Company: VRT
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-094674
Chunk: 5

Company: Vertiv Holdings Co
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 5
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 have structured executive compensation, particularly for the CEO, to be performance-based and aligned with stockholder value. CEO Compensation Is Focused on Variable Pay Mr. Albertazzi’s primary compensation opportunities for 2024, are summarized below. See also the “ Compensation Discussion and Analysis” below for a discussion of considerations in approving his increased compensation for 2024.

| 2024 Compensation of Our CEO (Mr. Albertazzi)                     |     |       2024 |
| Base Salary                                                       |     | $1,100,000 |
| Target Cash Bonus (as % of Base Salary)                           |     |       140% |
| Approximate Grant Date Fair Value of Annual Equity Awards Granted |     |   $8.211 M |

| -  2025 Proxy Statement | 3 |

Corporate Governance Highlights

| ✓ | Annual Full Board Elections. We provide for director elections on an annual basis to provide our stockholders with regular input on the composition of our Board of Directors. |

| ✓ | Separate Chairman and CEO Roles. We believe that, at this time, our continuing separation of the roles of CEO and Chairman enables the Board of Directors to effectively exercise its role in oversight of Vertiv while allowing our CEO to focus on the management of the day-to-day conduct of our business. See “Board of Directors Leadership Structure” below for further information. |

| ✓ | Code of Conduct. We have a code of conduct that applies to all our directors, officers and other employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions. The code of conduct, along with other corporate governance documents, is available on our website, https://investors.vertiv.com/corporate-governance/documents/default.aspx. |

| ✓ | No Poison Pill. Vertiv does not maintain a poison pill or stockholder rights plan. |

| ✓ | Robust Stock Ownership Guidelines. We require executive officers and directors to hold meaningful amounts and values of stock and to meet certain other guidelines, as further set forth below under “Stock Ownership Guidelines for Company Officers and Directors.” Further, the Company adopted a “no sale” restriction that restricts an executive officer from selling stock until such officer has met or exceeds ownership guidelines. All of our executive officers and directors have met or are anticipated to meet these guidelines within the applicable time period. |

| ✓ | Prohibition of Hedging and Pledging. Our insider trading policy prohibits our officers, directors and employees from hedging or