Company: VRE
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000924901-25-000035
Chunk: 100

Company: Veris Residential, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 100
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 Stockholders |     |                      |     | 1,304,315 |     | -3 |     |                     |     | 15.90 |     |    |     |                           |     |           | N/A | -4 |
| Total                                                  |     |                      |     | 2,505,547 |     |    |     |                     |     |       | N/A |    |     |                           |     | 2,878,826 |     |    |

(1) Includes 71,232 shares of unvested restricted Common Stock and 1,130,000 unexercised options.

(2) Weighted average exercise price of outstanding options; excludes restricted Common Stock.

(3) Includes 1,200,000 stock options issued as a one-time, sign-on “inducement” award under Section 303A.08 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual, and 104,315 shares issuable pursuant to the Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan. See Note 14: Veris Residential, Inc Stockholders’ Equity and Veris Residential, L.P.’s Partners’ Capital — Deferred Stock Compensation Plan For Directors, to the Company’s financial statements beginning on page 78 of the 2024 Annual Report.

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(4) The Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan does not limit the number of stock units issuable thereunder, but applicable SEC and NYSE rules restricted the aggregate number of stock units issuable thereunder to one percent (1%) of the Company’s outstanding shares when the plan commenced on January 1, 1999.

#### COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Our philosophy on non-employee director compensation is to pay non-employee directors competitively and fairly for the work required. In order to understand competitive practices for non-employee director compensation, our Compensation Committee, with advice from the Compensation Consultant, periodically conducts a comprehensive review of our non-employee director compensation program to ensure our pay levels are competitive and our program design and structure are aligned with recognized governance “best practices.” Director compensation was last assessed in June 2024 and took effect immediately following the 2024 Annual Meeting.

| Compensation Element                                       |     |                           |     |                                  Effective June 6, 2023 |     |                           |     |                                 Effective June 12, 2024 |
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