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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE)

Alexandria Real Estate amends Marcus 2025 pay to performance-only vesting; Cole promoted

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 leadership Written later

Alexandria Real Estate amended the 2025 long-term incentive grant for Executive Chairman Joel S. Marcus, so 100% of the grant now vests only on corporate performance criteria, with no time-based vesting. The filing says the target value stays at $3.6 million, while the maximum value rises to $5.4 million from $4.5 million under the prior terms. The company also elected John Hart Cole as Co-President and Co-Regional Market Director for Seattle, effective January 1, 2026.

Key points

  • Marcus's 2025 LTI grant, made January 9, 2026, keeps a $3.6 million target value, now fully performance-based.
  • Maximum value of the 2025 grant rises to $5.4 million, or 150% of the target, from a prior combined maximum of $4.5 million.
  • The amendment applies only to the 2025 grant and not to later grants or other awards to Marcus.
  • John Hart Cole was elected Co-President effective January 1, 2026; his only contemplated pay change is a base salary increase, with no amount disclosed.

The filing

CompanyAlexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJan 12, 2026, 4:04 PM ET
Accession number0001104659-26-002862

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 12:57 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on January 12, 2026.

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