Company: VRE
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000924901-25-000035
Chunk: 64

Company: Veris Residential, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 64
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 rating. Finally, Ms. Malhari maintained the Company's position as an industry leader in sustainability, earning GRESB's Regional Listed Sector Leader designation and achieving the highest ISS ESG Corporate Score among real estate companies in the United States.

The final determinations of the Compensation Committee (as ratified by the Board) with respect to individual performance are reflected in the actual payout amounts for 2023 See “Compensation Discussion and Analysis — Components of Compensation in 2024 — Annual Cash Incentive Plan Compensation — 2024 Annual Cash Incentive Payment Amounts.”

#### 2024 ANNUAL CASH INCENTIVE PAYMENT AMOUNTS
Accordingly, the total 2024 cash payouts for the named executive officers under the 2024 cash incentive plan were as follows:

| NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER |     | 2024 BONUS |     |   |           |
|:------------------------|:----|:-----------|:----|:--|----------:|
| Mahbod Nia              |     |            |     | $ | 2,169,750 |
| Amanda Lombard          |     |            |     |   |   545,250 |
| Jeffrey S. Turkanis     |     |            |     |   |   515,250 |
| Anna Malhari            |     |            |     |   |   560,250 |
| Taryn D. Fielder        |     |            |     |   |   515,250 |

LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION

The Compensation Committee, together with the Compensation Consultant, has designed the long-term incentives (“LTI”) for the named executive officers to be strongly tied to objective, quantifiable long-term performance metrics in line with current trends and recognized corporate governance “best practices.” Historically, the Company utilized long-term incentive compensation in the form of service-based and performance-based equity awards to focus executives on the long-term performance of the Company, to retain key executives, to align their interests with those of our stockholders, and to promote the success and enhance the value of the Company.

For 2024, the Compensation Committee retained (and the Board ratified) its practice of granting awards with a mix of service-based and performance-based vesting requirements, all as more fully described below and in amounts contained within the Grant of Plan-Based Awards Table. All of the 2024 LTI awards were in the form of restricted stock units and were made under the stock