Company: CNS
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001284812-25-000127
Chunk: 62

Company: COHEN & STEERS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 62
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 of termination.

(2) Includes the value of 891 unvested restricted stock units. Also includes the value of 24,237 unvested restricted stock units acquired under our mandatory deferral program and 2,664 unvested dividend equivalent restricted stock units acquired in connection with restricted stock unit awards.

#### Assumptions
Below is a description of the assumptions that were used in determining the potential payments set forth above. Unless otherwise noted, the following descriptions are applicable to all of the company’s named executive officers.

Accelerated vesting of restricted stock units . Under the terms of the restricted stock unit award agreements between the company and each named executive officer, all unvested restricted stock units held by a named executive officer will immediately vest in full if such executive’s employment is terminated (i) by the company without cause or by the executive for good reason, each within the two-year period following a change in control or (ii) at any time due to the executive’s death or disability (as defined below).

A termination is for “cause” if it is for any of the following reasons: (i) the executive’s continued failure to substantially perform the executive’s duties to the company (other than as a result of total or partial incapacity due to physical or mental illness) for a period of 10 days following written notice by the company to the executive of such failure; (ii) the executive’s engagement in conduct inimical to the company’s interests, including, without limitation, fraud, embezzlement, theft or dishonesty in the course of the executive’s employment; (iii) the executive’s commission of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere, to (A) a felony or (B) a crime other than a felony that involves a breach of trust or fiduciary duty owed to the company or an affiliate of the company; (iv) the executive’s disclosure of the company’s or its affiliates’ trade secrets or confidential information; or (v) the executive’s breach of any agreement with the company or an affiliate of the company, including, without limitation, any agreement with respect to confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-competition or otherwise.

A termination is for “good reason” if it is for any of the following reasons: (i) the failure by the company or one of its affiliates to pay or cause to be paid the executive’s base salary or annual bonus (to the extent earned in accordance with the terms of any applicable annual bonus or annual incentive arrangement), if any