Company: SLG-PI
Filing Date: 2025-04-22
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-037534
Chunk: 141

Company: SL GREEN REALTY CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-22
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 141
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 or settlement or vesting of an Award to cover the exercise price or tax withholding, and (ii) shares subject to a Stock Appreciation Right that are not issued in connection with the stock settlement of the Stock Appreciation Right upon exercise thereof. (b) Shares subject to Dividend Equivalent Rights, other than Dividend Equivalent Rights based directly on the dividends payable with respect to Shares subject to Options or the dividends payable on a number of Shares corresponding to the number of Phantom Shares awarded, shall be subject to the limitation of Section 4(a). If any Phantom Shares, Dividend Equivalent Rights or other equity-based Awards under Section 9 are paid out in cash, then, notwithstanding the first sentence of Section 4(a) above (but subject to the second sentence thereof) the underlying Shares may again be made the subject of Awards under the Plan. (c) The certificates for Shares issued hereunder may include any legend which the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any rights of first refusal or other restrictions on transfer hereunder or under the Award Agreement, or as the Committee may otherwise deem appropriate.

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(d) No award may be granted under the Plan to any person who, assuming exercise of all options and payment of all awards held by such person, would own or be deemed to own more than 9.8% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. Subject to adjustments as provided in Section 15, no Eligible Person shall be granted Awards in any one year covering more than 700,000 Shares (with each Share subject to an Award being counted as one Share, notwithstanding the type of Award or the fact that it may count as more or less than one Fungible Pool Unit for purposes of Section 4(a)), it being expressly contemplated that Awards in exclusively one category (e.g., Options) can (but need not) be used in the discretion of the Committee to reach the limitation set forth in this sentence; provided that this limit shall only apply to Awards that are intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder. (e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, the value of all Awards awarded under this Plan and all other cash compensation paid by the Company as regular compensation to any Director other than the Chairman or the Lead Director in any calendar year shall not exceed $500,