Company: FRT-PC
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-026560
Chunk: 51

Company: FEDERAL REALTY INVESTMENT TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: 424B5
Chunk 51
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 did not hold an annual meeting the preceding year, notice must be delivered within a reasonable time before we begin to print and mail our proxy materials. For a special meeting, to nominate a trustee, a shareholder must deliver notice to our Secretary not earlier that the close of business on the 120 thday prior to the special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90 thday prior to the special meeting or the 10 thday following the date on which public announcement is first made of the special meeting. Nominations for elections to the Board of Trustees may be made at a special meeting by shareholders of record both at the time of giving of notice of the special meeting and at the time of the special meeting and who are entitled to vote at the special meeting and who complied with the notice procedures in our bylaws only (a) pursuant to the notice of special meeting, (b) by or at the direction of the Board of Trustees or (c) if the Board of Trustees has determined that trustees shall be elected at the special meeting. Our bylaws provide that we will include in our proxy statement for any annual meeting individuals nominated to stand for election to our Board of Trustees by any shareholder or group of up to 20 shareholders who have owned at least three percent of our outstanding common shares of beneficial interest for at least three years. The number of potential nominees shareholders can submit for any annual meeting is limited to the greater of two nominees or 20% of the total number of trustees on the board. Proxy access is subject to procedural and other conditions and requirements as described more fully in our bylaws. 18

The postponement or adjournment of an annual or special meeting to a later date or time shall not commence any new time periods for the giving of notice as described above. Our bylaws contain detailed requirements for the contents of shareholder notices of trustee nominations and new business proposals. Shareholder Liability and Indemnification.Under Maryland law, you will not be personally liable for any obligation of ours solely because you are a shareholder. Under our declaration of trust, our shareholders are not liable for our debts or obligations by reason of being a shareholder and will not be subject to any personal liability, in tort, contract or otherwise, to any person in connection with our property or affairs by reason of being a shareholder. Under our bylaws, our shareholders shall have similar indemnification and expense advancement rights as our trustees and officers. In some jurisdictions other than Maryland, however, with respect to tort claims, contractual