Company: VRT
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-094674
Chunk: 18

Company: Vertiv Holdings Co
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 18
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 chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO. Mr. Cote serves as the Executive Chairman of our Board of Directors. This structure enables the Board of Directors to effectively exercise its role in oversight of our management team while allowing our CEO to focus on the management of the day-to-dayoperational execution of our business. Mr. Cote’s role as Executive Chairman includes acting as the primary liaison between senior management and the independent directors, and providing strategic leadership, advice and counsel based on his experience and expertise to our executive officers. In his support of the management team in their decision-making processes and implementation of strategy, management and the Executive Chairman may communicate daily, and Mr. Cote attends regular meetings with management. With input from the other board members, committee chairs, and senior management, Mr. Cote develops the agenda for board meetings, sets board meeting schedules, and presides over meetings of the Board of Directors. As Vertiv’s Executive Chairman and board member since the Business Combination, Mr. Cote combines a detailed and in-depthknowledge of Vertiv’s day-to-dayoperations with an ability to identify strategic priorities essential to Vertiv’s future success, which enables him to effectively advise our management team on key strategies and the execution and implementation processes necessary to achieve Vertiv’s strategic plans. Mr. Cote leads the executive sessions of the independent directors focused on an agenda developed by Committee Chairs to address the most critical issues of Vertiv. In this role, he helps assure that such sessions remain effective forums for promoting open and candid discussion among the independent directors regarding issues of importance to Vertiv, including evaluating the performance and effectiveness of members of our management team.

| 16 | |     | -  2025 Proxy Statement |

Board of Directors Role in Risk Oversight It is the duty of our Board of Directors to serve as a prudent fiduciary for stockholders and to oversee the management of our Company. The specific risk areas of focus for the Board of Directors and each of its Committees are summarized below.

| Board/Committee                               |     | Primary Areas of Risk Oversight                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Board of Directors                            |     | •  Our Board of Directors engages in the oversight of risk in various ways.   •  Oversees the Company’s strategic risks, including those associated with operations, supply chain and economic conditions such as inflation.   •  Sets goals and standards for our employees, officers, and