Directors Continuing in Office

Terms expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting

Jagadeesh (Jag) A. Reddy, 52, joined the Company as President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as a director, in July 2022. Prior to joining us, Mr. Reddy served as a member of the senior leadership team at W.R. Grace & Co. since 2018, most recently as the head of its Strategy and Growth function, as well as the Managing Director of its Advanced Refining Technologies hydroprocessing joint venture with Chevron. Before joining W.R. Grace & Co., he served as Vice President and General Manager, Water Technologies Strategic Business Unit from 2014 to 2017, and Vice President, Corporate Strategy from 2012 to 2014 at Pentair plc. Previously, Mr. Reddy held leadership roles of increasing responsibility at ITT Corporation and its spin-off, Xylem Inc. Mr. Reddy also held product management and mergers and acquisitions roles at Danaher Corporation and United Technologies. He started his career in manufacturing operations at Denso Corporation. Mr. Reddy earned a master’s of business administration degree in Finance and Strategy from the Kellogg School of Management and a master’s degree in Engineering Management from the McCormick School of Engineering, both at Northwestern University. He also holds a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Tennessee and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Sri Venkateswara University in India. We believe that Mr. Reddy is qualified to serve as a director of our company because he has extensive senior management experience and serves as our President and Chief Executive Officer.

Jay O. Rothman, 64, has been a member of the Board since July 2008. He has served as President of the Universities of Wisconsin since June 2022. Prior to serving in his current position, Mr. Rothman served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Foley & Lardner LLP, a national law firm, from June 2011 to May 2022. Mr. Rothman serves as director of Quad/Graphics, Inc. Mr. Rothman received a bachelor’s degree from Marquette University in 1982 and his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1985. We believe that Mr. Rothman’s career as an executive, as well as a business attorney, qualifies him to serve as a member of the Board.

Terms expiring at the 2026 Annual Meeting

Steven L. Fisher, 69, has been a member of the Board since November 2013. He has previously served as an executive at Caterpillar Inc., where he was a Division Chief Financial Officer from 1991 to 1998 and Vice President from 2005 to 2014. Mr. Fisher currently serves as a member of the advisory board of Palmer Johnson Power Systems. Mr. Fisher received a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Bradley University and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant. We believe Mr. Fisher’s substantial experience as an executive of a public company in the manufacturing industry and accounting expertise qualifies him to serve on the Board.

Robert L. McCormick, 63, has been a member of the Board since December 2022. He has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Douglas Dynamics, Inc., a manufacturer and upfitter of commercial work truck attachments and equipment, since January 2019. Prior to serving in his current position, Mr. McCormick served as Douglas Dynamics’ Chief Operating Officer from 2017 to 2019 and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2004 to 2017. Previously, Mr. McCormick served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Xymox Technology Inc. from 2001 to 2004. Prior to that, he served in various capacities in the Newell Rubbermaid Corporation, including President from 2000 to 2001 and Vice President Group Controller from 1997 to 2000. Mr. McCormick graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting in 1982 and received his CPA certificate in 1984. Since 2017, he has been a member of the Board of Directors for nonprofit organization The Parenting Network. We believe that Mr. McCormick’s over 40 years of experience in the manufacturing industry and his years as the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of a public company qualifies him to serve as a member of the Board.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Corporate Governance Guidelines; Code of Conduct and Ethics

The Board has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines that, in conjunction with the Board committee charters, establish processes and procedures to help ensure effective and responsive governance by the Board. The Corporate Governance Guidelines also establish the Company’s policies on director orientation and continuing education, which include a mandatory orientation program for new directors and provide that the Board will be assessed on an annual basis to determine whether it and its committees are functioning effectively. In addition, the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that, at each regularly scheduled Board meeting, the independent directors meet in executive session. The independent directors may also meet at such other times as any of them determine appropriate. The Corporate Governance Guidelines also provide that the Company’s executive officers and other members of senior management who are not members of the Board will participate in Board meetings to present information, make recommendations and be available for direct interaction with members of the Board. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board are responsible for regularly reviewing and revising the Corporate Governance Guidelines and related documents as and when appropriate. The Company has posted a copy of the Corporate Governance Guidelines on its website at ir.mecinc.com.

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We have adopted a Code of Conduct and Ethics that applies to all of our directors, officers and employees, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and other persons performing similar functions. We have posted a copy of the Code of Conduct and Ethics on our website at ir.mecinc.com.

