Company: RNP
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001193125-25-049819
Chunk: 101

Company: COHEN & STEERS REIT & PREFERRED & INCOME FUND INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 101
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 a record of making poor corporate or strategic decisions or has 
 demonstrated an overall lack of good business judgment;                                                       |

| • |     | Material failures of governance, stewardship, or fiduciary responsibilities at the company; |

| • |     | Material failures of risk oversight including, but not limited to: |

| • |     | Bribery; |

| • |     | Large or serial fines from regulatory bodies; |

| • |     | Demonstrably poor risk oversight of environmental and social issues, including climate change; |

| • |     | Significant adverse legal judgments or settlements; |

| • |     | Hedging of company stock by employees or directors of a company; or |

| • |     | Significant pledging of company stock in the aggregate by officers or directors of a company; |

| • |     | Whether the board has oversight of material climate-related risks and opportunities including, but not limited 
 to:                                                                                                            |

| • |     | The transition and physical risks the company faces related to climate change on its operations and investment 
 in terms of the impact on its business and financial condition, including the company’s related disclosures;   |

| • |     | How the board identifies, measures and manages such risks; and |

| • |     | The board’s oversight of climate-related risk as a part of governance, strategy, risk management, and 
 metrics and targets;                                                                                  |

| • |     | Actions related to a nominee’s service on other boards that raise substantial doubt about such                       
 nominee’s ability to effectively oversee management and serve the best interests of shareholders at any company; and |

| • |     | In the case of a nominee that is the chair of the nominating committee (or other directors on a case-by-case basis), whether the company’s board lacks diversity including, but not limited to, diversity of gender, ethnicity, race and background. |

Voting for Director Nominees in Contested Elections

Votes in a contested election of directors are evaluated on a
case-by-case basis considering the long-term financial performance of the company relative to its industry management’s track record, the qualifications of the
nominees and other relevant factors.

| 1 | For example, in the UK, independent directors of publicly traded companies with tenure exceeding nine     
 (9) years are reclassified as non-independent unless the company can explain why they remain independent. |

Board Composition and Gender Diversity

We encourage companies to continue to evolve diversity and inclusion practices. We generally vote against the chair of the