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TRINITY PLACE HOLDINGS INC.
717 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1303
New York, New York 10022

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Trinity Place Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), will be held at the offices of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP at 1177 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York on June 15, 2017 beginning at 10:00 am (local time) for the following purposes:

1.The election of Alan Cohen, Matthew Messinger and Keith Pattiz as Class I members of our Board of Directors;
2.The ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the calendar year ending December 31, 2017; and
3.The transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting and at any adjournments or postponements of the meeting.

Stockholders of record at the close of business on April 21, 2017 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting and any adjournment or postponement of the meeting. A complete list of those stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be made available for inspection by any stockholder for any purpose germane to the Annual Meeting for a period of at least ten days prior to the Annual Meeting at our principal executive offices and at the Annual Meeting.

A proxy for use at the Annual Meeting in the form attached to this notice is being solicited by and on behalf of our Board of Directors from the holders of our Common Stock. Stockholders with shares registered in their name or with appropriate documents may withdraw their proxies at the meeting in the event they attend the meeting and desire to vote in person, and they may revoke their proxies for any reason at any time prior to the voting thereof.

To obtain directions to attend the meeting and vote in person, please telephone the Company at (212) 235-2190.

By order of the Board of Directors,

/s/ Richard G. Pyontek

Richard G. Pyontek
Corporate Secretary

New York, New York
April 28, 2017

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be Held on June 15, 2017:

Our Proxy Statement and Annual Report to Stockholders
will be available on or about April 28, 2017 on our website atwww.trinityplaceholdings.com
under the Financials tab or throughwww.proxyvote.com.

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT

Please vote as promptly as possible by using the Internet or telephone or by signing, dating and returning the proxy card mailed to those who receive paper copies of this proxy statement.


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INTRODUCTIONFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR PROXY MATERIALS AND THE
ANNUAL MEETING
  1 
MATTERS SUBMITTED TO STOCKHOLDERS PROPOSAL 1 — ELECTION OF DIRECTORS  25 
MEETINGS AND COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS4
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORSCORPORATE GOVERNANCE  8
Governance Role of the Board of Directors8
Board Leadership Structure8
Board Role in Oversight of Risk8
Director Independence8
Board of Directors Meetings and Attendance8
Audit Committee9
Compensation Committee9
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee9
Transaction Committee10
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation10
Director Nomination Process10
Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions with Related Persons11
Director Compensation12
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans14
Communications with the Board of Directors14
Outside Advisors14
Code of Ethics14
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance15
Report of the Audit Committee16 
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS  817
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION18
Compensation Discussion and Analysis18
Compensation Committee Report23
Summary Compensation Table24
Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table25
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End26
Stock Vested in 201626 
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT  1029 
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION11
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION, RETIREMENT PROGRAMS AND OTHER ARRANGEMENTS13
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION16
REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION AND STOCK OPTION COMMITTEES16
SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE17
AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT17
ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION18
ADVISORY VOTE ON THE FREQUENCY OF NON-BINDING VOTES ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION19
PROPOSAL 2 — RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
  2031 
OTHER MATTERS  21
SHAREHOLDER NOMINATIONS AND PROPOSALS21
DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS TO SECURITY HOLDERS SHARING AN ADDRESS2233 
ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERSSTOCKHOLDERS  2333
HOUSEHOLDING OF ANNUAL MEETING MATERIALS33
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR THE 2018 ANNUAL MEETING33 

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SYMS CORP717 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1303
New York, New York 10022

PROXY STATEMENT

One Syms Way
Secaucus, New Jersey 07094

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held August 5, 2011

NoticeThis proxy statement is hereby given thatfurnished to stockholders of Trinity Place Holdings Inc. (the “Company”, “we” or “us”) in connection with the 2011solicitation of proxies, in the accompanying form, by our Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors” or “Board”) for use in voting at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of Syms Corp, a New Jersey corporationStockholders (the “Company”“Annual Meeting”), will to be held at 11:the offices of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, 1177 Avenue of the Americas, 29th Floor, New York, New York 10036, on Thursday, June 15, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. (local time), Eastern daylight time,and at any adjournment or postponement thereof.

We expect our proxy materials, including this proxy statement and our Annual Report on Friday, August 5, 2011, at the Company’s executive offices, One Syms Way, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094,Form 10-K for the following purposes:year ended December 31, 2016 (the “Annual Report”), to be made available to stockholders on or about April 28, 2017 on our website atwww.trinityplaceholdings.com under the Financials tab or throughwww.proxyvote.com.

(1) To elect five directors

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT
OUR PROXY MATERIALS AND THE ANNUAL MEETING

Q:Why am I receiving these materials?
A:You are receiving these materials because you were a stockholder of Trinity Place Holdings Inc. at the close of business on April 21, 2017, the date for determining those persons entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting.
Q:Why did I receive a notice in the mail or by e-mail about the Internet availability of proxy materials instead of a full set of the materials?
A:Under rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), we have the ability to furnish our proxy materials over the Internet if we send each stockholder of record and each beneficial owner a written notice that the materials are available over the Internet. All stockholders will have the ability to access our proxy materials on the website specified in the notice, free of charge, or to request that a printed set of the materials be sent to them. Instructions on how to access the proxy materials over the Internet or to request printed copies of the proxy materials may be found in the notice. Stockholders may also request to receive proxy materials electronically by e-mail on an on-going basis.
Q:What am I voting on?
A:Holders of Common Stock are being asked to vote on the following proposals:
The election of Alan Cohen, Matthew Messinger and Keith Pattiz as Class I members of the Company to hold office until the next annual meetingBoard of Shareholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified;

(2) To cast a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation (“say-on-pay”);

(3) To cast a non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of say-on-pay proposals;

(4) To ratify the appointmentDirectors;

The ratification of the firmappointment of BDO USA, LLP as theour independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for fiscal 2011;calendar year ending December 31, 2017; and

(5) To transact such

Such other business as may properly come before the meeting and at any adjournments or any adjournment thereof.

The Boardpostponements of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the nominees for director listed inmeeting.

As of the date of this proxy statement, and the accompanying proxy card; “FOR” approvalBoard knows of the executive compensation of the Company’s named executives; “FOR” the Company to have say-on-pay votes annually; and “FOR” the proposal to ratify the appointment of the firm of BDO USA, LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for fiscal 2011, and in the discretion of the proxies named on the proxy card with respect to anyno other matters properlythat will be brought before the meeting and any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof. The holders of record of the Company’s common stock, $.05 par value, at the close of business on June 15, 2011, will be entitled to vote at the meeting and any adjournment(s) thereof.

You are cordially invited to attend the meeting in person. Even if you plan to be present, you are urged to sign, date and mail the enclosed proxy promptly. If you attend the meeting you can vote either in person or by your proxy. If you wish to attend the meeting in person and you are a registered owner of shares of stock on the record date, you must show a government issued form of identification which includes your picture. If you are a beneficial owner of shares as of the record date that are held for your benefit by a bank, broker or other nominee, in addition to the picture identification, you will need proof of ownership of our common stock on the record date to be admitted to the meeting. A recent brokerage statement or a letter from your bank, broker or other nominee holder that shows you were an owner on the record date are examples of proof of ownership.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON August 5, 2011:

This proxy statement and our fiscal 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K are available at:www.syms.com.

By Order of the Board of Directors
/s/ Laura McCabe Brandt
Laura McCabe Brandt
Corporate Secretary
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SYMS CORP
One Syms Way
Secaucus, New Jersey 07094

PROXY STATEMENT
FOR ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held On August 5, 2011

INTRODUCTION

Q:Who can vote?
A:The right of the holders of our securities to vote at the meeting is as follows:

This Proxy StatementElection of three directors by the holders of our Common Stock.  The first proposal to be considered at the meeting is the election of Alan Cohen, Matthew Messinger and enclosed proxy card are being furnished in connection with the solicitation byKeith Pattiz as Class I members of the Board of Directors by the holders of Syms Corp, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”),our Common Stock. All persons that own shares of proxiesour Common Stock directly in their name as the stockholder of record are entitled to cast one vote for useeach share owned. As of April 21, 2017, there were 31,228,005 shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote.

Ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP.  The second proposal to be considered at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Shareholders (the “2011 Annual Meeting”), to be held on Friday, August 5, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. at the Company’s executive offices located at One Syms Way, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094 or at any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

The cost of preparing and mailing the proxy and this Proxy Statement and all other costs in connection with this solicitation of proxies will be borne by the Company. The original solicitation of proxies by mail may be supplemented by telephone, telegram, facsimile, Internet and personal solicitation by our directors, officers or other regular employees. In addition, the Company has retained American Stock Transfer & Trust Company to assist in soliciting proxies at a cost of approximately $2,000. Itmeeting is anticipated that the accompanying proxy and this Proxy Statement will be sent to shareholders of the Company on or about June 27, 2011.

Proxies in the accompanying form which are properly executed and duly returned to the Company and not revoked will be voted as specified. Any such proxy which is properly executed but in which no direction is specified will be voted “FOR” the election of the Board of Directors’ nominees for director; “FOR” approval of the executive compensation of the Company’s named executives; “FOR” the Company to have say-on-pay votes annually; and “FOR” the ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as theour independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscalcalendar year ending February 25, 2012, andDecember 31, 2017. All persons that own shares of our Common Stock directly in their name as the discretionstockholder of record are entitled to cast one vote for each share owned.

Other matters.  The holders of Common Stock will have the proxies namedright to vote on the proxy card with respect to any other matters properly brought before the meeting and any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof. Each proxy granted is revocable and may be revoked at any time priormeeting. With respect to its exercise, by notifying the Corporate Secretary of the Company prior to the commencement of the meeting, by executing and submitting, prior to the completion of balloting, a subsequent proxy or by electing to vote in person at the 2011 Annual Meeting. Mere attendance at the 2011 Annual Meeting will not serve to revoke a proxy. The Company intends to reimburse brokerage companies and others for forwarding proxy materials to beneficial owners of shares.

Only shareholdersthese matters, each holder of record of the Company’s voting securitiesCommon Stock as of the close of business on June 15, 2011 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the 2011 Annual Meeting. As of the record date 14,448,188 shares of common stock, par value $0.05 per share (“Common Stock”), were outstanding. Each share of Common Stock entitles the record holder thereofwill be entitled to one vote onfor each share held.

If you are a beneficial owner of stock who holds shares indirectly, such as through a broker, bank or other nominee, you should follow instructions from the Proposalsrecord owner of your shares in order to vote your shares.

Q:What if my shares are registered in more than one person’s name?
A:If you own shares that are registered in the name of more than one person, each person must sign the proxy. If an attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or any other person signs the proxy in a representative capacity, the full title of the person signing the proxy must be given and a certificate must be furnished showing evidence of appointment.
Q:How do I vote?
A:You have four alternative methods to cast your vote. You may vote:
Over the Internet;
By telephone;
By completing, signing and on all other matters properly brought beforereturning the 2011 Annual Meeting. Concurrently withproxy card, if you requested to receive printed copies of our proxy materials; or
By attending the mailing of this Proxy Statement, the Company is mailing its Annual Report for its fiscal year ended February 26, 2011 (“fiscal 2010”), to shareholders of record on June 15, 2011.

Shareholders vote at the 2011 Annual Meeting and voting in person.

The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials contains instructions regarding access to your proxy card, which contains Internet and telephone voting instructions. If you requested to receive printed copies of our proxy materials, instructions for voting over the Internet, by casting ballots (in persontelephone and by mail are set forth on the proxy card. Please follow the applicable instructions carefully.

Q:What happens if I don’t give specific voting instructions on my proxy card?
A:If you are a stockholder of record and submit a signed proxy card or submit your proxy by telephone or over the Internet but do not specify how you want to vote your shares on a particular proposal, then the proxy holders will vote your shares in accordance with the recommendation of the Board. If currently unanticipated matters are properly presented for a vote at the Annual Meeting, the proxy holders will vote your shares in accordance with their best judgment.

If you hold your shares in street name with a broker, bank or by proxy) which are tabulated by a representative ofother nominee and do not provide specific voting instructions, the Company’s independent transfer agent appointed to serve as Inspector of Election at the meeting and who has executed and verified an oath of office. The holders of a majority ofbroker, bank or other nominee holding your shares can generally vote the shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding represented in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum. The affirmativeon routine matters, but cannot vote of a plurality of the votes cast atshares on non-routine matters. At the 2011 Annual Meeting, is sufficient to elect a director. The affirmative votethe ratification of a majority of the votes cast at the 2011 Annual Meeting is required to approve the executive compensation of the Company’s named executives and the Company having say-on-pay votes annually and to ratify the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’sour independent registered public accounting firm.firm is considered a routine matter, and the other proposals which are scheduled to be voted on, or which may be properly presented at the meeting for a vote, are considered non-routine matters. If the broker, bank or


 

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Abstentions and broker non-votes are included in the determination of the number of shares present at the 2011 Annual Meeting for quorum purposes. A “broker non-vote” occurs when aother nominee holding your shares for a beneficial owner does not receive instructions from you on how to vote your shares on a particular proposal becausenon-routine matter, the broker, bank or other nominee holding your shares will inform the inspector of elections that it does not have discretionary voting powerauthority to vote on thatthe matter and has not received instructions from the beneficial owner. Withwith respect to Proposals 1, 2, 3 and 4, abstentions andyour shares. This is generally referred to as a “broker non-votes”non-vote.” Shares represented by broker non-votes will not be counted as votes castin determining the existence of a quorum, but are not deemed entitled to vote and, accordingly,therefore, will have no effect on the outcomesoutcome of thesethe voting and such broker non-votes will not be included in the number of shares present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote on the matter from which the number of votes required for approval is calculated.