Other than the text of the Corporate Governance Guidelines and Code of Conduct and Ethics, the Company is not including the information contained on or available through its website as a part of, or incorporating such information by reference into, this proxy statement.

Director Independence; Board Leadership Structure

The Board has adopted director independence standards to assist it in making determinations regarding whether the Company’s directors are independent as that term is defined in the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). These standards are available on the Company’s website at ir.mecinc.com. Based on these standards, the Board determined that all of our non-employee directors (i.e., all directors except for Mr. Reddy, who is our President and Chief Executive Officer) are “independent directors” as that term is defined in the listing standards of the NYSE and the director independence standards adopted by the Board. In making this determination, the Board considered the current and prior relationships that each non-employee director has with the Company and all other facts and circumstances the Board deemed relevant in determining their independence, including the transactions described in the section titled “—Transactions with Related Persons” below.

Our Board believes it is important to have flexibility in selecting our Board leadership structure. Accordingly, our Corporate Governance Guidelines allow for the positions of Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company to be held by the same person. In July 2022, the Board decided that it was in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to separate the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board, and our Board has been led by an independent, non-executive Chair since that time. The Board believes separating the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board enhances the accountability of the Chief Executive Officer to the Board, strengthens the Board’s independence from management, and ensures a greater role for the independent directors in the oversight of the Company. In addition it allows our Chief Executive Officer to focus his efforts on running our business and managing our Company in the best interests of our shareholders, while the Chair provides guidance to the Chief Executive Officer and, in consultation with management, helps to set the agenda for Board meetings and establishes priorities and procedures for the work of the full Board.

Prohibition on Derivatives, Hedging Transactions, Margin Accounts and Pledges

We have adopted a policy that prohibits all of our directors, officers and employees from trading in puts, calls and other derivative securities with respect to shares of our stock that they were granted as part of their compensation or otherwise hold. In addition, this policy prohibits all of our directors, officers and employees from purchasing any financial instruments (including prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars and exchange funds) or otherwise engaging in transactions that are designed to or have the effect of hedging or offsetting any decrease in the market value of our stock. Our directors, officers and certain other designated employees are also prohibited from holding our stock in a margin account or pledging our stock as collateral for a loan.

Board Meetings

The Board held five meetings in 2023. During the period of the directors’ service in 2023, each of the directors attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Board and the committees on which they served during 2023.

At each regularly scheduled Board meeting, the independent directors meet separately in executive session. An independent director presides over each executive session of the independent directors. The independent director who presides may differ from meeting to meeting, which is dependent on the subject matter of the agenda of the executive session.

Directors are expected to attend our annual meeting of shareholders each year. At the 2023 annual meeting of shareholders, all of the directors then serving were in attendance.

Committees

The Board currently has a standing Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Each of these committees has the responsibilities set forth in formal written charters adopted by the Board. The Company makes available copies of each of these charters on its website located at ir.mecinc.com. Other than the text of the charters, the Company is not including the information contained on or available through its website as a part of, or incorporating such information by reference into, this proxy statement.

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Audit Committee

The Audit Committee assists the Board in fulfilling the oversight responsibilities the Board has with respect to (i) the integrity of our financial statements and accounting and financial reporting processes, (ii) our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, (iii) the qualifications and independence of our independent registered public accounting firm, (iv) the performance of our internal audit and disclosure controls functions and the performance of our independent registered public accounting firm and (v) monitoring our risk management framework (including cybersecurity and data protection policies and processes). The Audit Committee has responsibility for the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of our independent registered public accounting firm, which reports directly to the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee is also responsible for preparing an audit committee report to be included in our annual proxy statement, and reviews, approves and oversees on an on-going basis any related party transactions. The Audit Committee has authority to preapprove all auditing and permitted non-audit services to be performed by our independent registered public accounting firm, subject to the de minimis exceptions provided under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Audit Committee has established procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by the Company regarding accounting and auditing matters.

The Audit Committee presently consists of Steven L. Fisher (Chairperson), Timothy L. Christen and Robert L. McCormick, each of whom is independent as defined in Rule 10A-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and under the listing standards of the NYSE, as well as the director independence standards adopted by the Board. In addition, the Board has determined that each member of the Audit Committee qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and meets the expertise requirements for audit committee members under the listing standards of the NYSE. The Audit Committee held four meetings in 2023.

