Mack Cali Realty L P 8-KDeparture of Directors or Certain Officers

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 4, 2023 (October 2, 2023)

VERIS RESIDENTIAL, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Harborside 3, 210 Hudson St., Ste. 400

Jersey City, New Jersey 07311

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(732) 590-1010

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

VERIS RESIDENTIAL, L.P.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Harborside 3, 210 Hudson St., Ste. 400

Jersey City, New Jersey 07311

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(732) 590-1010

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On October 2, 2023, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Veris Residential, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “General Partner”) and the general partner of Veris Residential, L.P. (the “Company,” and together with the General Partner, the “Registrants”), adopted an executive compensation clawback policy (the “Clawback Policy”) in accordance with Rule 10D-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 303A.14 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual. Under the Clawback Policy, in the event of an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Registrants with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, the General Partner is required to recover from executive officers of the General Partner incentive compensation paid to executive officers in any form that the executive officers would not have been entitled to receive based on the restated amounts. A copy of the Clawback policy is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

In connection with the foregoing, the Registrants hereby furnish the following documents:

(d)  Exhibits

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.