Company: FRT-PC
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-026560
Chunk: 50

Company: FEDERAL REALTY INVESTMENT TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: 424B5
Chunk 50
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 if the removal is approved or recommended by a vote of 
 at least two-thirds of the Board of Trustees; or                                                                                                     |

| • |     | the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 80% of the number of shares then outstanding and entitled to            
 vote on that matter if the removal is not approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Board of Trustees. |

Vacancies on the Board of Trustees .The bylaws provide that, subject to the rights of any holders of preferred shares, any vacancy on the Board of Trustees, including a vacancy created by an increase in the number of trustees, may be filled by vote of a majority of the remaining trustees, or, if the trustees fail to act, at a meeting called for that purpose by the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote on the matter. Each trustee so elected shall serve for the unexpired term of the trustee he is replacing. Meetings of Shareholders .Our bylaws provide for an annual meeting of shareholders, to be held in May after delivery of the annual report to shareholders, to elect individuals to the Board of Trustees and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Special meetings of shareholders may be called by our Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Chief Executive Officer, President or by one-third of theBoard of Trustees, and shall be called at the request in writing of the holders of 25% of all votes entitled to be cast at the meeting. Our declaration of trust provides that any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting, if a majority of shares entitled to vote on the matter (or such larger proportion as shall be required to take the action) consent to the action in writing and the written consents are filed with the records of the meetings of shareholders. Advance Notice for Shareholder Nominations and Shareholder New Business Proposals .Our bylaws require advance written notice for shareholders to nominate a trustee or bring other business before a meeting of shareholders. For an annual meeting, to nominate a trustee or bring other business before a meeting of shareholders, a shareholder must deliver notice to our Secretary not later than the close of business on the 120 thday and not earlier than the 150 thcalendar day prior to the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement relating to the preceding year’s annual meeting. If the date of the annual meeting is changed by more than 30 days from the date of the preceding year’s meeting or if we