Company: CNS
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001284812-25-000127
Chunk: 17

Company: COHEN & STEERS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 17
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 which such background and qualifications may benefit the company based on the size and composition of the Board at the time. Based on that evaluation, the Nominating Committee will nominate individuals who it believes will strengthen the Board’s ability to serve the company’s shareholders as a result of their experience and expertise.

The Board believes that diversity is an important component of a board of directors, including diversity of background, skills, experience, gender, race and ethnicity.

• The Nominating Committee is committed to including, in the initial list of candidates from which new director nominees are chosen by the Board, candidates with a diversity of gender, race and/or ethnicity.

• The Board selects candidates on the basis of qualifications and experience without discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, sex, sexual preference or religion.

• When identifying director nominees, the Nominating Committee seeks qualified and experienced candidates with backgrounds that support a balance of knowledge, experience, skills, expertise and diversity appropriate for the Board as a whole.

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When vacancies on the Board exist or are expected, or a need for a particular expertise has been identified, the Nominating Committee may seek recommendations for director candidates from current directors and management and/or engage a search firm to assist in identifying director candidates.

The Nominating Committee will also consider properly submitted shareholder recommendations for director candidates under the same procedure used for considering director candidates recommended by current directors and management. Shareholder recommendations for director candidates should be addressed to the Corporate Secretary, Cohen & Steers, Inc., 1166 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036 and should include:

• the candidate’s name and specific qualifications to serve on the Board; and

• documentation evidencing the recommending shareholder’s ownership of shares of the company’s common stock, including the number of shares owned and the length of time of such ownership.

When a potential director candidate has been identified, the Nominating Committee will review publicly available information about such candidate to assess whether or not the candidate warrants further consideration. If the Nominating Committee determines that a candidate warrants further consideration, the chair of the Nominating Committee or a designee will contact the potential candidate. In general, if a potential candidate expresses a willingness to be considered and to serve on the Board, the Nominating Committee will request additional information from the candidate and review such candidate’s experience and qualifications. All nominees for election to our Board at the Annual Meeting, other than Mses. Dolly and Wilson Th