Company: DBRG
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001558370-25-004974
Chunk: 44

Company: DigitalBridge Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 44
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row a portion of all carried interest payments made to employees to help fund their potential future “clawback” obligations, all of which further discourages excessive risk-taking by our employees. The amount held back in escrow is included in the compensation reported in the Summary Compensation Table.

DIGITALBRIDGE 2025 PROXY STATEMENT | 41

COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Payments to our NEOs from performance fee allocations are not predictable, and we anticipate that such payments will continue to be a highly variable element of executive compensation that will be significant over the long term as our managed funds mature and we exit investments that generate profits for the Company and our investors. The timing of performance fee payments may be impacted by a variety of factors including the maturity of our managed funds and vehicles, the demand for infrastructure and digital infrastructure assets, general economic conditions and other risks and factors that are described in our public filings.

#### Employee Commitments
Our executive officers and other employees who receive performance fee allocations are generally required to invest their own capital into the related managed fund or investment vehicle in amounts that are proportionate to the size of their participation in performance fees. The personal commitments from our Chief Executive Officer and President typically form a significant portion of the Company’s commitment to our sponsored funds in which they receive performance fee allocations. We believe that these investments help to ensure that our employees have capital at risk in our business and reinforce the link between their economic interests and the success of the funds we manage and the related success of the Company. For more information regarding the amounts invested by our executive officers in our managed funds, see “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions—Investment in Managed Investment Vehicles.” In addition, the performance fee allocations awarded to our employees, including our executive officers, are generally subject to vesting over a three-to-four-year period.

OTHER BENEFITS

The Company provides a comprehensive benefits program to executives, including our NEOs, which mirrors the program offered to our other employees. These benefits include, among other things, a 401(k) plan with matching contributions from the Company equal to 100% of the first 5% of employee contributions and health and welfare benefits. Our NEOs participate on the same terms as other employees under these plans. The Company may also provide, from time to time, certain perquisites to our NEOs, including pursuant to the terms of their employment agreements (see “Employment Agreements” below), including the reimbursement to our Chief Executive Officer for the personal use of private aircraft for up to