Compensation Committee

The purpose of the Compensation Committee is to assist the Board in discharging its responsibilities relating to the compensation of our chief executive officer and other executive officers. In this role, the Compensation Committee has the overall responsibility of administering our incentive and equity compensation plans and providing oversight of the policies and practices relating to employee relations and human resource activities. The Compensation Committee approves the compensation of our executive officers, including the Chief Executive Officer. The Compensation Committee also provides oversight of the design of all our retirement and health and welfare plan programs and human resource management practices and policies, including hiring and retention, performance management programs, diversity policies and practices, leadership development and manager succession planning. It has authority to retain or obtain the advice of compensation consultants to assist with regard to any of its activities. The Compensation Committee also administers our incentive and equity compensation plans.

The Compensation Committee presently consists of Jennifer J. Kent (Chairperson), Allen J. Carlson and Steven L. Fisher, each of whom meets the independence standards of the NYSE and the Securities and Exchange Commission for compensation committee members, as well as the director independence standards adopted by the Board. The Compensation Committee held three meetings in 2023.

In 2023, the Compensation Committee retained Pearl Meyer and Partners, LLC to provide it with market information, analysis and other advice relating to executive compensation on an ongoing basis. The Compensation Committee engaged Pearl Meyer and Partners, LLC to, among other things, assist in developing an appropriate group of peer companies to help us determine the appropriate level of overall compensation for our executive officers, as well as to assess each separate element of compensation, with a goal of ensuring that the compensation we offer to our executive officers, individually as well as in the aggregate, is competitive and fair. We do not believe the retention of, or the work performed by, Pearl Meyer and Partners, LLC creates any conflict of interest.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

The purposes of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are to (i) carry out the responsibilities delegated to it by the Board relating to our director nomination processes and procedures, (ii) identify individuals qualified to become members of the Board (consistent with criteria approved by the Board), (iii) select and recommend to the Board qualified potential director nominees for election at each of the annual meeting of shareholders, (iv) develop, maintain and recommend to the Board a set of corporate governance guidelines applicable to us, (v) oversee and assist in the evaluation of the Board, its committees and management and (vi) oversee, in collaboration with the Audit Committee, compliance with the rules, regulations and ethical standards for our directors, officers and employees, including corporate governance matters and practices.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee presently consists of Jay O. Rothman (Chairperson), Allen J. Carlson and Timothy L. Christen, each of whom meets the independence standards of the NYSE for Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee members, as well as the director independence standards adopted by the Board. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee held one meeting in 2023.

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Board Oversight of Risk

The Board, as a whole and through its committees, has responsibility for the oversight of risk management at the Company. In its risk oversight role, the Board has the responsibility to satisfy itself that the risk management processes designed and implemented by management are adequate and functioning as designed. The Board receives reports from management on financial, operational, legal compliance and reputation risks and the degree of exposure to those risks. The Board helps ensure that management is properly focused on risk by, among other things, reviewing and discussing the performance of senior management and business units of the Company.

The Board oversees an enterprise-wide approach to risk management, which is designed to (i) support the achievement of organizational objectives, including strategic objectives, (ii) improve long-term organizational performance and (iii) enhance shareholder value. Several Board committees are responsible for risk oversight in specific areas. The Board relies on its Audit Committee to address significant financial risk exposures and the steps management has taken to monitor, control and report such exposures to the full Board, including the Company’s risk assessment and risk management guidelines and policies. The Compensation Committee monitors and evaluates risks arising from the Company’s compensation policies and practices for its employees. The Board’s role in the Company’s risk oversight has not affected the Board’s leadership structure. During 2023, the Board and its committees also reviewed and discussed with management macroeconomic conditions, including inflation, elevated interest rates and recessionary concerns, as well as continuing supply chain constraints affecting some of the Company’s customers, labor availability and material cost pressures, and management’s strategies and initiatives to respond to, and mitigate, any adverse impacts.

Nominations of Directors

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider persons recommended by shareholders to become nominees for election as directors. Recommendations for consideration by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee should be sent to the Secretary of the Company in writing together with appropriate biographical information concerning each proposed nominee. The Company’s bylaws also set forth certain requirements for shareholders wishing to nominate director candidates. See the section titled “Miscellaneous—Shareholder Proposals” below for additional information.

