Company: VRT
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-094674
Chunk: 27

Company: Vertiv Holdings Co
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 27
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 that our director compensation levels are necessary and appropriate in order to attract and retain outstanding talent who possess the proper skillsets to drive Vertiv’s short- and long-term strategies to create long term value for our stockholders. Our Committee Chairs receive higher levels of cash retainers in acknowledgement of the additional workload in leading these Committees. The Compensation Committee has also reviewed peer group data. Our Executive Chairman receives a higher level of compensation, with the primary focus of his compensation in the form of equity awards, due to the active role he plays and significant time commitment he makes in leading the Board and helping management set and implement our short- and long-term strategies, particularly given his prior executive and operational

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experience. The Executive Chairman takes an active role with our CEO and management and has been an integral part of our efforts to operationalize our strategies aimed at growing and investing in our business, our operations and our technology offerings, and mitigating the economic, geopolitical, and operational challenges we have faced. As such, the Compensation Committee and the Board believed the equity award in particular was an appropriate amount to compensate the Executive Chairman. His equity award will not have value unless the stock price increases from the grant date through the vesting schedule. Vertiv reimburses directors for reasonable and necessary out-of-pocketexpenses incurred in attending Board and Committee meetings or performing other services in their capacities as directors. The Board expects to review director compensation periodically to ensure that the director compensation package remains competitive such that Vertiv is able to recruit and retain qualified directors. Director Compensation Table The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation for our directors during fiscal 2024, except that Mr. Albertazzi’s compensation is reported in the Summary Compensation Table below under “Executive Compensation.”

| Name                |     | Fees Earned 
  or Paid in 
 Cash ($)(1) |     | Stock  
 Awards 
 ($)    |     |         Option 
         Awards 
 ($)(2),(3),(4) |     | All Other    
 Compensation 
 ($)(5)       |     | Total ($) |
| David M. Cote       |     |     131,000 |     | —      |     |      1,368,500 |     | —            |     | 1,499,500 |
| Joseph J. DeAngelo  |     |     100,000 |     | —      |     |        410,550 |     | —            |     |