Company: FR
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000921825-25-000032
Chunk: 17

Company: FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
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### EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION COMPONENTS
The Company’s executive compensation program consists of base salary, incentive bonuses, long-term incentive awards, benefits and perquisites. These components are designed to attract, retain and motivate talented executives. The Compensation Committee places a strong emphasis on equity-based awards to align management’s interests with those of the Company’s stockholders, as the value of these awards is tied to the Company’s common stock.

Base salary provides a fixed level of compensation to the Named Executive Officers in recognition of their services. Adjustments to base salary are generally based on individual performance and prevailing economic conditions. Named Executive Officers, along with other employees, are eligible for benefits such as: term life, short-term and long-term disability insurance, health insurance and 401(k) matching contributions. Additionally, certain executives receive car allowances.

Incentive bonuses, by contrast, are linked to, and are a function of, the achievement of performance criteria that are designed with the intention of incentivizing the Named Executive Officers to maximize the Company’s overall performance. Incentive bonuses are awarded in cash.

The Company’s long-term incentive program includes a combination of performance-based and time-based equity awards. This program is designed to attract and retain high-caliber executives while linking a significant portion of their compensation to the Company’s long-term financial performance, particularly total shareholder return. Executives may choose to receive equity awards in either Common Stock or partnership interests in First Industrial, L.P. (“Units”), which are structured as “profits interests” for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Generally, Units entitle holders to distributions equivalent to dividends on an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock. However, these distributions may be delayed or contingent on vesting. Once vested and meeting the required capital account conditions, Units automatically convert into common partnership units, which may then be exchanged for Common Stock or a cash equivalent, at the Company’s option.

### ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
We have determined that our stockholders should vote on a say-on-pay proposal each year. While the results of each of these votes is non-binding, we believe that presenting this matter to our stockholders annually is an important means of obtaining investor feedback on our compensation policies. The Compensation Committee takes into account the outcome of these votes when considering future compensation decisions and policies.

At our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, approximately 95% of the votes cast in the vote on