Q:Can I change my mind after I vote?
A:Yes, you can change your vote at any time before the polls close at the Annual Meeting. There are four methods by which you can effect a change in your vote:
Vote again by telephone or over the Internet prior to 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on June 14, 2017;
Give written notice to the Corporate Secretary at the address of our principal executive offices specified on the first page of this proxy statement;
Deliver a later-dated proxy; or
Vote in person at the Annual Meeting.
Q:Can I vote at the Annual Meeting?
A:Yes, if you attend the Annual Meeting in person. Even if you plan to be present at the Annual Meeting, we urge you to vote your shares by proxy. If you vote your shares by proxy, you can change your mind and vote your shares at the Annual Meeting if you attend in person. If you are a beneficial owner of stock who holds shares indirectly through a broker, bank or other nominee, you must obtain a legal “proxy” from the record owner of your shares in order to vote in person.
Q:How many shares must be present to conduct business at the Annual Meeting?
A:If a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote at the meeting are present in person or by proxy, sufficient shares will be present at the Annual Meeting to conduct business on all proposals. This is typically referred to as the quorum requirement.
Q:How many votes are needed to elect directors?
A:The Board of Directors consists of six directors. At the Annual Meeting, the holders of our Common Stock will be asked to vote on the election of three directors. Directors will be elected by a plurality of the votes cast, either in person or by proxy. Stockholders cannot cumulate votes in the election of directors. Abstentions and broker non-votes have no effect on the outcome of director elections. Accordingly, if a quorum is present and assuming no director nominations by stockholders at the Annual Meeting, the three nominated directors will be elected for the terms described in these proxy materials.
Q:How many votes are needed to ratify the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm?
A:Ratification of the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter. In accordance with Delaware law, only votes cast “FOR” a matter constitute affirmative votes. A properly executed proxy marked “abstain” with respect to the ratification of the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm will not be voted, although it will be counted for purposes of determining whether there is a quorum. Since abstentions will not be votes cast “FOR” the ratification of the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm, they will have the same effect as negative votes or votes against the matter. As noted above, the ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP is considered a routine matter under applicable rules, and therefore no broker non-votes are expected in connection with this proposal.

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Q:Who will pay the cost of soliciting votes for the Annual Meeting?
A:We will pay the entire cost of preparing, assembling, printing, mailing and distributing our proxy materials. The solicitation of proxies or votes may be made by mail, in person, by telephone, by electronic and facsimile transmission or similar methods by our directors, officers and employees, who will not receive any additional compensation for such solicitation activities. In addition, we may reimburse its Transfer Agent, brokerage firms and other persons representing beneficial owners of shares of our Common Stock for their expenses in forwarding solicitation material to such beneficial owners.
Q:Is my vote confidential?
A:Yes. We encourage stockholder participation in corporate governance by ensuring the confidentiality of stockholder votes. Your vote on any particular proposal will be kept confidential and will not be disclosed by the inspector of election except where disclosure is required by applicable law, disclosure of your vote is expressly requested by you or we conclude in good faith that a bona fide dispute exists as to the authenticity of one or more proxies, ballots or votes, or as to the accuracy of any tabulation of such proxies, ballots or votes. However, aggregate vote totals will be disclosed to us from time to time and publicly announced following the Annual Meeting.
Q:Why did I receive more than one set of printed materials?
A:If you received more than one set of printed materials, then you have multiple accounts with brokers or our Transfer Agent. Please vote all of these shares. We also recommend that you contact your broker or our Transfer Agent, as applicable, to consolidate as many accounts as possible under the same name and address. Our Transfer Agent is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, which can be contacted by telephone at (718) 921-8200.
Q:How do I get electronic access to the proxy materials?
A:Our proxy statement and Annual Report are available on our website atwww.trinityplaceholdings.com under the Financials tab and atwww.proxyvote.com. The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials provides detailed instructions regarding how to view the proxy materials on the Internet, to execute a proxy and to instruct us to send future proxy materials to you electronically by e-mail. Choosing to receive future proxy materials by e-mail will save us the cost of printing and mailing documents to you and will reduce the impact of our annual meeting on the environment. If you choose to receive future proxy materials by e-mail, you will receive an e-mail next year with instructions containing a link to those materials and a link to the proxy voting site. Your election to receive proxy materials by e-mail will remain in effect until you terminate it.
Q:Where can I find the voting results of the Annual Meeting?
A:We will announce preliminary results at the Annual Meeting and publish preliminary, or final if available, results in a Current Report on Form 8-K within four business days after the Annual Meeting.

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MATTERS SUBMITTED TO STOCKHOLDERS

PROPOSAL 1 — ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Proposal 1

AtWe currently have six members on our Board of Directors. Under our Certificate of Incorporation, the 2011Board is divided into two classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, designated Class I and Class II. Each director serves for a term ending on the date of the second annual meeting following the annual meeting at which such director was elected and until the election and qualification of his or her respective successor in office. There are no familial relationships among our directors or executive officers.

Three Class I director nominees, Alan Cohen, Matthew Messinger and Keith Pattiz, are proposed for election by the holders of Common Stock at the Annual Meeting all fiveto hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders in 2019 and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified or their earlier resignation or removal.

Each nominee has indicated to us that he will serve if elected. We do not anticipate that any nominee will be unable to stand for election, but, if that happens, your proxy will, if applicable, be voted in favor of another person nominated by the Board of Directors.

Director Biographies

Biographical information regarding each Class I director nominee proposed for election by the holders of Common Stock at the Annual Meeting follows. The age of each nominee is as of the date of the Annual Meeting.

Class I Directors Elected by Holders of Common Stock (term expiring in 2019)

Name of DirectorAgeBusiness Experience and Other Information
Alan Cohen80Mr. Cohen has served as a director of the Company since September 14, 2012. Mr. Cohen was initially elected to the Board of Directors by the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Syms Corp. Mr. Cohen is the Chairman of Abacus Advisors LLC, a business advisory firm.
Qualifications and Skills:  Mr. Cohen has more than 30 years’ experience working with distressed businesses in all aspects of their management and operations, serving as a consultant and advisor to numerous Fortune 500 companies and many leading banks and financial institutions. Mr. Cohen is an expert in retail investments and intellectual property and has many years of experience in restructuring businesses. He has been an active participant in seminars on turnaround management and has lectured extensively on restructuring and asset-based lending. Mr. Cohen has served as a trustee, chief restructuring officer, and consultant in various Chapter 11 cases, state court proceedings, and out-of-court restructurings for companies including The Towers Financial Corporation, County Seat Stores, 47th Street Photo, Russ Togs and Aileen, Inc.

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Name of DirectorAgeBusiness Experience and Other Information
Matthew Messinger45Mr. Messinger has been our President and CEO since October 2013 and has served as a director of the Company since March 9, 2016.
Qualifications and Skills:  Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Messinger served as the Executive Vice President and Director of Investment Management at Forest City Ratner Companies (“FCRC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Forest City Enterprises (“FCE”), where he served for more than 18 years. In this role, Mr. Messinger led the New York Investment Committee of FCRC and served on the Investment Committee and Executive Management Committee of FCE. Mr. Messinger brings extensive development, asset management, finance, strategic planning and tax credit structuring experience across a wide range of asset classes including retail, hotel, residential, office, arena and professional sports teams. Mr. Messinger is a graduate of Wesleyan University in Connecticut. He currently serves on the board and real estate committee of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, and he is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), Urban Land Institute (ULI), the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Coalition, the New Markets Tax Credit Coalition, and the New York Hospitality Council.
Keith Pattiz64Mr. Pattiz has served as a director of the Company since November 5, 2013. Mr. Pattiz is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, where he serves as head of the real estate group.
Qualifications and Skills:  Mr. Pattiz has extensive experience in a wide range of real estate matters, including commercial leasing, financing, sales and acquisitions, hotel transactions and real estate workout matters.

Biographical information regarding each other director follows. The age of each director is as of the date of the Annual Meeting.

Class II Director Elected by Holders of Common Stock (term expiring in 2018)

Name of DirectorAgeBusiness Experience and Other Information
Alexander C. Matina40Mr. Matina has served as a director of the Company since April 11, 2013 and is the Chairman of the Board. He was initially elected by the two directors of the Company then serving as the directors elected by the holders of Common Stock pursuant to our by-laws. He is the Vice President of Investments for MFP Investors, LLC, the family office of Michael F. Price, which has a value-investing focus across public and private markets. Mr. Matina also serves as a director of S&W Seed Company, a publicly traded agricultural company.
Qualifications and Skills:  Mr. Matina brings a strong finance background to the Company, including experience with private equity. Mr. Matina serves as an adjunct professor of financial modeling at Fordham University. Prior to joining MFP Investors, LLC in 2007, Mr. Matina served in various roles at Balance Asset Management, a multi-strategy hedge fund, and as a senior associate at Altus Capital Partners, a middle market private equity fund. He was previously a principal at 747 Capital, a private equity fund-of-funds, and a financial analyst at Salomon Smith Barney in the financial sponsors group of the investment banking division.

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Name of DirectorAgeBusiness Experience and Other Information
Joanne M. Minieri57Ms. Minieri has served as a director of the Company since November 8, 2013 and serves as the Chair of the Board’s Audit Committee. She was appointed by Third Avenue, a major investor in the Company. Ms. Minieri serves as the “Special Stock Director”, who is elected by the holder of the Special Stock pursuant to our Certificate of Incorporation. She is an Executive Vice President of RXR Realty and the Chief Operating Officer of RXR Development Services and RXR Construction and Development.
Qualifications and Skills:  Previously, Ms. Minieri served as President and Chief Operating Officer of FCRC, a wholly owned subsidiary of FCE. She originally joined FCRC as its Chief Financial Officer in 1995, and was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 1998 and to President and Chief Operating Officer in 2007. Ms. Minieri served as the Deputy County Executive and Commissioner of Economic Development and Planning for Suffolk County from April 2012 until July 2016. Ms. Minieri is a certified public accountant.
Marina Shevyrtalova40Ms. Shevyrtalova has served as a director of the Company since September 14, 2012. Ms. Shevyrtalova was initially elected to our Board of Directors by the parties that backstopped the rights offering conducted by Syms Corp. in connection with its emergence from bankruptcy. She is currently the Portfolio Manager and a member of the Investment Committee at DS Advisors, LLC.
Qualifications and Skills:  Prior to joining DS Advisors, Ms. Shevyrtalova was part of the investment team at Barington Capital Group, an investment firm experienced in taking active roles in assisting companies in creating and improving stockholder value. From 2003 to 2007, Ms. Shevyrtalova was a Vice President at Lehman Brothers in its Equity Capital Management Group, where she focused on investing in undervalued equities, special situations and turnarounds. Ms. Shevyrtalova is a graduate of the Harvard Business School.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Governance Role of the Board of Directors

Our business and affairs are managed under the direction of the Board of Directors, which is our ultimate decision-making body, except with respect to those matters reserved for our stockholders. The Board establishes overall corporate policies, evaluates our chief executive officer and senior leadership team, and acts as an advisor and counselor to management. The Board also oversees our business strategy and planning, as well as the performance of management in executing our comprehensive business plan and managing our day-to-day operations.

Board Leadership Structure

The offices of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and Chief Executive Officer of the Company are to be elected for the termseparated. Mr. Matina has been appointed as our Chairman of one year or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified. It is intended that votes will be cast pursuant to proxies received from holders of Common Stock of the Company for the nominees listed below, unless the proxy contains contrary instructions. The affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast at the meeting is necessary for the election of directors. Thus, provided a quorum is present and voting, the five directors receiving the most votes will be elected as directors.

If any of the nominees listed below is unavailable for election at the date of the 2011 Annual Meeting, the shares represented by the proxy will be voted for the remaining nominees and for such substitute nominee or nominees as the Board of Directors in their judgment, designate. The Company at this time has no reason to believe that any of these directors and nominees will decline or be unable to serve if elected.

Background informationMr. Messinger is our Chief Executive Officer. We do not have a fixed policy with respect to the Board of Directors’ nominees for election as directors, appears below. Fourseparation of the five nominees for directors are incumbent directors, who were elected by shareholders at a meeting for which proxies were solicited. The fifth director was appointed by the Board of Directors in October 2010. There is no family relationship between any nominee and any other nominee or executive officeroffices of the Company. See “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial OwnersChairman and Management” for information regarding the equity securities of the Company owned by each nominee for director.

