Company: SLG-PI
Filing Date: 2025-04-22
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-037534
Chunk: 18

Company: SL GREEN REALTY CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-22
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 18
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 as a director nominee.

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| ​ | OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | ​ | ​ | 23 | ​ |

BOARD STRUCTURE AND INDEPENDENCE Board Leadership Structure The Board currently consists of eight members. Marc Holliday serves as the Chairman of the Board and our Chief Executive Officer and Interim President, John Alschuler serves as our Lead Independent Director, and independent directors serve as Chairs for the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. With 20 years of experience leading the Company, Mr. Holliday is uniquely qualified to serve as the Chairman of the Board. The Board believes that Mr. Holliday’s combined role as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, together with the independent directors in its leadership structure, helps promote unified leadership and direction for the Company and the Board while also ensuring appropriate independent oversight of management by the Board. Lead Independent Director The Board believes that having a Lead Independent Director improves the overall functioning of the Board and strengthens the ability of the independent directors to effectively exercise independent oversight of management during periods when the Chairman of the Board is not an independent director. The Lead Independent Director is appointed by the independent directors on the Board, and has a number of responsibilities that help facilitate communication among our independent directors and between our independent directors and our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, and ensure appropriate independent oversight of management by the Board.

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| ​ | ​ | JOHN H.ALSCHULER    
 Lead Independent    
 Director since 2010 | ​ | ​ |

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Role of the Lead Independent Director In addition to presiding at executive sessions of independent directors, the Lead Independent Director has the responsibility to: 1. consult with the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer as to an appropriate schedule and agenda for each Board meeting, seeking to ensure that the independent directors can perform their duties effectively and responsibly; 2. ensure that the independent directors have adequate resources, especially by way of full, timely and relevant information to support their decision making; 3. advise the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman as to the quality, quantity and timeliness of the information submitted by the Company’s management that is necessary or appropriate for the independent directors to effectively and responsibly perform their duties; 4. recommend to the Board and the Board Committees the retention of advisers and consultants who report directly to the Board; 5. ensure that independent directors have adequate opportunities to meet and discuss