In identifying and evaluating nominees for director, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee seeks to ensure that the Board possesses, in the aggregate, the strategic, managerial and financial skills and experience necessary to fulfill its duties and to achieve its objectives, and seeks to ensure that the Board is comprised of directors who have broad and diverse backgrounds, possessing knowledge in areas that are of importance to the Company. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee looks at each nominee on a case-by-case basis regardless of who recommended the nominee. In looking at the qualifications of each candidate to determine if their election would further the goals described above, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider areas of expertise and competencies that candidates may have to offer as well as the overall composition and diversity of the Board. In addition, the Board and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee believe that the Board as a collective whole should have the following technical skills and experience:

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also believes that nominees for director should possess the following attributes:

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Communications with the Board of Directors

Shareholders or interested parties may communicate with the Board by writing to Mayville Engineering Company, Inc., Board of Directors (or, at the writer’s option, to a specific director or to the independent directors as a group), c/o Todd M. Butz, Secretary, 135 S. 84th Street, Suite 300, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53214. The Secretary will ensure that the communication is delivered to the Board, the specified director or the specified group of directors, as the case may be.

Transactions with Related Persons

We had no related person transactions during 2023, and none are currently proposed, in which we were a participant and in which any related person had a direct or indirect material interest. Our Board has adopted written policies and procedures regarding related person transactions. For purposes of these policies and procedures:

Our Audit Committee is responsible for reviewing, approving or ratifying all related party transactions. The Audit Committee’s decision whether or not to approve or ratify a proposed transaction is made in light of whether consummation of the transaction is believed by the Audit Committee to not be or have been contrary to the best interests of the Company.

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2023 DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

Directors who are employees of the Company receive no compensation for service as members of either the Board or committees thereof. Directors who are not employees of the Company receive $8,000 for each meeting of our Board attended, $2,000 for each meeting of our Board committees attended and $1,000 for each telephonic meeting of our Board committees joined. The non-executive Chair of the Board also receives an annual retainer of $50,000, half of which is payable in cash and the other half of which is payable in restricted stock units, and the chairperson of each of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receive an annual cash retainer of $10,000. In addition, our non-employee directors also receive an annual equity grant of restricted stock units with a target grant date value of $125,000. The restricted stock units generally vest on the first anniversary of the grant date (or the next annual meeting of the shareholders, if earlier), contingent on the non-employee director’s continued service until the vesting date or earlier death or disability. Our non-employee directors are permitted to defer the settlement of their restricted stock units, and any awards deferred are reflected in the Stock Awards column of the table below in the year granted. We also reimburse all ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in the conduct of our business.

The following table provides information regarding the compensation of our non-employee directors during 2023:

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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

In accordance with its written charter, the Audit Committee’s purposes include assisting the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities with respect to (i) the integrity of the Company’s financial statements; (ii) the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; and (iii) the qualifications and independence of the independent registered public accounting firm.

In fulfilling its responsibilities, the Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements contained in the 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Company’s management and independent registered public accounting firm.

The Audit Committee discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm matters required to be discussed under the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding communications with audit committees. In addition, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm provided to the Audit Committee the written disclosures and the letter required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent registered public accounting firm’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and the Audit Committee discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the firm’s independence. The Audit Committee pre-approves all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of the services relating to the Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees set forth in the section titled “Miscellaneous – Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” below was compatible with maintaining the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm and determined that such services did not adversely affect the independence of the firm.

In reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board (and the Board has approved) that the audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

This report shall not be deemed incorporated by reference by any general statement incorporating by reference this proxy statement into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not otherwise be deemed filed under such Acts.

AUDIT COMMITTEE

Steven L. Fisher, Chairperson

Timothy L. Christen

Robert L. McCormick

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PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of Common Stock as of the Record Date (i.e., February 16, 2024) by: (1) each director and director nominee; (2) each of the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table; (3) all of the directors, director nominees and executive officers (including the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table) as a group; and (4) each person or entity known to the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the Common Stock. Except as otherwise indicated in the footnotes, each of the holders listed below has sole voting and investment power over the shares beneficially owned. The footnotes also indicate instances in which the same shares are reported as held by two or more holders. As of the Record Date, there were 20,364,907 shares of Common Stock outstanding.

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DELINQUENT SECTION 16(a) REPORTS

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires the Company’s directors, executive officers and any owner of greater than 10% of the Company’s Common Stock to file reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission concerning their ownership of the Company’s Common Stock. Based solely upon information provided to the Company by individual directors and executive officers, the Company believes that, during the year ended December 31, 2023, all of its directors and executive officers and owners of greater than 10% of the Company’s Common Stock complied with the Section 16(a) filing requirements.

RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Audit Committee has appointed Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024.

We are asking our shareholders to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm. Although ratification is not required, our Board is submitting the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to our shareholders for ratification because we value our shareholders’ views on our independent auditors and as a matter of good corporate practice. In the event that our shareholders fail to ratify the appointment, the Audit Committee will consider it as a direction to consider the appointment of a different firm. Even if the appointment is ratified, the Audit Committee in its discretion may select a different independent auditor at any time if it determines that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company and our shareholders.