   
Name of Director or Nominee for Election Age Director
Since
 Position
Marcy Syms(1)(4)(5) 60 1983 Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
Beth L. Bronner 60 2010 Director of the Company
Henry M. Chidgey(2)(3) 61 2006 Director of the Company
Bernard H. Tenenbaum(1)(2)(3)(4)(5) 56 2006 Director of the Company
Thomas E. Zanecchia(2)(3) 56 2007 Director of the Company

(1)Member of the Executive Committee of the Company.
(2)Member of the Stock Option Committee of the Company.
(3)Member of the Audit Committee of the Company.
(4)Member of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee of the Company.
(5)Member of the Compensation Committee of the Company.

Nominees for Election as Director

Set forth below is information concerning the Board of Directors’ nominees for director:

MARCY SYMS has been a Director of the Company since 1983, served as President from 1983 until 2010 and was Chief Operating Officer of the Company from 1984 until January 1998. From January 1998 until the present, Marcy Syms has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Marcy SymsWe believe that the separation of these offices is currently appropriate and that it is in our best interests to make these determinations from time to time.

Board Role in Oversight of Risk

The Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing our executive management team in the execution of its responsibilities and for assessing our approach to risk management. The Board exercises these responsibilities on an ongoing basis as part of its meetings and through the Audit Committee. Each member of the management team has direct access to the Board and the Audit Committee to ensure that all risk issues are frequently and openly communicated. The Board of Directors closely monitors the information it receives from management and provides oversight and guidance to our executive management team regarding the assessment and management of risk. For example, the Board regularly reviews our critical strategic, operational, legal and financial risks with management to set the tone and direction for ensuring appropriate risk taking within the business.

In addition, financial risks are overseen by our Audit Committee, which meets separately with representatives of our independent auditors to determine whether any material financial risks or any deficiencies in our internal controls over financial reporting have been identified and, if so, the executive management team’s plans to rectify or mitigate these risks. The Audit Committee also oversees risks related to our financial statements, the financial reporting process and accounting matters.

Our Board and Audit Committee have access at all times to our management to discuss any matters of interest, including those related to risk. Those members of our executive management team who are most knowledgeable of the issues facing us also regularly attend Board and Audit Committee meetings to provide additional insight into items being discussed, including risk exposures. We believe that our Board leadership structure enables senior management to communicate identified risks to our Board and Audit Committee and affords a directorfree flow of Rite-Aid Corp. Marcy Syms was elected Chairmancommunication regarding risk identification and mitigation.

Director Independence

The Board of Directors has determined that each member of the Board, other than Mr. Messinger, is “independent” in 2010.accordance with Section 803A of the NYSE MKT Company Guide.

Board of Directors Meetings and Attendance

The Board of Directors held six meetings during 2016. All of the directors attended at least 75% of the total of all meetings of the Board and Board committees on which they served during 2016. Each director is expected to attend annual meetings of stockholders.

Board Committees

The Board has four committees: the Audit Committee; the Compensation Committee; the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Transaction Committee. Each of the committees operates under a written charter. A copy of the committee charters is available on our website atwww.trinityplaceholdings.com under the Financials tab and may also be obtained without charge by written request to Investor Relations, Trinity Place Holdings Inc., 717 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1303, New York, New York 10022.


 

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BETH L. BRONNERThe current membership of each committee is currentlyas follows:

Audit
Committee
Compensation
Committee
Nominating
and Corporate
Governance
Committee
Transaction
Committee
Alan CohenXXChairman
Alexander C. MatinaChairmanXX
Matthew MessingerX
Joanne M. MinieriChairmanXX
Keith PattizChairman
Marina ShevrytalovaXX

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee is responsible for fulfilling the Board’s responsibilities as they relate to our financial oversight functions such as accounting policies, internal controls and financial reporting practices. The Board of Directors has determined that Ms. Minieri is an “audit committee financial expert,” as that term is used in Item 407 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). The Board of Directors has determined that each of the current members of the Audit Committee meets the criteria for independence set forth in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act and satisfies the other Audit Committee membership requirements specified in Section 803B of the NYSE MKT Company Guide. The Audit Committee held six meetings during 2016.

Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee is responsible for the review and approval of executive officer compensation. The Compensation Committee has authority to review and approve corporate goals and objectives relevant to the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer, evaluates the performance of the Chief Executive Officer in light of those goals and objectives, and determines and approves the compensation level of the Chief Executive Officer based on this evaluation. The Compensation Committee also reviews director compensation and benefits for service on the Board and Board committees and recommends any changes to the Board as necessary.

The Compensation Committee also reviews, approves and, when appropriate, recommends to the Board for approval, incentive compensation plans and equity-based plans as well as all employee benefit plans, and also administers our incentive compensation plans and equity-based plans, including the designation of the employees to whom awards are to be granted and the terms of the delegation of authority to the Chief Executive Officer to make grants, subject to the provisions of each plan.

Under the Compensation Committee charter, the Compensation Committee may delegate its responsibilities to subcommittees of the Compensation Committee as necessary or appropriate.

The Compensation Committee has the authority under its charter to retain or obtain the advice of a managing director at Mistral Equitycompensation consultant, independent legal counsel or other adviser as necessary to assist with the execution of its duties and responsibilities and is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of such consultants, independent legal counsel and other advisers.

During 2016, prior to the formation of the Compensation Committee on November 17, 2016, Steven Hall & Partners, a privatean executive compensation consulting firm, was engaged by our President and Chief Executive Officer on behalf of the Board to review and benchmark compensation levels for the various board committees (Compensation Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Transaction Committee and Audit Committee), as well as overall board compensation.

The Compensation Committee held one meeting during 2016.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

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procedures, including our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, and reporting and making recommendations to our Board concerning governance matters. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee was formed on November 17, 2016 and did not hold any meetings during 2016. Prior to the formation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Board of Director nominations were recommended for the Board’s selection, by the independent directors of the Board.

Transaction Committee

The Transaction Committee is responsible for reviewing and evaluating our strategic plans; making recommendations to the Board regarding our strategic plans, reviewing, evaluating and approving property acquisition and dispositions, debt and equity firm specializinginvestments and other potential transactions which may come to our attention from internal planning activities or external approaches to us; approving certain transactions with dollar values below specified thresholds; and serving as the pricing committee on corporate securities issuances and repurchases, in each case, in accordance with the parameters set forth in the consumerTransaction Committee charter. The Transaction Committee was formed in November 2016 and media sectors. Prior to joining Mistral, Ms. Bronner was Global Chief Marketing Officer of Jim Beam Brands Worldwide where she was a vital partdid not hold any meetings during 2016.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

None of the integrationdirectors who serve on our Compensation Committee has ever been employed by us. None of the Fortune Brands’ acquisition of Allied Domecq. She alsoour executive officers serves or has served as Presidenta member of consumer businesses for Revlon, Häagen-Dazs, and Sunbeam. Ms. Bronner currently serves on the board of directors, compensation committee or other board committee performing equivalent functions of Jamba Juice.any entity that has one or more executive officers serving on our Board of Directors or on our Compensation Committee.

Director Nomination Process

The Board of Directors is responsible for nominating members for election to the Board of Directors and for filling vacancies on the Board of Directors that may occur between annual meetings of stockholders. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for identifying, screening and recommending candidates to the Board of Directors for Board membership. When formulating its Board of Directors membership recommendations, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may also consider advice and recommendations from others, including stockholders, as it deems appropriate.

HENRY M. CHIDGEY has been President of Osage International Consulting Group since 2000. Mr. Chidgey was PresidentUnder the Nominating and Chief Operating Officer of Hearts on Fire, a privately-held branded diamondCorporate Governance Committee charter, the Nominating and diamond jewelry business,Corporate Governance Committee will develop criteria for evaluating prospective candidates to the Board and committees, including any specific minimum qualifications and any specific qualities or skills necessary for one or more directors to possess. Among such other criteria as the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may from 2003time to 2004time determine appropriate, when the Nominating and he continues to serve as an advisor toCorporate Governance Committee determine that company. Mr. Chidgey served as Director and Chief Operating Officer of FerroNorte, SA, a Brazilian railroad company, from 1997 to 1999 and prior to that he was President of RailTex from 1995 to 1997.

BERNARD H. TENENBAUM is Managing Partner of China Cat Capital, LLC, a consulting and investment company focused on transactions in Asia, and Presidentexpansion of the Children’s Leisure Products Group,Board or replacement of a holding companydirector, or the establishment or expansion of a committee, or replacement of a committee member, is necessary or appropriate, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will conduct candidate interviews, which may be with investmentsmembers of management, consult with the candidate’s associates and through other means determine a candidate’s honesty, integrity, reputation in children’s leisure product businesses; a position he has held since 1997. He has also served as an advisorand commitment to Bel Air Partners, an investment banking firm from 2000the community, judgment, personality and thinking style, residence, willingness to 2009. Previously, he was Vice Presidentdevote the necessary time, potential conflicts of Corporate Development for Russ Berrie & Co., a NYSE-traded giftsinterest, independence, understanding of financial statements and juvenile products companyissues and wasother matters of relevance to the founding DirectorBoard or applicable committee, and the willingness and ability of the George Rothman Institutecandidate to engage in meaningful and constructive discussion regarding Company issues. While diversity may contribute to this overall evaluation, it is not considered by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee as a separate or independent factor in identifying nominees for director.

We may identify candidates through recommendations made by directors, senior management or other third parties. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider director candidates recommended to the Board by stockholders during such times as we are actively considering appointing new directors. Candidates recommended by stockholders will be evaluated based on the same criteria described above.


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The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will recommend those individuals that they determine should be nominees for election or re-election to the Board at the annual meeting of Entrepreneurial Studiesstockholders or, if applicable, at Fairleigh Dickinson University as well asa special meeting of stockholders, or otherwise appointed to the first George Rothman Clinical ProfessorBoard or any committee thereof. Stockholders desiring to suggest a candidate for consideration by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee must do so in accordance with our bylaws and the securities laws, and should send a letter to the attention of Entrepreneurial Studies.

THOMAS E. ZANECCHIAthe Secretary of the Company, at our principal executive offices, 717 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1303, New York, New York 10022, and include: (a) a statement that the writer is the founder and has been the President of Wealth Management Consultants, Inc. since 1993. He is also co-founder of Branzan Investment Advisors, Inc. Prior to founding these companies, Mr. Zanecchia was a stockholder (providing evidence if the person’s shares are held in street name) and Presidentis proposing a candidate for consideration; (b) the name and contact information for the candidate; (c) a statement of Financial Consulting Services for Asset Management Group.

the candidate’s business and educational experience; (d) information regarding the candidate’s qualifications to be a director, including but not limited to an evaluation of the factors discussed above which the Board Qualifications

The Company’s Board does not havewould consider in evaluating a formal policycandidate; (e) information regarding any relationship or understanding between the proposing stockholder and the candidate; (f) information regarding potential conflicts of considering diversity in identifying potential director candidates. The Boardinterest; and (g) a statement that the candidate is willing to be considered the following attributes of its nominees in determining that each is qualifiedand willing to serve as a director if nominated and elected. Because of our small size and the limited need to seek additional directors, there is no assurance that all stockholder proposed candidates will be fully considered, that all candidates will be considered equally, or that the proponent of any candidate or the proposed candidate will be contacted by us or the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and no undertaking to do so is implied by the willingness to consider candidates proposed by stockholders.

Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions with Related Persons

The Board has adopted a written policy for the review and approval of any “related party transaction,” which is defined under the policy as any transaction, arrangement or relationship, or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships, in which we or any of our subsidiaries are or will be a participant, the aggregate amount involved will or may be expected to exceed $120,000 in any fiscal year, and one of our executive officers, directors, director nominees (or their respective immediate family members), 5% stockholders or an entity controlled by any of the Company:foregoing or in which any of the foregoing is employed, has or will have a direct or indirect interest, other than the following:

With respect

Any employment by us of an executive officer of the Company or any of our subsidiaries if (i) the related compensation is reported in our proxy statement under Item 402 of Regulation S-K (generally applicable to Ms. Syms,“named executive officers”); or (ii) the executive officer is not an immediate family member of another executive officer or director of the Company, the related compensation would be reported in our proxy statement under Item 402 of Regulation S-K if the executive officer was a “named executive officer,” and our compensation committee or comparable body approved (or recommended that the Board took into consideration her long-time dedicated serviceapprove) such compensation.
Any compensation paid to and her substantial familiarity with, the Company, her knowledgea member of the Company’s business and product lines andBoard if the compensation is reported in our proxy statement under Item 402 of Regulation S-K.
Any transaction with another company at which a related party’s only relationship is as (i) an employee other than an executive officer or director, (ii) a beneficial owner of less than 10%, together with his or her public image, which is closely associated with the Company and its public image.

With respect to Ms. Bronner, the Board took into consideration her prior experienceImmediate Family Members, of that company’s outstanding equity, or (iii) in the consumercase of partnerships, a limited partner, if the limited partner, together with his or her immediate family members, has an interest of less than 10% and media sectorsthe limited partner does not hold another position in the partnership.

Any charitable contribution, grant or endowment by us to a charitable organization, foundation or university at which a related party’s only relationship is as well as her direct experiencean employee (other than an executive officer), if the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the greater of integrating an acquired company$100,000 or two percent of the charitable organization’s total revenues.

