Company: VRT
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-094674
Chunk: 26

Company: Vertiv Holdings Co
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 26
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-governance/documents/default.aspx. We intend to make any legally required disclosures regarding amendments to, or waivers of, provisions of our Code of Conduct on our website. Director Compensation Director Compensation Policy The following table shows the cash compensation structure for non-employeedirectors for 2024.

|                                                       |     | Cash Retainer |           |
| Chairman of the Board                                 |     |               | $ 131,000 |
| Committee Chair – Audit                               |     |               | $ 150,000 |
| Committee Chair – Compensation                        |     |               | $ 130,000 |
| Committee Chair – Nominating and Corporate Governance |     |               | $ 115,000 |
| Other Board Member                                    |     |               | $ 100,000 |

In addition, each non-employeedirector received an annual equity grant consisting of stock options with four-year annual ratable vesting. Consistent with its executive compensation philosophy, the Board believed that stock option awards served as an appropriate long-term incentive because our directors would only realize value if the stock price increased, aligning their long-term interests with those of our public stockholders. Stock options have an exercise price equal to the closing price of our stock on the grant date. As a result, the Compensation Committee believes that stock options are an important and effective part of director compensation because the value of the awards to our directors is directly tied to and predicated on increases in our stock price after the grant date, for which our stockholders benefit. In order for the directors to realize any value in the stock options, the stock price must exceed the grant date price subsequent to vesting of the options. In addition, the four-year vesting schedule encourages a focus on the long-term, sustainable performance of our company for the benefit of our shareholders. In determining the amount of options to grant in 2024, the Board and Compensation Committee considered the amount that would be appropriate considering the four-year vesting period, rather than targeting a specific accounting value, and so granted a set number of options, resulting in a lower number of options granted than were granted during the prior year. Due to the increase in our stock price, this resulted in a higher grant date value determined for accounting purposes for options than in the prior year. This grant date value reflected in the table below does not necessarily reflect the value that will actually be realized, since stock options only have value if our share price remains above the exercise price through at least the vesting period. We believe