Company: GTY
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-008521
Chunk: 39

Company: GETTY REALTY CORP /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 39
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 Statement and “Experience and Qualifications Represented on our Board of Directors” section on page 23of this Proxy Statement. Anti-Hedging and Anit-Pledging Policy. The Company prohibits hedging and pledging of Company stock by executive officers and directors. Clawback Policy. In November 2023, the Board of Directors adopted a “clawback” policy to comply with Section 10D of the Exchange Act and changes to NYSE listing standards as mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act. For additional information, see “Clawback Policy” on page 46of this Proxy Statement. Insider Trading Policy. In January 2024, the Board of Directors amended the Company Securities Trading Policy (the “insider trading policy”) to, among other things, require pre-clearance of the adoption, amendment or termination of any Rule 10b5-1 trading plan by the Company’s insiders and to formalize the Company’s pre-clearance procedures for transactions in the Company’s securities by persons subject to the insider trading policy. Human Rights Policy. In February 2025, the Board of Directors adopted a human rights policy confirming our commitment to respect human rights worldwide, which is informed by our core values as further elaborated in our Business Conduct Guidelines and our Employee Handbook that govern our professional conduct and ethics with respect to our people, our partners, our health and safety, and our information technology security and aligned with national and international principles of human rights. Amended and Restated Bylaws. In January 2024, the Board of Directors amended and restated the Bylaws to reflect certain procedural requirements related to the SEC’s “universal proxy” rules. The Bylaws provide that, among other things, with respect to shareholder nominees to the Company’s Board, (i) no shareholder or associated person may solicit proxies in support of any nominee(s) unless such shareholder complies with Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act, in connection with the solicitation of such proxies, (ii) the scope of disclosures required by a proposing shareholder seeking to submit a director nomination have been clarified to require the background information regarding the proposed director nominee required to be included pursuant to Regulation 14A (or any successor provision) of the Exchange Act, along with disclosures regarding any other business to be proposed and the interests in the Company’s securities of the proposing shareholders, proposed nominees, and other persons associated with a shareholder’s solicitation of proxies, (iii) shareholders are not entitled to submit more nominees than the number of directors to be