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Any transaction where the related party’s interest arises solely from the ownership of a class of our equity securities and all holders of that class of equity securities received the same benefit on a pro rata basis.
Indemnification and advancement of expenses made pursuant to our Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or pursuant to any agreement.

Any proposed related party transaction will be reviewed and, if deemed appropriate, approved by the Audit Committee. When practicable, the review and approval will occur prior to entry into the acquiring parent company.

With respecttransaction. If advance review and approval is not practicable, the Audit Committee will review, and, if deemed appropriate, ratify the transaction. In either case, the Audit Committee will take into account, among other factors deemed appropriate, whether the transaction is on terms no less favorable than terms generally available to Mr. Chidgey,an unrelated third party under the Board took into consideration his experience with the jewelry business and consumer preferences, as well as his experience in serving as the chief operating officer of diverse businesses.

With respect to Mr. Tenenbaum, the Board took into consideration his experience with retail businesses, his background in entrepreneurial studies and the role he typically performs as a business counselor.

With respect to Mr. Zanecchia, the Board took into consideration his experience with financesame or similar circumstances and the extent of his consulting capabilities.the related party’s interest in the transaction. The Board has also delegated to the Chairman of the Audit Committee the authority to approve or ratify related party transactions, subject to reporting at the next Audit Committee meeting any such approval or ratification.

Transactions with Related Persons

With respectSince the beginning of our last fiscal year, there has been no transaction (and no transaction is currently proposed), in which we were or are to be a participant and the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and in which any related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.

Director Compensation

Prior to November 17, 2016, our director compensation policy provided for a quarterly cash retainer of $15,000 per calendar quarter, plus reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with attending meetings. On November 17, 2016, the Board approved a one-time grant of 10,000 shares of Common Stock to each candidate,non-employee director, which is the Board also considered the contributions that the respective directorsfirst equity grant we have made to the non-employee directors since our formation in 2012 due to constraints associated with the Bankruptcy Plan.

In addition, effective November 17, 2016, the Board adopted the following director compensation policy:

Annual Retainer Fees
$53,333 in cash, paid in quarterly installments.
$26,667 in shares of our Common Stock, payable on the date of each annual meeting of our stockholders for the purpose of electing directors, determined by dividing the amount of the retainer by the share price of our Common Stock on the grant date.
Chairman and Committee Membership Fees

  
 Chairman
($)
 Member
($)
Board of Directors $15,000    
Audit Committee $15,000  $7,500 
Compensation Committee $10,000  $5,000 
Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee $8,000  $4,000 
Transaction Committee $11,500  $7,500 

Two-thirds of these fees are paid in cash and one-third is paid in shares of Common Stock. The cash portion of the above fees is paid in quarterly installments. The equity portion of the above fees is payable on the date of each annual meeting of the stockholders for the purpose of electing directors, determined by dividing the amount of the fees by the share price of our Common Stock on the grant date.

Matthew Messinger, who is a director, a member of the Transaction Committee, and an employee of the Company, overdoes not receive any of the compensation described above.

Directors do not receive any additional compensation for attending board meetings or board committee meetings. All non-employee members of the Board of Directors are reimbursed for reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Board of Directors and its committees.


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Directors may elect to defer all (but not less than all) of the equity portion of their respective periodsannual retainers and fees until such time as the director leaves the Board (for any reason) in accordance with our Non-Employee Directors’ Deferral Program (the “Deferral Plan”). In such case, the director will have a fully vested right to receive the deferred shares at the time that the director ceases to serve as a director. Directors will receive dividend equivalents with respect to the deferred shares, meaning that the directors will receive the right to receive additional shares in lieu of service.any dividend that would have been paid had the shares not been deferred, based on the stock price at the time the dividends are paid to stockholders. The additional deferred shares also will be paid at the same time the director ceases to serve as a director. As of December 31, 2016, the Company has not paid a dividend.

Shares of Common Stock described above, whether or not deferred, are granted to non-employee directors pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of our 2015 Stock Incentive Plan, and deferrals are made pursuant to the Deferral Plan.

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, our non-employee directors received total compensation as shown in the following table.

   
 Fees
Earned or
Paid in
Cash
($)
 Stock
Awards
($)(1)
 Total
($)
Alan Cohen $60,000  $98,500  $158,500 
Alexander C. Matina $60,000  $98,500  $158,500 
Joanne M. Minieri $60,000  $98,500  $158,500 
Keith Pattiz $60,000  $98,500  $158,500 
Marina Shevyrtalova $60,000  $98,500  $158,500 

(1)Based on the closing stock price on the grant date.

The table below shows the aggregate number of stock awards granted to directors (other than Mr. Messinger) as of December 31, 2016.

Stock Awards
(In Shares)
Alan Cohen10,000
Alexander C. Matina10,000
Joanne M. Minieri10,000
Keith Pattiz10,000
Marina Shevyrtalova10,000

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Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

The following table sets forth certain compensation plan information with respect to both equity compensation plans approved by security holders and equity compensation plans not approved by security holders as of December 31, 2016.

   
Plan Category Number of
Securities to be
Issued Upon
Exercise of
Outstanding
Options,
Warrants and
Rights
(a)
 Weighted-Average
Exercise Price
of Outstanding
Options,
Warrants and
Rights
(b)
 Number of
Securities
Remaining
Available for
Future Issuance
Under Equity
Compensation
Plans (Excluding
Securities Reflected
in Column (a))
(c)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders  95,500      644,500 
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders  2,046,169(1)      90,000(2) 
Total  2,141,669      734,500 

(1)Includes restricted stock units (“RSUs”) issued pursuant to the 2013 employment agreement, as amended in 2015, between the Company and Matthew Messinger. See “Executive Compensation — Compensation of Matthew Messinger, President and Chief Executive Officer”.
(2)RSUs that may become issuable upon satisfaction of certain criteria pursuant to the employment agreement between the Company and Matthew Messinger. See “Executive Compensation — Compensation of Matthew Messinger, President and Chief Executive Officer.”

Communications with the Board of Directors

Any interested parties desiring to communicate with the Board of Directors regarding the Company may directly contact such directors by delivering such correspondence to such directors (or the entire Board) in care of the Corporate Secretary at Trinity Place Holdings Inc., 717 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1303, New York, New York 10022.

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors has established procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by us regarding accounting, internal accounting controls and auditing matters and the confidential, anonymous submission by our employees of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters. Persons wishing to communicate with the Audit Committee may do so by writing in care of the Chairman, Audit Committee, Trinity Place Holdings Inc., 717 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1303, New York, New York 10022 or to our outside legal counsel at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Attn.: Managing Attorney re Trinity Place Holdings Inc., 1177 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036.

Outside Advisors

Our Board of Directors and Audit Committee may retain outside advisors and consultants of their choosing at our expense. The Board of Directors need not obtain management’s consent to retain outside advisors.

Code of Ethics

We maintain a code of ethics applicable to our principal executive officer and senior financial and professional personnel (including our principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller and persons performing similar functions). Our code of ethics is posted on our website atwww.trinityplaceholdings.com under the Financials tab. In the event we have any amendments to or waivers from any provision of our code of ethics applicable to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, we intend to satisfy the disclosure requirement under Item 5.05 of Form 8-K by posting such information on our website.


 

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Role in OversightSection 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

In naming Marcy Syms as the ChairmanSection 16(a) of the Board,Exchange Act requires our directors and executive officers and all persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the Board consideredSEC. The directors, executive officers and greater than 10% common stockholders are required to furnish the fact that certain commentators have raised concerns regarding havingCompany with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. Based solely on a company’s chief executive officer also serve as board chairman. The Board concluded that in lightreview of the sizecopies of the Board, Marcy Syms’ familiarity withsuch forms received by the Company and representations from certain reporting persons, we believe that during the manner in whichyear ended December 31, 2016 all filing requirements were satisfied, except a Form 4 reporting the Board operates, therevesting and settlement of restricted stock units and related tax withholding was no need to separate the offices of the Chairman of the Board and the chief executive officer. Bernard H. Tenenbaum acts as the lead independent director of the Board of Directors. The role of the lead independent director is to call for and preside over executive sessions of the independent directors as appropriate, serve as liaisonfiled late on behalf of the independent directors with the Chairman of the Board and perform such other duties as may be requested from time to time by the Board, the independent directors or theMr. Steven Kahn, our Chief ExecutiveFinancial Officer.

The Board’s role in the risk oversight process includes receiving regular reports from members of management on areas of material risk to the Company, including operational, financial, legal and strategic risks. The full Board or the appropriate committee receives these reports from management to enable it to understand the Company’s risks, to respond to unexpected contingencies and to take proactive steps to mitigate risk. Any such matters considered at the committee level are reported to the full Board. This enables the Board and its committees to coordinate the risk oversight role.

The Board of Directors recommends that the shareholders vote FOR the election of each nominee for director named above. Executed proxies solicited hereby will be voted FOR each nominee named above unless a direction to withhold authority is specifically indicated.

MEETINGS AND COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

During fiscal 2010 there were eight meetings of the Board of Directors. During fiscal 2010, each director attended at least 75% of the total number of meetings of the Board of Directors and the Board committees of which he or she was a member.

Based on information supplied to it by the Directors, the Board of Directors has determined that four of the current directors, Bernard H. Tenenbaum, Beth L. Bronner, Henry M. Chidgey and Thomas E. Zanecchia, are “independent” under the listing standards of the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Board of Directors has made such determinations based on the fact that none of such persons have had, or currently have, any material relationship with the Company or its affiliates or any executive officer of the Company or his or her affiliates, that would impair their independence, including, without limitation, any commercial, industrial, banking, consulting, legal, accounting, charitable or familial relationship.

The Board of Directors has determined that the Company is a “controlled company” (as defined in the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules) based on the fact that more than 50% of the voting power of the Company’s voting stock is held by Marcy Syms, individually and as trustee of The Laura Merns Living Trust, dated February 14, 2003, and as Trustee of the Marcy Syms Revocable Living Trust dated January 12, 1990, as amended, which entity holds Syms Corp common shares. As a result, the Company is exempt from the provisions of the NASDAQ governance standards requiring that (i) a majority of the board consist of independent directors, (ii) the nominating committee be composed entirely of independent directors and (iii) the compensation committee be composed entirely of independent directors.

The committees of the Board of Directors include an Audit Committee, an Executive Committee, a Stock Option Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee. Each of the aforementioned committees has written charters, copies of which are available on the Company’s website at www.syms.com. The charters will be provided in print to any shareholder who submits a written request for the charters, to the Company’s Corporate Secretary, Syms Corp, One Syms Way, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094.

The Audit Committee has the principal function of reviewing the adequacy of the Company’s internal system of accounting controls, conferring with the independent registered public accountants concerning the scope of their examination of the books and records of the Company and their audit and non-audit fees, recommending to the Board of Directors the appointment of independent registered public accountants, reviewing and approving related party transactions and considering other appropriate matters regarding the


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financial affairs of the Company. The current members of the Audit Committee are Bernard H. Tenenbaum (Chairman), Henry M. Chidgey and Thomas E. Zanecchia. None of these individuals is, or has ever been, an officer or employee of the Company and all are considered “independent” for the purposes of the NASDAQ governance standards. In addition, the Company has created a Disclosure Committee comprised of senior management members. The Disclosure Committee meets at least four times each fiscal year to discuss Company issues, review SEC filings and discuss related party transactions.

We do not have a formal written policy regarding the review, approval or ratification of related party transactions. However, all of our employees, officers and directors are required to comply with our code of business conduct and ethics which addresses, among other things, actions that are required when potential conflicts of interest arise. Specifically, if an employee, officer or director becomes aware of a conflict of interest, he or she is required to bring it to the attention of a supervisor, manager or other appropriate personnel. Pursuant to its charter, the Audit Committee shall review with management and the independent auditor and approve all transactions or courses of dealing with parties related to the Company. Transactions with related parties must be entered into in good faith on fair and reasonable terms that are no less favorable to us than those that would be available in a comparable transaction in arm’s-length dealings with an unrelated third party.

In addition to meeting the independence standards of NASDAQ, each member of the Audit Committee is financially literate and meets the independence standards established by the SEC. The Board of Directors has also determined that Bernard H. Tenenbaum has the requisite attributes of an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by regulations of the SEC and that such attributes were acquired through relevant education and experience. The Audit Committee met four times during fiscal 2010.

The Executive Committee is authorized to exercise all of the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management and affairs of the Company between meetings of the Board of Directors, to the extent permitted by law. Marcy Syms and Bernard H. Tenenbaum are members of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee met once during fiscal 2010.

The Stock Option Committee reviews and recommends to the Board of Directors remuneration arrangements and compensation plans for the Company’s officers and key employees, administers the Company’s stock option and appreciation plans and determines the officers and key employees who are to be granted equity based incentive compensation awards under such plans. The current members of the Stock Option Committee are Bernard H. Tenenbaum, Henry M. Chidgey and Thomas E. Zanecchia, none of whom is, or has ever been, an officer or employee of the Company and all of whom are “independent” in terms of the NASDAQ governance standards. The Stock Option Committee did not meet during fiscal 2010.