Representatives of Deloitte & Touche LLP are expected to be present at the Annual Meeting with the opportunity to make a statement if they so desire. Such representatives are also expected to be available to respond to appropriate questions.

Assuming a quorum is present at the Annual Meeting, the number of votes cast for the ratification of the Audit Committee’s appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024 must exceed the number of votes cast against it. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted as present in determining whether there is a quorum; however, they will not constitute a vote “for” or “against” ratification and will be disregarded in the calculation of votes cast.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM. SHARES OF THE COMPANY’S COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED BY EXECUTED BUT UNMARKED PROXIES WILL BE VOTED “FOR” RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM.

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

This section discusses the material components of the executive compensation program for our executive officers who are named in the “Summary Compensation Table for 2023” below. Our named executive officers for 2023 were:

This discussion may contain forward-looking statements that are based on our current plans, considerations, expectations and determinations regarding future compensation programs. Actual compensation programs that we adopt following the completion of this offering may differ materially from the currently planned programs summarized in this discussion.

Summary Compensation Table for 2023

The following table provides information regarding the compensation of our named executive officers during 2023 and 2022.

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Employment, Severance or Change in Control Agreements

Agreements with Mr. Reddy

As previously disclosed, in connection with his appointment as our President and Chief Executive Officer, we and Mr. Reddy entered into a severance agreement and a Change in Control Employment and Severance Agreement (the “Reddy Change in Control Agreement”). The severance agreement provides for a lump sum severance benefit equal to one times Mr. Reddy’s then-current annual base salary and target annual cash bonus in the event that his employment is involuntarily terminated without cause or he terminates for good reason prior to a change in control of our company. As a condition of receiving such severance, Mr. Reddy is required to execute a release and waiver of claims.

The Reddy Change in Control Agreement provides for certain protections relating to Mr. Reddy’s employment during a two-year period following a change in control of our company. If, during the protected period, Mr. Reddy’s employment is terminated by us without cause, other than by reason of death or disability, or Mr. Reddy terminates his employment with good reason, then, if Mr. Reddy provides a release of claims, he will be entitled to a severance payment of two times the sum of his annual base salary and target annual bonus. The Reddy Change in Control Agreement also provides that Mr. Reddy would be entitled to continued life insurance, hospitalization, medical and dental coverage for 24 months following the termination of employment. Any equity-based and cash incentive awards granted after the change in control will be deemed immediately earned or vested in full as of the termination of employment.

Prior to a change in control, the Reddy Change in Control Agreement does not restrict our right to terminate Mr. Reddy’s employment for any reason. However, if Mr. Reddy’s employment is terminated by us without cause within 180 days prior to a change in control and he reasonably demonstrates that the termination was at the request of the acquirer or otherwise arose in connection with or in anticipation of the change in control, he will be entitled to the protections under the Reddy Change in Control Agreement described above.

The Reddy Change in Control Agreement imposes restrictive covenants on Mr. Reddy, including non-solicitation of our customers, non-competition with us and non-interference with our employees during his employment and for 12 months after employment ends. The Reddy Change in Control Agreement also obligates Mr. Reddy to protect our confidential information.

The Reddy Change in Control Agreement does not provide for any tax gross-ups. To the extent payments in connection with the change in control would trigger the parachute payment excise tax under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, then Mr. Reddy will either receive the total payments and pay the excise tax or have the total payments reduced such that no excise tax will be imposed, whichever is better for him on an after-tax basis.

Agreements with Other Named Executive Officers

We have entered into executive severance agreements with Messrs. Butz and Raber and, prior to this separation from service, Mr. Stille, that provide a lump sum severance benefit equal to one times the executive’s then-current annual base salary and target annual cash bonus in the event that his employment is involuntarily terminated without cause or he terminates for a good reason prior to a change in control of the Company. As a condition of receiving such severance the executive would be required to execute a release and waiver of claims. Mr. Stille received severance under his agreement in connection with his separation from service, as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table above.

