Company: FRT-PC
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-066328
Chunk: 41

Company: FEDERAL REALTY INVESTMENT TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 41
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, broker or other nominee, is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. We had 85,780,069 shares outstanding on March 18, 2025. Each share

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outstanding on the record date is entitled to one vote. A majority of the shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting must be present in person or by proxy for us to proceed with the Annual Meeting.

| ➣ | ACCESSING MATERIALS |

Shareholders can access this Proxy Statement, our Annual Report and our other filings with the SEC on the Investors page of our website at www.federalrealty.com .A copy of our Annual Report, including the financial statements and financial statement schedules (“Form 10-K”)is being provided to shareholders along with this Proxy Statement. The Form 10-Kincludes certain exhibits, which we will provide to you only upon request addressed to Investor Relations at 909 Rose Avenue, Suite 200, North Bethesda, Maryland 20852. The request must be accompanied by payment of a fee to cover our reasonable expenses for copying and mailing the Form 10-K. In the future, if you wish to receive paper copies of our proxy materials, without charge, and are a registered shareholder, you may do so by written request addressed to Equiniti Trust Company, LLC. For those of you holding shares indirectly in “street name”, you must write your bank, brokerage firm, broker-dealer or nominee, to obtain paper copies. Any election you make on how to receive your proxy materials will remain in effect for all future annual meetings until you revoke it.

| ➣ | HOW TO VOTE |

If you own your shares directly with our transfer agent, Equiniti Trust Company, LLC (successor to American Stock Transfer and Trust Company) (“Equiniti”), you are a registered shareholder. If you are a registered shareholder and fail to give any instructions on your proxy card on any proposal, the proxies identified on the proxy card will vote in the manner recommended by the Board of Trustees for each proposal. Registered shareholders can vote either in person at the Annual Meeting or by proxy without attending the Annual Meeting through one of the following methods: If you vote by internet or telephone, you will need the control number on your Notice, proxy card or voting instruction form. Votes must be submitted by the conclusion of the Annual Meeting to be counted for the meeting. You may revoke your proxy at any time before it is voted at the Annual Meeting by notifying the secretary in