Company: BHM
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-035097
Chunk: 69

Company: Bluerock Homes Trust, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 69
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 with this engagement, Farient reviewed the Amended 2022 Incentive Plans relative to potential ISS and institutional investor concerns, and

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recommended an appropriate size of new share authorization for inclusion in the Amended 2022 Incentive Plans. The compensation committee and the board of directors utilized this information regarding the historical amounts of equity awards that we have granted in the past year and comparable award information from our peers in recommending that stockholders approve the Amended 2022 Incentive Plans. However, this is only an estimate, in the judgment of the compensation committee and the board of directors, based on current circumstances. The total number of shares that may be awarded under the Amended 2022 Incentive Plans in any one year or from year to year may change based on any number of variables, including, without limitation, the value of our Class A Common Stock (as higher stock prices generally require the issuance of fewer shares to produce awards of the same grant date fair value), changes in the compensation practices of our competitors or in the market generally, changes in the number of our employees, changes in the number of our directors and/or executive officers, whether and the extent to which vesting conditions applicable to equity-based awards are satisfied, the need to attract, retain and incentivize key talent, the type of awards we grant, and how we choose to balance total compensation between cash and equity-based awards.

#### Summary of the Amended 2022 Incentive Plans
The more significant features of the Amended 2022 Incentive Plans are summarized below. The summary of the Amended 2022 Incentive Plans is qualified in its entirety by reference to the plan documents, copies of which are attached as Appendix A and Appendix B to this proxy statement. Copies of the Amended 2022 Incentive Plans also may be accessed from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Web site at www.sec.gov.

Administration of the Amended 2022 Incentive Plans

The Amended 2022 Incentive Plans will be administered by the compensation committee of our board of directors, except with respect to awards made to directors who are not employees, which will be administered by our board of directors. This summary uses the term “administrator” to refer to the compensation committee or our board of directors, as applicable. The administrator will approve who will receive grants under the Amended 2022 Incentive Plans, determine the type of award that will be granted and will specify