The Compensation Committee is responsible for reviewing and approving for the Chief Executive Officer and other executives of the Company annual base salary, and for determining director compensation and benefit programs (other than those programs administered by the Stock Option Committee). The full Board of Directors reviews and approves the recommendations of the Compensation Committee for the annual base salary of the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. Marcy Syms and Bernard H. Tenenbaum are members of the Compensation Committee. Marcy Syms is not an “independent” member of the Compensation Committee in terms of the NASDAQ governance standards. The Compensation Committee met once during fiscal 2010; otherwise all discussions and decisions were made by the full Board.

The Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee seeks to, among other matters, find qualified individuals to serve as directors of the Company. Marcy Syms and Bernard H. Tenenbaum are members of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee. Marcy Syms is not an “independent” member of the Nominating & Governance Committee in terms of the NASDAQ governance standards. The Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee met once during fiscal 2010; otherwise all of its determinations were made by the full Board.


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Minimum Qualifications:  The Company does not set specific criteria for directors except to the extent required to meet applicable legal, regulatory and stock exchange requirements, including, but not limited to, the independence requirements of NASDAQ and the SEC, as applicable. Nominees for director will be selected on the basis of outstanding achievement in their personal careers; board experience; wisdom; integrity; ability to make independent, analytical inquiries; understanding of the business environment; the ability to represent fairly all shareholders without advocating for any particular shareholder constituency; the absence of a conflict of interest, and the willingness to devote adequate time to Board of Directors duties. While the selection of qualified directors is a complex and subjective process that requires consideration of many intangible factors, the Board believes that each director should have a basic understanding of (i) principal operational and financial objectives and plans and strategies of the Company, (ii) results of operations and financial condition of the Company and of any significant subsidiaries or business segments, (iii) the need for adopting and implementing internal controls, and (iv) the relative standing of the Company and its business segments in relation to its competitors.

Nominating Process:  The following paragraphs describe the processes that the Board or the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee will take should it be necessary to fill vacancies or should the Board decide to expand its size.

The Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee is willing to consider candidates submitted by a variety of sources (including incumbent directors, shareholders, Company management and third party search firms) when reviewing candidates to fill vacancies and/or expand the Board of Directors. If a vacancy arises or the Board of Directors decides to expand its membership, the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee will ask each director to submit a list of potential candidates for consideration. The Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee will then evaluate each potential candidate’s educational background, employment history, outside commitments and other relevant factors to determine whether he/she is potentially qualified to serve on the Board of Directors. At that time, the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee also will consider potential nominees submitted by shareholders in accordance with the procedures adopted by the Board of Directors, by the Company’s management and, if the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee deems it appropriate, by an independent third party search firm retained to provide potential candidates. The Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee seeks to identify and recruit the best available candidates, and it intends to evaluate qualified shareholder nominees on the same basis as those submitted by Board of Directors members, Company management, third party search firms or other sources.

After completing this process, the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee will determine whether one or more candidates are sufficiently qualified to warrant further investigation. If the process yields one or more desirable candidates, the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee will rank them by order of preference, depending on their respective qualifications and the Company’s needs. The Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee will then contact the preferred candidate(s) to evaluate their potential interest and to set up interviews with the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee. All such interviews are held in person, and include only the candidate and the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee members. Based upon interview results and appropriate background checks, the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee then decides whether it will recommend the candidate’s nomination to the full Board of Directors.

When nominating an incumbent director for re-election at an annual meeting, if asked by the Board, the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee will consider the director’s performance on the Board of Directors and the director’s qualifications in respect of the criteria referred to above.

Consideration of Shareholder Nominated Directors:  The Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee will consider candidates for the Board of Directors submitted by shareholders in a timely manner in accordance with our by-laws and the rules and regulations promulgated under the securities laws. Any shareholder wishing to submit a candidate for consideration should submit a notice in accordance with the procedures set forth under the caption “Shareholder Nominations and Proposals.”


 

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Corporate GovernanceReport of the Audit Committee

Corporate Governance GuidelinesThe following report of the Audit Committee does not constitute soliciting material and Codeshould not and will not be deemed filed or incorporated by reference into any other Company filing under the Securities Act of Business Conduct1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act, except to the extent the Company specifically incorporates this report by reference therein.

The Audit Committee is responsible for fulfilling the Board’s responsibilities as they relate to overseeing our accounting and Ethics:  The Board of Directors has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines. The Board of Directors has also adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. The Corporate Governance Guidelinesfinancial reporting processes and the Codeaudits of Business Conductour financial statements, monitoring the integrity of our financial statements, monitoring compliance with legal and Ethics are availableregulatory requirements, and monitoring the independence, qualifications and performance of the independent auditors. Management has the primary responsibility for the preparation, presentation and integrity of our financial statements, accounting and financial reporting principles, internal controls, and procedures designed to ensure compliance with accounting standards, applicable laws and regulations. In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements with management.

The Audit Committee meets in executive session regularly with BDO USA, LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee has discussed with BDO USA, LLP those matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or PCAOB, including the matters described in the statement on Auditing Standards No. 16, as amended, as adopted by the PCAOB.

The Audit Committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from BDO USA, LLP, as required by applicable requirements of the PCAOB, regarding BDO USA, LLP’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and the Audit Committee has discussed with BDO USA, LLP its independence.

Based on the Company’s website at www.syms.com. A copyAudit Committee’s review of and discussions regarding our audited consolidated financial statements and our internal control over financial reporting with management, our internal auditors and the Corporate Governance Guidelinesindependent registered public accounting firm and a copy of the Code of Business Conductother reviews and Ethics are availablediscussions with the independent registered public accounting firm referred to in print to any shareholder who submits a written request for such copiesthe preceding paragraph, subject to the Company’s Corporate Secretary at Syms Corp, One Syms Way, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094.

Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers:  The Board of Directors has adopted a Code of Ethics applicable to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Controller, which is availablelimitations on the Company’s website at www.syms.com. A copy ofAudit Committee’s roles and responsibilities described above and in the Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers is available in printAudit Committee charter, the Audit Committee recommended to any shareholder who submits a written request for such Code of Ethics to the Company’s Corporate Secretary at Syms Corp, One Syms Way, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094.

Non-Management Directors:  Non-management directors meet in executive sessions at least twice a year and, if the group of non-management directors includes any director who is not “independent,” the independent directors meet at least twice a year in an executive session of only independent directors. The independent directors select the presiding director. Bernard H. Tenenbaum acts as the presiding director for all non-management meetings. As appropriate, some of the executive sessions of the non-management directors may be with the Chief Executive Officer and others will be conducted outside the presence of the Chief Executive Officer and any other management officials.

Communications between Shareholders and the Board of Directors:  Shareholders and other interested persons seeking to communicate with the Board of Directors should submit any communicationsthat our audited consolidated financial statements be included in writing toour Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Company’s Corporate Secretary at Syms Corp, One Syms Way, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094. Any such communication must stateyear ended December 31, 2016 for filing with the number of shares beneficially owned by the shareholder making the communication. The Company’s Corporate Secretary will forward such communication to the full Board of Directors or to any individual director or directors to whom the communication is directed.SEC.

Attendance at Annual Meetings:  All Directors are expected to attend the 2011 Annual Meeting in person and be available to address questions or concerns raised by shareholders. All Directors attended the 2010 annual meeting of shareholders.

Compensation Risk Assessment:  As of the end of fiscal 2010, our management conducted an assessment of our employee compensation policies and practices and concluded that any risks arising from such policies and practices are not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our Company.Respectfully submitted,

Joanne M. Minieri, Chairman
Alan Cohen
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COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORSEXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Each memberBiographical information regarding each of our executive officers follows. The age of each executive officer is as of the Board of Directors who is not an officer or employeedate of the Company receives a director’s fee, presently established at the rate of $5,000 per meeting, for attending regular or special meetings of the Board of Directors. Additionally, each audit committee member receives $2,000 per meeting and the chair person of the audit committee receives $4,000 per meeting. For other committees, each committee member of the Board of Directors receives $1,000 for any committee meeting attended by such member. Travel expenses of such directors related to attendance at Board and committee meetings are reimbursed. Directors who are officers or employees of the Company do not receive any additional compensation by reason of their service as directors.

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the compensation we paid to each individual who served as a director of the Company during fiscal 2010, other than Marcy Syms. See the “Summary Compensation Table” below for information pertaining to compensation paid to Marcy Syms.Annual Meeting.

 
Name Fees Paid
Bernard H. Tenenbaum $61,000 
Beth L. Bronner  15,000 
Henry M. Chidgey  48,000 
Thomas E. Zanecchia  48,000 

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The Company’s executive officers, as well as additional information with respect to such persons, are set forth below:

  
Name Age PositionBusiness Experience and Other Information
Marcy SymsMatthew Messinger President and Chief Executive Officer 6045 Chief Executive Officer and ChairmanSee Election of the BoardDirectors above.
Joel FeigenbaumSteven Kahn
Chief Financial Officer
 5451 PresidentMr. Kahn has been the Chief Financial Officer since September 21, 2015.
Seth Udasin  55Senior Vice President,Qualifications and Skills:  Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kahn served as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of United Realty Trust Incorporated, a public non-traded real estate investment trust, or REIT, from May 2014 to August 2015; and as SVP Director of Financial Reporting and Tax at SL Green Realty Corp (NYSE:SLG), a listed REIT, from 1999 to 2013. Mr. Kahn served as a senior manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, specializing in real estate, from January 1998 through November 1999 and in a similar capacity at Deloitte & Touche LLP from September 1989 through January 1998. Mr. Kahn is a certified public accountant.
Richard G. Pyontek Chief Accounting Officer,
Anne Keefe Treasurer and Secretary 4749 Senior Vice President, Human ResourcesMr. Pyontek has been the Chief Accounting Officer since September 21, 2015. Mr. Pyontek served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company from October 10, 2012 until September 21, 2015. Mr. Pyontek served as Director of Accounting and Reporting for the Company from July 2011 until his election as Chief Financial Officer.
Carl Palumbo  62Qualifications and Skills:  Before joining Syms Corp., our predecessor, in 2011, Mr. Pyontek served as Director of Accounting and Reporting at Ashley Stewart, Inc., a women’s clothing retailer, during the time of its bankruptcy filing and turnaround from 2009 to 2011; as Controller at The Vitamin Shoppe, a retailer of health and nutrition supplements, from 2005 to 2008; and as Director of Finance at Party City Corporation, a retailer of party supplies and gifts, from 2003 to 2005. Earlier in his career, Mr. Pyontek held senior accounting and reporting roles at Linens ‘n Things and at KPMG LLP. Mr. Pyontek is a certified public accountant.

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis provides compensation information for our chief executive officer, our chief financial officer and our chief accounting officer, treasurer and secretary for the year ended December 31, 2016. These individuals, to whom we refer collectively as our “named executive officers” or “NEOs” as determined under the SEC disclosure rules, are:

Matthew Messinger, President and Chief Executive Officer;
Steven Kahn, Chief Financial Officer; and
Richard G. Pyontek, Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer and Secretary.

Features of Our Executive Compensation

Key features of our 2016 executive compensation align the interests of our NEOs with the long-term interests of our stockholders and help reduce the possibility of our NEOs making business decisions that promote short-term or individual compensation results over long-term stockholder value. In particular, our program focuses on the following:

Alignment of CEO pay with stockholder value.  Most of our CEO’s compensation consists of long-term equity incentives that vest over a period of years and are then settled over an additional period, extending through 2023, which we believe provides a strong incentive to focus on long-term stockholder value creation. Approximately 85% of Mr. Messinger’s compensation for 2016, as set forth in the Summary Compensation Table below (which measures the grant date value of equity awards), was in the form of RSUs.
Management retention.Compensation for executives is designed to assist in management retention by providing time-based vesting for certain long-term equity compensation, aligning management’s interests with stockholders by having management hold meaningful stock ownership positions in the Company.

Oversight of Executive Compensation

Our executive compensation was administered by the independent directors of the Board of Directors until November 17, 2016, at which point the Compensation Committee was formed and took over the responsibility of determining the compensation of the NEOs of the Company and for overseeing our executive compensation and benefits programs. The Compensation Committee takes into account a variety of factors including recommendations of the chief executive officer on compensation actions for officers (other than the chief executive officer), the ability and appropriate incentives to create long term stockholder value, contractual commitments, market practices and trends and the regulatory environment.

As part of determining an appropriate compensation package, the Compensation Committee reviews and considers the risk profile associated with each such package. The Compensation Committee does not set specific targets for compensation levels but instead reviews each element of compensation independently and determines the appropriate amount for each element for each NEO, as discussed below. Within the framework of the programs approved by the Compensation Committee, management provides input to the Compensation Committee on compensation actions for executive officers and key select employees based on their evaluation of individual and Company performance. In making decisions regarding the compensation for the named executive officers, the Compensation Committee focuses primarily on the executive officer’s individual performance and overall Company performance as well as incentives and retention needs and the overall business environment.