We also maintain Change in Control Employment and Severance Agreements (“Change in Control Agreements”) with each of our executive officers, including our named executive officers. Mr. Reddy’s Change in Control Agreement is the Reddy Change in Control Agreement described above. The other Change in Control Agreements provide for certain protections relating to the executive officers’ employment during a two-year period following a change in control of the Company. If, during the protected period, the executive officer’s employment is terminated by the Company without cause, other than by reason of death or disability, or the executive officer terminates his employment with good reason, then, if the executive officer provides a release of claims, he will be entitled to a severance payment of two times the sum of his annual base salary and target annual bonus. Each Change in Control Agreement also provides that the executive officer would be entitled to continued life insurance, hospitalization, medical and dental coverage for 24 months following the termination of employment. Any equity-based and cash incentive awards granted after the change in control will be deemed immediately earned or vested in full as of the termination of employment.

Prior to a change in control, the Change in Control Agreements do not restrict our right to terminate the executive officer’s employment for any reason. However, if the executive officer’s employment is terminated by us without cause within 180 days prior to a change in control and the executive officer reasonably demonstrates that the termination was at the request of the acquirer or otherwise arose in connection with

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or in anticipation of the change in control, the executive officer will be entitled to the protections under the Change in Control Agreements described above.

The Change in Control Agreements impose restrictive covenants on the executive officers, including non-solicitation of Company customers, non-competition with the Company and non-interference with Company employees during the executive officer’s employment and for 12 months after employment ends. The Change in Control Agreements also obligate executive officers to protect the Company’s confidential information.

The Change in Control Agreements do not provide for any tax gross-ups. To the extent payments in connection with the change in control would trigger the parachute payment excise tax under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, then the executive officer will either receive the total payments and pay the excise tax or have the total payments reduced such that no excise tax will be imposed, whichever is better for the executive officer on an after-tax basis.

Incentive Compensation Plans

2023 Annual Cash Bonus

During 2023, our named executive officers were eligible to receive annual cash bonuses based on the achievement of certain performance conditions established by our Compensation Committee. The performance goals were company performance measures of Return on Assets (“ROA”), Net Income, and Free Cash Flow (defined as adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, minus capital expenditures and plus or minus the change in accounts receivable, inventory and accounts payable). The performance goals for each element were pre-established at threshold, target and maximum performance levels.

The performance measures that applied to each named executive officer were as follows. The applicable measures were weighted as follows: 40% Net Income, 30% ROA and 30% Free Cash Flow. For 2023, actual performance with respect to the financial performance goals was above threshold but below target. Individual performance was deemed satisfactory on a discretionary basis.

Our Compensation Committee also established specific target bonus payouts for each named executive officer, which are expressed as a percentage of each named executive officer’s base salary. For 2023, the named executive officer target payouts as a percentage of base salary were: Mr. Reddy; 100%; Mr. Butz 120%; Mr. Raber 100%; and Mr. Stille 90%. The annual cash bonus paid earned on the basis of the performance measures described above would be calculated by multiplying the applicable weightings by the percentages of achievement to derive the percentages shown in the table below, and multiplying the sum of those percentages by the bonus target payouts for each named executive officer and each named executive officer’s base salary. In 2023, the annual cash bonus calculations based on the performance measures described above were as follows:

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Incentive Compensation Decisions for 2023

Our Compensation Committee approved annual grants of equity-based awards to our named executive officers, consisting of restricted stock units and stock options. These awards were granted under our Omnibus Plan and are subject to the vesting at a rate of 50% per year over the first two anniversaries of the grant date, contingent on the award holder’s continued employment until the vesting date or earlier death or disability. The awards are reflected in the “Stock Awards” and “Option Awards” columns, respectively, of the Summary Compensation Table for 2023 above and in the Outstanding Equity Awards Table as of December 31, 2023 below.

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401(k) Plan; ESOP; Nonqualified Deferred Compensation

Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan and ESOP

Our named executive officers are eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan on the same basis as other employees who satisfy the 401(k) Plan’s eligibility requirements. The 401(k) Plan has an employee stock ownership component under which participants may invest their accounts in shares of our Common Stock. In addition to the employee stock ownership component of the 401(k) Plan, we maintain the separate ESOP.

Our named executive officers are eligible to participate in the ESOP on the same basis as other employees who satisfy the ESOP’s eligibility requirements.

Under our 401(k) Plan, our named executive officers, along with other 401(k) Plan participants, are eligible for an employer match program providing a 50% match for employee contributions, up to 6% and discretionary profit sharing contributions. In 2023, the Company did not make any discretionary contribution under the 401(k) Plan. Additionally, we did not make any discretionary contributions under the ESOP for 2023.

We do not provide any defined-benefit pension benefits.

