Company: TROW
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-028002
Chunk: 9

Company: PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 9
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 subsidiaries, or its sponsored investment products; and                           |
| • | relationships                                                                                  
 where a corporation, partnership, or other entity with respect to which a director or an       
 immediate family member of a director is an officer, director, employee, partner, or member    
 purchases services from the Company, including investment management or defined contribution   
 retirement plan services, on terms consistent with those generally available to other entities 
 doing business with the Company or its subsidiaries.                                           |

The Board believes that this policy sets an appropriate standard for dealing with ordinary course of business relationships that may arise from time to time.

| Proposal 
 1        |

Election of Directors In this proxy statement, 11 director nominees are presented pursuant to the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. All have been nominated by the Board to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualify.

|                                                                         | Recommendation of the Board |     | Vote     
 Required |
| We                                                                      
 recommend that you vote FOR all the director nominees under Proposal 1. |                             |     |          |

If any director nominee becomes unable or unwilling to serve between now and the Annual Meeting, proxies will be voted FOR the election of a replacement recommended by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and approved by the Board.

| 20 | T. Rowe Price Group |

Corporate Governance Report of the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has general oversight responsibility for governance of the Company, including the assessment and recruitment of new director candidates and the evaluation of director and Board and committee performance. We monitor regulatory and other developments in the governance area with a view toward both legal compliance and maintaining governance procedures at the Company, consistent with what we consider to be best practices. In this regard, we routinely receive information relating to best governance practices for institutions such as the Company, including input from members of the Company’s proxy voting group concerning relevant trends. In addition, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has oversight of the Company’s environmental and corporate social responsibility activities and the Company’s policies related to political expenditures and political activities. Governance Highlights Overview Our Board employs practices that foster effective Board oversight of critical matters such as strategy, management succession planning, financial and other controls, risk management, and compliance. The Board reviews our major governance policies and processes regularly in the context of current corporate governance trends, regulatory changes, and recognized best practices. The Board is deeply involved in understanding and developing the culture at the Company. The Board recognizes