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Stock Incentive Plan

On September 9, 2015, the Board adopted the Trinity Place Holdings Inc. 2015 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2015 Stock Incentive Plan”). The 2015 Stock Incentive Plan authorizes the grants of stock options, stock appreciation rights, shares of restricted stock, restricted stock units and shares of unrestricted stock (collectively, the “Awards”). The 2015 Stock Incentive Plan and the awards thereunder serve as an important element of the total compensation package of certain employees of the Company, providing Awards that are subject to achievement of specified performance goals, in order to retain persons whose efforts are expected to facilitate our long-term growth and profitability. Prior to the adoption of the 2015 Stock Incentive Plan, we granted equity awards on an individually-negotiated basis. As such, all of Mr. Messinger’s equity awards, which were made pursuant to our 2013 employment agreement with him, as amended in 2015, were granted prior to the adoption of the 2015 Stock Incentive Plan.

Say on Pay

We held our first advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers (“say on pay vote”) at our annual meeting of stockholders on August 18, 2015. At that meeting, our stockholders passed a resolution approving the compensation of our named executive officers, with approximately 86.3% of the stockholders entitled to vote and present in person or by proxy at the 2015 annual meeting, voting in favor of the resolution, including the negative effect of abstentions. Overall, the Board of Directors believes that this strong stockholder support is evidence that our executive compensation is appropriately structured and aligned with stockholder interests.

We also held our first advisory vote on the frequency of future say on pay votes at our annual meeting of stockholders on August 18, 2015. In accordance with the recommendation of the holders of our Common Stock, our Board of Directors has decided to include an advisory stockholder vote on the compensation of our named executive officers in its proxy materials every three years until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers, which will occur no later than our annual meeting of stockholders in 2021.

Elements of Executive Compensation for 2016

We believe that the compensation packages of our executive officers, including our named executive officers, provide an appropriate blend of fixed and variable compensation with greater emphasis on long-term incentives.

Compensation of Matthew Messinger, President and Chief Executive Officer

We hired and entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Messinger to serve as our Chief Executive Officer and President on October 1, 2013, in conjunction with the initial investment by Third Avenue in the Company. Mr. Messinger was hired with a view toward stabilizing and enhancing the chief executive officer role following the emergence of our predecessor from bankruptcy proceedings in 2012, and being instrumental in formulating and executing our long-term strategy. Mr. Messinger’s employment agreement was amended on September 11, 2015.

Mr. Messinger’s employment with the Company has been and continues to be critical to our success. Since his hiring, Mr. Messinger led the Company in negotiating favorable resolutions in respect of outstanding claims, culminating in significant savings for the Company and a general unsecured claims satisfaction under the Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Syms Corp. and its Subsidiaries (the “Bankruptcy Plan”). In addition, under his leadership the Company sold various assets at prices substantially greater than previously anticipated. Together, these actions resulted in both the successful repayment of our claimholders, as well as increased residual value for our stockholders. In addition, since the general unsecured claims satisfaction under the Bankruptcy Plan, Mr. Messinger has led our development, redevelopment and investment activities.


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Mr. Messinger has been instrumental in the execution of our principal strategic objectives, including the following during 2016:

Forming a 50/50 joint venture between a wholly-owned subsidiary of ours, and an affiliate of Pacolet Milliken Enterprises, Inc., which purchased The Berkley, a newly constructed 95-unit multi-family property located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, and, together with our joint venture partner, closing on a $42.5 million loan in connection with the acquisition of The Berkley. The Berkley was 72.6% leased at December 31, 2016;
Completing the environmental remediation and beginning interior demolition at 77 Greenwich, awarding the building demolition contract and completing the architectural drawings, and receiving the necessary approvals from the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, the Mayor’s Office and City Council for this project, in addition to continuing to work with the New York City School Construction Authority to refine the framework for the proposed construction of a public school on the lower floors of 77 Greenwich.
Completing the façade, roofing, parking lot and landscaping portions of the redevelopment project at our West Palm Beach property and entering into an agreement with an investment grade tenant for an option to lease our property in Paramus, New Jersey, as well as entering into short-term license agreements with a retail tenant at both our Westbury, New York and Paramus, New Jersey properties;
Closing on a loan of $12.6 million secured by our West Palm Beach, Florida property;
Establishing an “at-the-market” common stock offering program, raising gross proceeds of approximately $1.2 million at a weighted average price of $9.76 per share; and
Paying approximately $7.7 million of approved claims, including the final payment to the former Majority Shareholder following the occurrence of a General Unsecured Claims Satisfaction under the Bankruptcy Plan.

The following table lists and describes the purpose of the key elements of Mr. Messinger’s compensation, as provided under the terms of his employment agreement, as amended in 2015:

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Element of Pay Vice President, General CounselDescriptionPurpose
Base SalaryFixed cash compensationTo compensate for services rendered during the fiscal year
Discretionary Annual Cash BonusDiscretionary cash payment based on performance and Corporate Secretarycontribution to the CompanyTo motivate executive officer to achieve the Company’s annual strategic and financial goals
Long-Term Equity Based CompensationTime-based share awards with multi-year vesting periodsTo align long-term interests of executive and stockholders to increase the value of the Company and provide appropriate balance of at-risk compensation

Base Salary

InformationUnder the terms of Mr. Messinger’s employment agreement, his base salary was initially $700,000 per year, which was increased to $750,000 effective January 1, 2016, pursuant to the terms of the amendment to his employment agreement.

Annual Cash Bonus

Mr. Messinger’s employment agreement provides that the Board may, in its sole discretion, award Mr. Messinger an annual cash bonus, taking into account the performance of the Company and Mr. Messinger during such year. The annual cash bonus is designed to reward Mr. Messinger for the achievement of our short-term financial and strategic goals while taking into account the risk profile of the Company. Mr. Messinger was awarded a bonus of $500,000 with respect to Marcy Symsthe year ended December 31, 2016.


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Long-Term Equity-Based Compensation

A key component of Mr. Messinger’s compensation is set forthlong-term equity based compensation in the form of restricted stock units, or RSUs. The long-term equity-based compensation was principally negotiated in 2013 at the time that we hired Mr. Messinger, at which time during the month of September 2013 our Common Stock had a volume weighted average price of $3.85 per share, with a view toward ensuring the alignment of his interests with those of our creditors following our emergence from bankruptcy, by tying the vesting and settlement of his long-term equity-based compensation to payments made to our creditors in accordance with the terms of the Bankruptcy Plan. This structure also ensured the conservation of our cash by providing for most of Mr. Messinger’s compensation in the form of long-term equity, as well as aligning Mr. Messinger’s interests with those of our stockholders by providing him with significant equity ownership in the Company, the value of which is tied to our success following the repayment of our creditors in accordance with the terms of the Bankruptcy Plan.

Under the terms of his employment agreement, as amended in 2015, Mr. Messinger received five RSU Awards in 2016.

The following RSU Awards were made on page twoJanuary 28, 2016. Since Mr. Messinger’s employment agreement provided for these awards to have been granted on December 31, 2015, the vesting for the awards is based on December 31, 2015.

An RSU Award covering 363,095 shares of Common Stock, which will vest in three substantially equal annual installments on each of December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Under Mr. Messinger’s employment agreement, the granting of this Proxy StatementRSU Award was subject to payments of the Initial Majority Shareholder Payment and the Subsequent Majority Shareholder Payment (each as defined in the Bankruptcy Plan) being made on or prior to December 31, 2015. Although this condition was not met, the independent directors determined that Mr. Messinger nevertheless should be granted the RSU Award because we had sufficient cash on hand to make such payment and we were in the process of negotiating a positive resolution with the former Majority Shareholder (the payment was made on or about March 14, 2016).
An RSU Award covering 250,000 shares of Common Stock, which will vest in three substantially equal tranches on each of December 31, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
An RSU Award covering 541,074 shares of Common Stock. The original employment agreement included a commitment of the Company to consider additional RSU awards whenever we raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities. In lieu of the ongoing general commitment to consider additional RSU awards on each future sale of equity securities, the amended employment agreement provides for a single additional RSU grant with respect to the first such sale of additional equity securities, in an amount necessary to maintain Mr. Messinger’s proportionate ownership interest in our shares. We consummated a backstopped common stock rights offering on December 8, 2015, which resulted in the issuance of 5,000,000 shares of our Common Stock. As a result, on January 28, 2016, we granted Mr. Messinger RSUs covering an aggregate of 541,074 shares, representing 0.248362 (the percentage that our outstanding shares were increased by the rights offering) multiplied by 2,178,570, the number of RSUs granted to Mr. Messinger under “Electionthe original employment agreement. Since this RSU grant represents an increase to the various RSUs granted to Mr. Messinger under the original employment agreement, the vesting of Directors.”

Joel Feigenbaum, President

Mr. Joel Feigenbaum startedthis RSU Award tracks the vesting of those original RSU grants. A proportionate number of RSUs vests at the same time as the corresponding original RSU grant.

An RSU Award covering 30,000 shares of Common Stock, which will vest in three equal tranches on each of December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018. This RSU Award is the first of five annual RSU Awards, each covering 30,000 shares of Common Stock, to be granted on December 31, 2015 through 2019, with each grant to vest on the first three anniversaries of the date of grant.

On December 31, 2016, Mr. Messinger was granted an RSU Award covering 30,000 shares of Common Stock, which will vest in three equal tranches on each of December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019.


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The RSUs are settled for shares of Common Stock, either upon vesting or upon a specified anniversary of the vesting date, depending on the terms of the awards. For additional information regarding certain provisions of Mr. Messinger’s equity awards, see “— Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control.”

Compensation of our other Named Executive Officers

On September 16, 2015, we entered into an employment agreement with Steven Kahn to serve as Chief IntegrationFinancial Officer of the Company, effective as of September 21, 2015. On June 24, 2011, Syms Corp. entered into an offer letter with Richard G. Pyontek, who has served with the Company and our predecessor since the period prior to the bankruptcy proceedings.

The following table lists and describes the purpose of the key elements of the compensation of Messrs. Kahn and Pyontek’s compensation.

Element of PayDescriptionPurpose
Base SalaryFixed cash compensationTo compensate for services rendered during the fiscal year
Discretionary cash bonusDiscretionary cash payment based on performance and contribution to the CompanyTo motivate executive officers to achieve individual and corporate goals
Restricted stock awardsDiscretionary time-based equity awards with multi-year vesting periods; awards are based on performance and contribution to the CompanyTo align long-term interests of executives and stockholders to increase the value of the Company and provide appropriate balance of at-risk compensation

For additional information regarding certain provisions of each named executive officer’s employment arrangement, see “— Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in March 2010. SinceControl.”

Base Salary

Base salaries for Messrs. Kahn and Pyontek are designed to compensate each executive for the experience, education, personal qualities and other qualifications of the executive that time,are essential to the specific role the executive serves within our Company, while remaining competitive in the labor market.

The independent directors, with the assistance of Mr. Feigenbaum was promotedMessinger, generally review salaries in the early part of each year and, if appropriate adjusts them to Chief Operating Officerreflect changes in June 2010considerations and electedto remain competitive in the labor market.

Under the terms of his employment agreement, Mr. Kahn received a base salary of $290,000 during 2016. Mr. Pyontek received an annual base salary of $164,000 during 2016.

Discretionary Cash Bonuses

Discretionary cash bonuses for executive officers are designed to attract and retain officer talent. Our named executive officers other than the CEO are eligible to receive annual discretionary cash bonuses as determined by the BoardCompensation Committee. The determination of Directorsthe amounts of such discretionary bonuses is based on the past, present and expected future contributions of such individual to our overall success. Factors considered in evaluating those contributions include, among other things: overall individual performance, overall organizational performance, individual contribution to organizational performance, successful completion of projects or initiatives and level of individual responsibilities.

Mr. Kahn was awarded a cash bonus of $120,000 for 2016, which was paid in 2017. Mr. Pyontek received a cash bonus for his performance and contributions to the position of PresidentCompany in October 2010. Prior to joining Syms Corp, he served as President of Reader’s Digest’s Books Are Fun, Ltd., the world’s leading display marketer of books and gifts. Prior to Reader’s Digest, he was Chief Operating Officer of babygear.com and President and Chief Operating Officer of Century 21 Stores.

Seth Udasin, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer

Mr. Seth Udasin joined Syms Corp in June 2010. He was formerly Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (1996-2005) of The Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. Mr. Udasin most recently had been an independent consultant providing retail and financial business advice and consulting services to small and mid-size retail and service companies. He is a Certified Public Accountant2016 in the Stateamount of New York.$55,000, which was paid in 2017.

Restricted Stock Awards

We believe that restricted stock awards reward the achievement of long-term goals, align the interest of executives with those of stockholders, foster employee stock ownership and promote stability among our executives.


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Restricted stock awards granted on or after September 9, 2015 are granted pursuant to the terms of the 2015 Stock Incentive Plan. These awards generally vest in two equal annual installments, starting on the first anniversary of the grant date, subject to the applicable executive’s continued employment through such dates.

On March 20, 2014, we entered into an RSU agreement with Mr. Pyontek, effective as of January 6, 2014, pursuant to which Mr. Pyontek was granted an award of 12,500 RSUs, with one-half of the RSUs vesting on each of January 6, 2015 and January 6, 2016, subject to Mr. Pyontek’s continued employment on the applicable vesting dates.

On January 21, 2016, we entered into an RSU agreement with Mr. Pyontek, effective as of January 6, 2016, pursuant to which Mr. Pyontek was granted an award of 12,500 RSUs, with one-half of the RSUs vesting on each of January 6, 2017 and January 6, 2018, subject to Mr. Pyontek’s continued employment on the applicable vesting dates.

