Company: CNS
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001284812-25-000127
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Company: COHEN & STEERS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: DEF 14A
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 company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

The Audit Committee has discussed with Deloitte & Touche LLP the matters required to be discussed by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the SEC.

The Audit Committee has received from Deloitte & Touche LLP the written disclosures and the letter required by the applicable standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent auditor’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and the Audit Committee has discussed with Deloitte & Touche LLP its independence. The Audit Committee has concluded that Deloitte & Touche LLP’s provision of audit and non-audit services to the company and its affiliates did not impair Deloitte & Touche LLP’s independence.

Based on the review and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that the audited consolidated financial statements be included in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for filing with the SEC.

In accordance with, and to the extent permitted by SEC rules, the information contained in the Report of the Audit Committee shall not be incorporated by reference into any of the company’s future filings made under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act and shall not be deemed to be soliciting material or to be filed under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.

| AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBERS |
| Frank T. Connor (chair) |
| Reena Aggarwal          |
| Lisa Dolly              |
| Dasha Smith             |
| Karen Wilson Thissen    |
| Edmond D. Villani       |

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### ITEM THREE

### NON-BINDING ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Pursuant to Section 14A of the Exchange Act, we are including a separate proposal to shareholders, for a non-binding advisory vote, to approve the compensation of the company’s named executive officers as disclosed under “Executive Compensation.” The text of the resolution in respect of Item Three is as follows:

“RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to the company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the 2025 proxy statement pursuant to SEC rules, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and any related narrative discussion set forth in such proxy statement, is hereby APPROVED.”

In considering their vote, shareholders should carefully review the information about the company’s compensation policies and decisions with respect to the named executive officers presented in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis.

In particular, shareholders should take into consideration that the Compensation