Company: CNS
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001284812-25-000127
Chunk: 74

Company: COHEN & STEERS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 74
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 during any quarter, pre-approval by the chair of the additional services is

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required to be communicated to the Audit Committee prior to its next scheduled quarterly meeting. In the event the Audit Committee determines not to ratify a pre-approved service, the independent auditor must cease all work on the engagement in question until the appropriate approval is received.

#### Recommendation of the Board
The Board recommends a vote “FOR” the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

Ratification by the company’s shareholders of the appointment of the independent registered public accounting firm is not required, but the Board believes that it is desirable to submit this matter to the company’s shareholders. If the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP is not approved at the Annual Meeting, the Audit Committee will investigate the reason for the rejection and reconsider the appointment.

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### REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
The Board has appointed an Audit Committee comprised of six directors, each of whom is independent under the NYSE listing standards. The Board has determined that each of Mr. Connor, Dr. Aggarwal and Mses. Dolly and Smith is an “audit committee financial expert,” as that term is defined in SEC rules.

The Board has adopted a written charter for the Audit Committee. A copy of that charter is available on the company’s website at www.cohenandsteers.com under “Company–Investor Relations–Corporate Governance.” The Audit Committee’s job is one of oversight as set forth in its charter. It is not the Audit Committee’s responsibility to prepare the company’s financial statements, to plan or conduct audits or to determine that the company’s financial statements are complete and accurate and prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Management is responsible for preparing the company’s financial statements and for maintaining internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures. The company’s independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for auditing the company’s financial statements and expressing an opinion as to whether those audited financial statements fairly present the company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 with management and Deloitte & Touche LLP, the