In accordance with his employment agreement, Mr. Kahn was granted an award of 30,000 RSUs, with one-third of the RSUs vesting on each of September 21, 2016, September 21, 2017 and September 21, 2018, subject to Mr. Kahn’s continued employment on the applicable vesting dates. On January 5, 2017, Mr. Kahn was granted an award of 7,000 RSUs, with one-half of the RSUs vesting on each of January 5, 2018 and January 5, 2019, subject to Mr. Kahn’s continued employment on the applicable vesting dates.

For additional information regarding certain provision the named executive officers’ equity awards, see “— Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control.”

Limited Perquisites

We provide limited perquisites. Our named executive officers as well as all of our full-time employees are eligible to participate in our 401(k) retirement plan under which we provide a matching feature.

Ann Keefe, Senior Vice President, Human ResourcesTax Implications

Ms. Ann Keefe joined Filene’s BasementThe independent directors take into consideration the requirements for a public company in 1982order to maintain tax deductibility of certain compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is possible, however, that awards intended to qualify for such tax deduction may not do so. Moreover, the independent directors may, in certain circumstances, approve compensation arrangements that include compensation which is not tax deductible.

Compensation Committee Report

The following report of the Flagship downtown Boston location. OverCompensation Committee does not constitute soliciting material and should not and will not be deemed filed or incorporated by reference into any other Company filing under the years, Ms. Keefe progressed through a seriesSecurities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent the Company specifically incorporates this report by reference therein.

The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis required by Item 402(b) of Human Resources positionsRegulation S-K with management and, based on such review and discussions, hereby authorize the inclusion of the Compensation Discussion and Analysis in the Boston store, the Distribution Center and the Corporate Office. She became Vice President of Human Resources in 2005 and Senior Vice President of Human Resources in 2008. In 2010, Ms. Keefe was named as Senior Vice President Human Resources of Syms Corp.this Proxy Statement.

Alexander C. Matina, Chairman
Alan Cohen
Joanne Minieri


 

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Carl Palumbo, Senior Vice President, PlanningSummary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth information concerning all compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to our named executive officers, for all services rendered in all capacities to us and Allocationour subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, the ten month transition period from March 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 (fiscal year 2015), the fiscal year ended February 28, 2015 (fiscal year 2014) and the fiscal year ended March 1, 2014 (fiscal year 2013):

      
Name and Principal Position Fiscal
Year
 Salary Bonus Stock Award All Other
Compensation
 Total
Matthew Messinger
President and Chief Executive Officer
  2016  $750,000  $500,000  $7,359,431(1)  $12,636(5)  $8,622,067 
  2015  $592,308(18)  $500,000(18)  $2,559,820(2)  $10,598(6)  $3,662,726 
  2014  $700,000  $250,000  $7,787,196(3)  $14,067(7)  $8,751,263 
    2013(9)  $296,154  $  $1,250,000(4)  $14,500(8)  $1,560,654 
Steven Kahn
Chief Financial Officer
  2016  $290,000  $120,000  $(1)  $12,499(10)  $422,499 
     2015(12)  $78,077(13)  $25,000(13)  $201,000(2)  $5,159(11)  $309,236 
Richard G. Pyontek
Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer and Secretary(14)
  2016  $164,000  $55,000  $66,125(1)  $9,051(15)  $294,176 
  2015  $138,769(18)  $53,333(18)  $(2)  $7,790(16)  $199,892 
  2014  $160,615  $53,333  $(3)  $9,808(17)  $223,756 
  2013  $160,000  $53,333  $84,375(4)  $  $297,708 

(1)The amount reflected in the table represents the aggregate grant date fair value of stock awards granted and calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. For additional information on the valuation assumptions refer to Note 12, “Stock-Based Compensation” of the Company’s financial statements in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.
(2)The amount reflected in the table represents the aggregate grant date fair value of stock awards granted and calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. For additional information on the valuation assumptions refer to Note 12, “Stock-Based Compensation” of the Company’s financial statements in the Transition Report on Form 10-KT for the ten months ended December 31, 2015.
(3)The amount reflected in the table represents the aggregate grant date fair value of stock awards granted and calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. For additional information on the valuation assumptions refer to Note 12, “Stock-Based Compensation” of the Company’s financial statements in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2015.
(4)The amount reflected in the table represents the aggregate grant date fair value of stock awards granted and calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. For additional information on the valuation assumptions refer to Note 8, “Stock-Based Compensation” of the Company’s financial statements in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 1, 2014.
(5)The amount shown includes $2,036 for life insurance premiums and $10,600 for 401(k) plan matching contributions.
(6)The amount shown includes $2,036 for life insurance premiums and $8,562 for 401(k) plan matching contributions.
(7)The amount shown includes $2,036 for life insurance premiums and $12,031 for 401(k) plan matching contributions.
(8)Represents amounts reimbursed to Mr. Messinger for legal services regarding his employment contract.
(9)Mr. Messinger’s employment with the Company commenced on October 1, 2013.
(10)The amount shown includes $1,899 for life insurance premiums and $10,600 for 401(k) plan matching contributions.
(11)The amount shown includes $474 for life insurance premiums and $4,685 for 401(k) plan matching contributions.
(12)Mr. Kahn’s employment with the Company commenced on September 21, 2015.
(13)Represents the pro-rated annual salary based on an annual salary of $290,000 and a pro-rated bonus based on his start date of September 21, 2015.

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(14)As of September 21, 2015, Mr. Pyontek ceased to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Pyontek continues to serve as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company.
(15)The amount shown includes $2,491 for life insurance premiums and $6,560 for 401(k) plan matching contributions.
(16)The amount shown includes $2,491 for life insurance premiums and $5,299 for 401(k) plan matching contributions.
(17)The amount shown includes $2,399 for life insurance premiums and $7,409 for 401(k) plan matching contributions.
(18)Pro-rated for the 10-month transition period.

Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table

Mr. Carl Palumbo joined Syms CorpThe following table sets forth information concerning grants of plan-based awards, which includes grants made under our Stock Incentive Plan as well as individually negotiated plans, made to our named executive officers during the year ended December 31, 2016:

   
Name Grant Date All Other
Stock
Awards:
Number of
Shares of
Stock or
Unites
(#)
 Grant Date
Fair Value of
Stock Award(1)
Matthew Messinger  1/28/2016   1,184,169  $7,081,331(2) 
    12/31/2016   30,000  $278,100(3) 
Steven Kahn         
Richard Pyontek  1/21/2016   12,500  $66,125(4) 

(1)The grant date fair value for RSUs is measured based on the closing price of our Common Stock on the date of grant.
(2)The closing price of our Common Stock on January 28, 2016 was $5.98.
(3)The closing price of our Common Stock on and December 30, 2016 was $9.27.
(4)The closing price of our Common Stock on January 21, 2016 was $5.29.

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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End

The following table sets forth certain information relating to outstanding equity awards for each named executive officer outstanding as of December 31, 2016:

  
Named Executive Officer Number of
Units of
Stock that
have not
Vested
 Market Value
of Units of
Stock that
have not
Vested
($)(4)
Matthew Messinger  1,404,703(1)  $13,021,597 
Steven Kahn  20,000(2)  $185,400 
Richard Pyontek  12,500(3)  $115,875 

(1)Pursuant to his employment agreement, Mr. Messinger has received five grants of restricted stock units (the “RSU Awards”). See “Executive Compensation — Compensation of Matthew Messinger, President and Chief Executive Officer.” Each grant typically vests over three years. The vesting and settlement dates of Mr. Messinger’s RSU Awards are as follows, subject to the terms of his employment agreement:

Vesting DateNumber
of RSUs
Settlement Date
March 31, 2017500,335396,306 RSUs within 30 days of vesting
104,029 RSUs within two years of vesting
December 31, 2017322,183109,077 RSUs within 30 days of vesting
10,000 RSUs within one year of vesting
151,091 RSUs within two years of vesting
52,015 RSUs within four years of vesting
March 31, 2018151,09299,077 RSUs within 30 days of vesting
52,015 RSUs within two years of vesting
December 31, 2018254,425103,333 RSUs within 30 days of vesting
99,077 RSUs within two years of vesting
52,015 RSUs within four years of vesting
December 31, 201993,33393,333 RSUs within 30 days of vesting
December 31, 202083,33483,334 RSUs within two years of vesting
(2)Granted pursuant to an RSU agreement dated as of September 21, 2015. The remaining unvested RSUs vest in 10,000 share increments on September 21, 2017 and September 21, 2018, subject to the terms of the RSU agreement.
(3)Granted pursuant to an RSU agreement dated as of January 21, 2016, effective as of January 6, 2016. 6,250 RSUs vested on January 6, 2017 and 6,250 RSUs vest on January 6, 2018, pursuant to the terms of the RSU agreement.
(4)Calculated based on $9.27 per share, which was the closing market price per share of our Common Stock as reported on the NYSE MKT on December 31, 2016.

Stock Vested in October 2010. He has expansive experience including serving as Vice President of Planning for Casual Corner Stores, Mothercare Maternity, Bob’s Stores and 2016

The WIZ. In 2003, Mr. Palumbo becamefollowing table shows information regarding stock awards that vested during the Vice President of Planning, Allocation and Replenishment with Burlington Coat Factory. From there, he served as an independent consultant with Global Technology Group until 2009 when he tookyear ended December 31, 2016. Value realized on vesting is calculated based on the roleclosing price of our Common Stock on the vesting date.

  
 Stock Awards 
Named Executive Officer Number of
Shares
Acquired on
Vesting
(#)
 Value Realized
on Vesting
($)
Matthew Messinger  974,147  $7,213,891 
Steven Kahn  10,000  $96,300 
Richard Pyontek  6,250  $36,438 

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Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control

Matthew Messinger

In the event Mr. Messinger’s employment is terminated by the Company other than for cause, death or disability or if Mr. Messinger terminates his employment for good reason (as such terms are defined in the employment agreement), subject to his execution of a release of claims, he would be entitled to the following: (i) a lump sum payment equal to (1) the number of full twelve month periods Mr. Messinger was employed multiplied by (2) the sum of (x) six months base salary and (y) 50% of the Divisional Merchandise Mgr, Men’s, Shoes & Accessories/Director of Corporate Merchandise Planningaverage bonus paid to Mr. Messinger for Conway Stores.

Laura McCabe Brandt, Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Ms. Laura McCabe Brandt joined Syms Corp in October 2010. In January 2011, the Board of Directors elected Ms. Brandtthree calendar years prior to the positiondate of Corporate Secretary. Priortermination, subject to joininga minimum and a maximum amount of $350,000 and $2,800,000, respectively, (ii) acceleration of vesting of any unvested RSU Award and any other equity awards that have been granted as of the date of termination, (iii) to the extent Mr. Messinger has not been granted all the RSU Awards provided for in the amended employment agreement, the grant and immediate vesting of RSU Awards covering 30,000 shares, and (iv) payment of an amount equal to the monthly premium for COBRA continuation coverage under our health, dental and vision plans for eighteen (18) months. If such termination of employment occurs within 60 days prior to or within 12 months following a change of control (as that term is defined in the employment agreement), Mr. Messinger will also be entitled to the grant and immediate vesting of any RSU Awards that have not been granted as of the date of termination.

In the event that Mr. Messinger’s employment terminates due to his death or disability, the portion of any outstanding RSU Awards that would have vested during the 24-month period immediately following the termination of employment, will become vested as of the date of termination of employment.

The following describes the estimated amounts Mr. Messinger would have received if the termination event specified had occurred at December 31, 2016:

    
 Voluntary
Resignation or
Termination for
Cause or
Without Good
Reason
 Termination
Without Cause
or for Good
Reason
 Termination
Without Cause
or for Good
Reason
(w/Change in
Control)
 Termination
Due to Death or
Disability
Cash Payments
                    
Severance Bonus Amount $  $1,687,500  $1,687,500  $ 
Benefits & Perquisites
                    
Health and Welfare Benefits $  $56,953  $56,953  $56,953 
Long-Term Incentive Compensation
                    
Value of Accelerated RSUs(A) $  $13,021,597  $13,855,897  $11,383,888 
Total Value of Payments and Benefits $        —  $14,766,050  $15,600,350  $11,440,841 

(A)Calculated based on $9.27 per share, which was the closing market price per share of our Common Stock as reported on the NYSE MKT on December 30, 2016.

Steven Kahn

In the event Mr. Kahn’s employment is terminated by the Company Ms. Brandt served as the U.S. General Counsel for H&M Hennes & Mauritz L.P., as Associate General Counsel for Apple Core Hotels, Inc., a New York City hotel and property management company and as Associate General Counsel for Ranieri & Co., Inc., a private investment firm. She is a licensed attorneywithout cause (as defined in the Stateemployment agreement), the portion of New York and was recently admittedthe RSUs that would have vested on the vesting date immediately following such termination shall vest. In the event Mr. Kahn’s employment is terminated by the Company without cause within six months following a change of control of the Company (as defined in the RSU agreement), all of the unvested RSUs will immediately vest. If Mr. Kahn’s employment is terminated by the Company without cause (as reasonably determined by the Company), we will pay Mr. Kahn a minimum severance amount equal to the New Jersey Bar as an in-house limited license bar member.product of his weekly salary multiplied by 12.