Mayville Engineering Company Deferred Compensation Plan

Our named executive officers are eligible to participate in the Mayville Engineering Company Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Deferred Compensation Plan”), which permits eligible participants to make elective deferrals of up to 50% of the participant’s annual base salary and up to 100% of the participant’s annual short-term cash incentive compensation. Each year, we credit to the account of each participant an amount reflecting the amount, if any, of any reduced allocations, due solely to the participant’s elective deferrals under the Deferred Compensation Plan with respect to our “safe harbor” contributions and discretionary employer contributions to the ESOP and 401(k) Plan and employer non-elective contributions to the 401(k) Plan for the year. Deferred amounts credited to a participant’s account are generally distributed following the participant’s separation from service, in a lump sum or up to five annual installments, as elected by the participant. Upon a change in control, the Deferred Compensation Plan will terminate and all amounts deferred under the plan will be distributed, generally in a lump sum.

A participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan account is deemed to be invested in one or more alternate investment options, such as a mutual fund, for purposes of tracking the deemed investment gain or loss on the participant’s account. During 2023, the investment options under the Deferred Compensation Plan generally followed the investment options available under the 401(k) Plan, except that there is no Common Stock investment alternative available under the Deferred Compensation Plan.

The accounts of the participants, including the named executive officers, in the Deferred Compensation Plan reflect amounts contributed to the plan by the participants, as well as earnings on these voluntary deferred amounts. The Deferred Compensation Plan is non-funded and unsecured in that it represents only a contractual promise by us to make benefit payments in the future and participants in the Deferred Compensation Plan have the status of general unsecured creditors of our Company.

Other Elements of Compensation

Health/Welfare Plans. All of our full-time employees, including our named executive officers, are eligible to participate in our health and welfare plans, including:

We believe the benefits described above are necessary and appropriate to provide a competitive compensation package to our named executive officers.

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Outstanding Equity Awards as of December 31, 2023

The following table contains information concerning equity awards held by our named executive officers that were outstanding as of December 31, 2023.

Omnibus Plan

We did not maintain any equity incentive plan prior to our initial public offering in May 2019. However, in connection with our initial public offering, our board of directors and the ESOP, as our sole shareholder, adopted the Omnibus Plan, under which the stock options and restricted stock units described above were granted to our named executive officers in 2023. The following description of certain material terms of the Omnibus Plan is qualified by reference to the full text of the Omnibus Plan.

Administration

The Omnibus Incentive Plan is administered by our board of directors or our compensation committee, or any other committee or subcommittee or one or more of our officers to whom authority has been delegated (collectively, as the "Administrator"). The Administrator

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has the authority to interpret the Omnibus Incentive Plan or award agreements entered into with respect to the plan; make, change, and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Omnibus Incentive Plan; make changes to, or reconcile any inconsistency in, the Omnibus Incentive Plan or any award or agreement covering an award; and take any other actions needed to administer the Omnibus Incentive Plan.

Eligibility

The Administrator may designate any of the following as a participant under the Omnibus Incentive Plan: any officer or employee, or individuals engaged to become an officer or employee, of our Company or our affiliates; and consultants of our Company or our affiliates, and our directors, including our non-employee directors.

Types of Awards

The Omnibus Incentive Plan permits the Administrator to grant stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance shares, performance units, shares of Common Stock, restricted stock, restricted stock units, cash incentive awards, dividend equivalent units, or any other type of award permitted under the Omnibus Incentive Plan. The Administrator may grant any type of award under the Omnibus Incentive Plan to any participant it selects, but only our employees or our subsidiaries’ employees may receive grants of incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code. Awards may be granted alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or (subject to the repricing prohibition described below) in substitution for any other award (or any other award granted under another plan of our Company or any affiliate, including the plan of an acquired entity).

Change of Control

Upon a change of control (as defined in the Omnibus Incentive Plan), the successor or surviving corporation may agree to assume some or all outstanding awards or replace them with the same type of award with similar terms and conditions, without the consent of any participant, subject to the following requirements:

Each award that is assumed must be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such change of control, to apply to the number and class of securities that would have been issuable to a participant upon the consummation of such change of control had the award been exercised, vested, or earned immediately prior to such change of control, and other appropriate adjustment to the terms and conditions of the award may be made.

If the securities to which the awards relate after the change of control are not listed and traded on a national securities exchange, then (a) each participant must be provided the option to elect to receive, in lieu of the issuance of such securities, cash in an amount equal to the fair value of the securities that would have otherwise been issued, and (b) no reduction may be taken to reflect a discount for lack of marketability, minority, or any similar consideration, for purposes of determining the fair value of such securities.

