Company: FR
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000921825-25-000032
Chunk: 3

Company: FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 3
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 nominated by the Board of Directors is unable to accept election, the proxies will vote for the election of such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may recommend.

The votes cast “For” a nominee must exceed the votes cast “Against” the nominee for the nominee to be elected. Neither abstentions nor broker non-votes, if any, will have any legal effect on whether this proposal is approved as they do not count as votes cast for such matter.

| The Board of Directors recommends a voteFOReach of the Nominees. |

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### INFORMATION REGARDING THE DIRECTOR NOMINEES
The following biographical descriptions set forth certain information with respect to the seven Nominees for election as directors and certain executive officers, based on information furnished to the Company by such persons. The following information is as of the Record Date (as defined on page 47) unless otherwise specified.

| Peter E. Baccile                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |     | Director since 2016 
 Age: 63             |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |     | Peter E. Baccilehas served as President of the Company since September 2016 and assumed the Chief Executive Officer position in December 2016. He brings more than 30 years of management, real estate and financial expertise to the Company. Prior to joining the Company, he served as Joint Global Head of the Real Estate, Lodging and Leisure Group within UBS Securities, LLC's investment banking division from June 2012 to September 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Baccile served in various senior leadership roles during his 26-year tenure at J.P. Morgan. Most recently, he was Vice Chairman of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. He also served as Co-Head of the General Industries |     |                     |
| Investment Banking Coverage Group, which encompassed Real Estate, Lodging, Gaming, Diversified Industrials, Paper Packing and Building Products, and Transportation. Before that he served as Global Head of J.P. Morgan's Real Estate, Lodging and Gaming Investment Banking Group for 10 years. Mr. Baccile is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Nareit), where he serves as a member of the executive board, and The Real Estate Roundtable, where he was past Chairman of the Real Estate Capital Policy advisory committee. He