Company: GTY
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-008521
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Company: GETTY REALTY CORP /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: DEF 14A
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 no effect on the result of the vote. Broker non-votes will be considered present for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum. You may use the proxy card furnished to you to cast your votes for the election of the Director nominees named in the table below. If any of the nominees should become unable or unwilling to serve as a director prior to the Annual Meeting, we intend to vote your proxy “for” the election of the substitute nominee, if any, who is designated by the Board of Directors (unless the proxy contains instructions to the contrary). For additional information about how we identify and evaluate nominees for director, see “Committees—Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee” at page 28of this Proxy Statement. Set forth below is information regarding the directors nominated for election at the Annual Meeting, including background information and information regarding the specific experience, qualifications, attributes and skills that support the conclusion that these nominees should serve as directors of Getty. We believe that our Board of Directors is comprised of a makeup of individuals with a diversity of professional, personal, and experiential backgrounds, including with respect to skills, education, industry experience, and demographic characteristics. For additional information regarding the particular skills represented on our Board of Directors, see the “Experience and Qualifications Represented on our Board of Directors” section below on page 23of this Proxy Statement.

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| Milton Cooper - 96 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|                    | Mr. Cooper has served as a director of Getty since 1971 and as Chairman of the Compensation Committee since 2006.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 Mr. Cooper is the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors for Kimco Realty Corporation (“Kimco”), a NYSE listed REIT, which is one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of neighborhood and community shopping centers. Mr. Cooper has held the position of Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2009, and will transition to Chairman Emeritus to Kimco’s Board of Directors effective May, 2025. Mr. Cooper served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Kimco from its initial public offering in 1991 to 2009 and was a director and President of Kimco prior thereto. In 1956, Mr. Cooper co-founded the predecessor business that became Kimco. 
 Mr. Cooper is a nationally recognized leader of the modern REIT industry. He