If a participant is terminated from employment without cause, or due to death or disability, or the participant resigns employment for good reason (as defined in any award or other agreement between the participant and our Company or an affiliate) within two years following the change of control, then upon such termination, all of the participant’s awards in effect on the date of such termination will vest in full or be deemed earned in full.

If the purchaser, successor, or surviving entity does not assume the awards or issue replacement awards, then immediately prior to the change of control date, unless the Administrator otherwise determines:

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MISCELLANEOUS

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Deloitte & Touche LLP acted as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company since January 10, 2019. The Audit Committee is solely responsible for the selection, retention, oversight and, when appropriate, termination of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

The fees to Deloitte & Touche LLP, our current independent registered public accounting firm, for all services rendered for each of the last two years were as follows:

The Audit Committee has established pre-approval policies and procedures with respect to audit and permitted non-audit services to be provided by its independent registered public accounting firm. Pursuant to these policies and procedures, the Audit Committee may form, and delegate authority to, subcommittees consisting of one or more members when appropriate to grant such pre-approvals, provided that decisions of such subcommittee to grant pre-approvals are presented to the full Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. The Audit Committee’s pre-approval policies do not permit the delegation of the Audit Committee’s responsibilities to management. In 2022, the Audit Committee pre-approved all services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm, and no fees to the independent registered public accounting firm were approved pursuant to the de minimis exception under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules.

Expenses

The cost of soliciting proxies will be borne by the Company. In addition to soliciting proxies by mail, proxies may be solicited personally and by telephone by certain officers and regular associates of the Company. Such individuals will not be paid any additional compensation for such solicitation. The Company will reimburse brokers and other nominees for their reasonable expenses in communicating with the persons for whom they hold Common Stock.

Multiple Shareholders Sharing the Same Address

Pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, services that deliver the Company’s communications to shareholders that hold their stock through a bank, broker or other holder of record may deliver to multiple shareholders sharing the same address a single copy of the Company’s annual report to shareholders and proxy statement, unless the Company has received contrary instructions from one or more of the shareholders. Upon written or oral request, the Company will promptly deliver a separate copy of the annual report to shareholders and/or proxy statement to any shareholder at a shared address to which a single copy of each document was delivered. For future deliveries of annual reports to shareholders and/or proxy statements, shareholders may also request that we deliver multiple copies at a shared address to which a single copy of each document was delivered. Shareholders sharing an address who are currently receiving multiple copies of the annual report to shareholders and/or proxy statement may also request delivery of a single copy. Shareholders may notify the Company of their requests by calling or writing Todd M. Butz, Secretary, Mayville Engineering Company, Inc., at (414) 381-2860 or 135 S. 84th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53214.

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Shareholder Proposals

Proposals that shareholders of the Company intend to present at and have included in the Company’s proxy statement for the 2025 annual meeting pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Rule 14a-8”), must be received by the Company by the close of business on November 6, 2024. In addition, a shareholder who otherwise intends to present business at the 2025 annual meeting (including nominating persons for election as directors) must comply with the requirements set forth in the Company’s bylaws. Among other things, our bylaws provide that shareholders seeking to bring business before an annual meeting must provide timely notice of their proposal in writing to the Secretary of the Company. To be timely, a shareholder’s notice for the 2025 annual meeting must be received on or before December 31, 2024 (assuming a meeting before May 1, 2025). If the date of the 2025 annual meeting is on or after May 1, 2025, then the deadline for receipt by the Company of a timely notice under the bylaws is extended one day after December 31, 2024 for each day after April 30, 2025 until the date of the 2025 annual meeting (for example, if the 2025 annual meeting will be held on May 12, 2025, then the notice deadline under the Company’s bylaws would be January 12, 2025). The bylaws also specify requirements as to the form and content of a shareholder’s notice. In addition, to comply with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s universal proxy rules, shareholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the Company’s nominees must provide notice that sets forth the additional information required by Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on or before December 31, 2024 (assuming a meeting before May 1, 2025).

Under the bylaws, if the Company does not receive timely notice of a shareholder proposal submitted otherwise than pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (i.e., proposals shareholders intend to present at the 2025 annual meeting but do not intend to include in the Company’s proxy statement for such meeting), then the Company will not be required to present such proposal at the 2025 annual meeting. If the Board chooses to present such proposal at the 2025 annual meeting, then the persons named in proxies solicited by the Board for the 2025 annual meeting may exercise discretionary voting power with respect to such proposal.

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