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The Company’s officers are electedfollowing describes the estimated amounts Mr. Kahn would have received if the termination event specified had occurred at December 31, 2016:

    
 Voluntary Resignation or Termination for Cause or Without Good Reason Termination Without Cause or for Good Reason Termination Without Cause or for Good Reason (w/Change in Control) Termination Due to Death or Disability
Cash Payments
                    
Severance Bonus Amount $       —  $66,923  $66,923  $       — 
Benefits & Perquisites
                    
Health and Welfare Benefits $  $  $  $ 
Long-Term Incentive Compensation
                    
Value of Accelerated RSUs(A) $  $92,700  $185,400  $ 
Total Value of Payments and Benefits $  $159,623  $252,323  $ 

(A)Calculated based on $9.27 per share, which was the closing market price per share of our Common Stock as reported on the NYSE MKT on December 30, 2016.

Richard Pyontek

In the event Mr. Pyontek’s employment is terminated by the BoardCompany without cause (as defined in the RSU agreement), all of Directors and hold office athis unvested RSUs will vest immediately. In accordance with his offer letter, Mr. Pyontek is entitled to severance equal to three months base salary should his employment be terminated without cause due to the discretionsale of the Board of Directors.Company.

The following describes the estimated amounts Mr. Pyontek would have received if the termination event specified had occurred at December 31, 2016:

    
 Voluntary
Resignation or
Termination for
Cause or
Without Good
Reason
 Termination
Without Cause
or for Good
Reason
 Termination
Without Cause
(w/Sale of the
Company)
 Termination
Due to Death or
Disability
Cash Payments
                    
Severance Bonus Amount $       —  $  $41,000  $       — 
Benefits & Perquisites
                    
Health and Welfare Benefits $  $  $  $ 
Long-Term Incentive Compensation
                    
Value of Accelerated RSUs(A) $  $57,938  $57,938  $ 
Total Value of Payments and Benefits $  $57,938  $98,938  $ 

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following table setstables set forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stockour voting securities as of June 15, 2011, except as otherwise set forth in the notes below, for:

each director and nominee;
each executive officer named in the summary compensation table;
April 21, 2017 of (i) each person owning of record or known by us, based on information provided to us by the persons named below, to beneficially own beneficially more than 5% of our common stock;voting securities, (ii) each director of the Company, (iii) each named executive officer and
(iv) all directors and executive officers of the Company as a group.

Each person named Except as otherwise described in the table hasnotes below, to our knowledge, the beneficial owners have sole voting power and sole investment power with respect to all shares set forth opposite their respective names.

Ownership of Common stock shown as beneficially owned by such person, except as otherwise set forth in the notes to the table.

Stock

  
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership of
Common Stock
 Percent of
Class
Marcy Syms
One Syms Way
Secaucus, NJ 07094
  7,955,294 (1)   54.7
Franklin Resources, Inc. 
777 Mariners Island Blvd.
San Mateo, CA 94404
  1,430,000 (2)   9.9
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc. 
6300 Bee Cave Road
Austin, TX 78746
  1,216,537 (3)   8.4
Bernard H. Tenenbaum  100   * 
Beth L. Bronner      
Henry M. Chidgey      
Thomas E. Zanecchia      
All directors and executive officers as a group (10 persons)  7,955,394   54.7
  
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) Number of
Shares of
Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned
 Percent of
Class(2)
Executive Officers and Directors
          
Matthew Messinger  719,454(3)   2.3
Steven Kahn  6,403   
Richard G. Pyontek  12,523   
Alan Cohen  10,000   
Alexander C. Matina  10,000   
Joanne M. Minieri  95,717   
Keith Pattiz  14,963   
Marina Shevyrtalova  10,000   
All Executive Officers and Directors as a Group (8 Persons)  879,060(3)   2.8
Greater than 5% Stockholders
          
Third Avenue Management LLC  4,456,285(4)   14.3
MFP Partners, L.P.  4,133,410(5)   13.2
Marcato Capital Management LP  4,113,385(6)   13.2
DS Fund I LLC  2,581,504(7)   8.3
Horse Island Partners, LLC  1,689,138(8)   5.4

*LessRepresents less than one percent1% of the shares outstanding.
(1)Represents (a) 946,932 shares of Company common stock owned directly by Marcy Syms, (b) 697,592 shares of Company common stock held in the Laura Merns Living Trust, dated February 14, 2003 (the “Merns Trust”), (c) 6,213,270 shares of Company common stock held in the Marcy Syms Revocable Living Trust, dated January 12, 1990, as amended (the “Marcy Syms Trust”), of which 5,896,087 shares of Company common stock was transferred to the Marcy Syms Trust from the Cortlandt Enterprises Limited Liability Partnership upon its dissolution in 2009 and (d) fully vested options entitling Marcy Syms to purchase 97,500 shares of Company common stock. Marcy Syms is the sole TrusteeThe business address of the Merns Trust; she disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares owned by the Merns Trust except to the extent of her pecuniary interestindividuals named in the Merns Trust. Marcy Syms retains the sole voting power with respect to the 6,213,270 shares of Company common stock held by the Marcy Syms Trust and the right to revoke the Marcy Syms Trust at any time.this table is c/o Trinity Place Holdings Inc., 717 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1303, New York, New York 10022.
(2)Franklin Resources, Inc. (“Franklin”)As of April 21, 2017, a total of 31,228,005 shares of Common Stock were outstanding.
(3)Includes 198,072 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the settlement of vested RSUs within 60 days of April 21, 2017.
(4)Includes 4,206,285 shares of Common Stock held by Third Avenue Trust, on behalf of Third Avenue Real Estate Value Fund and 250,000 shares of Common Stock held by Third Avenue Capital plc, on behalf of Third Avenue Real Estate Value Fund. Third Avenue Management LLC is a registered investment advisor that acts as an adviser to clients including Third Avenue Capital plc, on behalf of Third Avenue Real Estate Value Fund, and Third Avenue Trust, on behalf of Third Avenue Real Estate Value Fund. Third Avenue Capital plc, on behalf of Third Avenue Real Estate Value Fund, is an investment company incorporated under the Irish Companies Act 2014 and authorized by the Central Bank of Ireland pursuant to the European Communities (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) Regulations, 2011. Third Avenue Management LLC has sole voting and dispositive power with respectover all of the shares. Third Avenue Management LLC is an affiliate of M.J. Whitman LLC, a registered broker-dealer. The chair of our audit committee, Joanne M. Minieri, was appointed to 1,430,000 shares. This informationour Board of Directors by Third Avenue Trust, on behalf of Third Avenue Real Estate Value Fund, but is based uponnot a Form 13F publicly filed by Franklin in May 2011.
(3)Dimensionalrepresentative of Third Avenue Management LLC, Third Avenue Capital plc, on behalf of Third Avenue Real Estate Value Fund, Advisors, Inc. (“Dimensional”) has sole dispositive power with respect to 1,216,537 shares. This informationor Third Avenue Trust, on behalf of Third Avenue Real Estate Value Fund. The address of Third Avenue Management LLC is based upon a Schedule 13G publicly filed by Dimensional in February 2011.

Of the directors, Messrs. Chidgey and Zanecchia and Ms. Bronner do not beneficially own any shares of Company common stock. Other than Marcy Syms, none of the executive officers named in the summary compensation table, beneficially own any shares of Company common stock.


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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

Compensation Philosophy:  The Company’s compensation program is designed to integrate compensation with the achievement of the Company’s business objectives and to ensure that total compensation paid to executive officers and key employees is fair and reasonable. The Company has structured its executive compensation to motivate executives to achieve the business goals set by the Company and reward the executives for achieving such goals. This philosophy also includes aligning and rewarding management for increasing shareholder value.

The Compensation Committee, through its executive compensation policy, strives to provide compensation rewards based upon corporate and individual performance. It seeks to maintain a relatively simple compensation program in order to avoid the administrative costs which the Compensation Committee believes are inherent in multiple complex compensation plans and agreements.

The Company does not generally enter into employment, severance or change in control agreements with any of its executive officers. However, Seth Udasin, the Chief Financial Officer has a pre-negotiated severance package included in his employment offer letter as did Jason Somerfeld, the former Senior Vice President and General Merchandising Manager. Both Mr. Udasin and Mr. Somerfeld negotiated a six (6) month severance package upon involuntary termination from the Company. Further details on the employment offer letters are described under the heading “Employment Offer Letters”.

The determination of compensation ranges for executive officers did not utilize benchmarking compensation packages with other retailers to analyze the compensation of our executive officers during the past fiscal year. In setting compensation for our executive officers, the Company has traditionally focused upon (i) the current compensation of the employee, (ii) past compensation for the employee and for other individuals in the same role or similar roles at the Company and (iii) the Company’s operating results. Determination of Marcy Syms’ compensation as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2010 reflects the Company’s performance and also reflects recognition of Ms. Syms unique, ongoing contribution to the growth, success and viability of the Company.

Base Salary:  The base salary for Company personnel is intended to provide competitive remuneration for services provided to the Company over a one-year period and is designed to compensate an individual for his or her level of responsibility and performance.

Bonus:  Bonuses may be awarded based upon individual performance as measured against individual goals and objectives, combined with the Company’s attainment of corporate goals and objectives. The Compensation Committee utilizes cash bonuses, when it feels a bonus is merited, based on factors such as an executive’s individual performance and the Company’s performance relative to its past performance and the performance of competitors.

Long-Term Incentive:  The Stock Option Committee of the Board of Directors has the responsibility of administering the Company’s stock option plans and is therefore responsible for authorizing all grants of options. The Stock Option Committee is comprised entirely of non-employee directors that have no direct or indirect material interest in, or relations with, the Company outside of their position as a Director. The Stock Option Committee currently consists of the following members of the Company’s Board of Directors: Bernard H. Tenenbaum, Henry M. Chidgey and Thomas E. Zanecchia. The Stock Option Committee believes that long-term incentive awards for executives promote retention and maximize shareholder value, which align the interests of executives with those of shareholders.

Stock Option Plans:  The Company’s Amended and Restated Stock Option and Appreciation Plan (the “Stock Option Plan”) allows for the granting of incentive stock options, as defined in Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended), non-qualified stock options and stock appreciation rights. The plan requires that incentive stock options be granted at an exercise price not less than the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date the option is granted. The exercise price of the option for holders of more than 10% of the voting rights of the Company must be not less than 110% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant. Non-qualified options and stock appreciation rights may be granted at any exercise price, subject to limitations imposed pursuant to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code


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which penalizes employees who receive options and stock appreciation rights granted at a price below the then-current fair market value. The Company has reserved 1,500,000 shares of common stock for issuance thereunder. The maximum exercise period for any option or stock appreciation right under the plan is ten years from the date the option is granted (five years for any optionee who holds more than 10% of the voting rights of the Company). The Stock Option Committee froze the Stock Option Plan as of December 31, 2006 and at such time, no further grants have been awarded under this plan.

In 2005, the Company adopted the 2005 Stock Option Plan (the “2005 Plan”). The 2005 Plan permits the grant of options, share appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted share units, performance units, performance shares, cash-based awards and other share-based awards. Key employees, non-employee directors, and third party service providers of the Company who are selected by a committee designated by the Board of Directors of the Company are eligible to participate in the 2005 Plan. The maximum number of shares issuable under the 2005 Plan is 850,000, subject to certain adjustments in the event of changes to the Company’s capital structure.

The 2005 Plan requires that incentive stock options be granted at an exercise price not less than the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date the option is granted. The exercise price of such options for holders of more than 10% of the voting stock of the Company must be not less than 110% of the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The exercise price of non-qualified options and stock appreciation rights must not be less than fair market value.

The maximum exercise period for any option or stock appreciation right under the 2005 Plan is ten years from the date the option is granted (five years for any incentive stock options issued to a person who holds more than 10% of the voting stock of the Company).

There were no options granted during fiscal 2010, and all options previously granted are fully vested.

Employment Offer Letters.  The Company does not generally enter into individual employment, severance or change in control agreements with any of its executive officers. However, the Company has entered into an employment offer letter with Mr. Udasin, the Chief Financial Officer, dated as of June 2010. Mr. Udasin’s employment offer letter provides that he is entitled to an annual base salary of $275,000, an annual car allowance of $6,000 and a Company-paid gas card. In addition, in the event Mr. Udasin’s employment is terminated involuntarily, he would be entitled to a severance payment equal to six months base salary. The Company also entered into an employment offer letter with Ms. Brandt, the General Counsel, dated October 2010 that provides for an annual base salary of $250,000 and an annual car allowance of $6,000. In addition, the Company had entered into a substantially similar employment offer letter with Mr. Somerfeld, the former Senior Vice President and General Merchandising Manager, but his employment terminated with us in February of 2011. Mr. Somerfeld’s annual base salary at the time was $404,000 with a $1,000 per month allowance for commuter expenses and incidentals permitted under the Company’s corporate credit card. Upon Mr. Somerfeld’s termination of employment and execution and non-revocation of a release of claims, the Company was obligated to pay $202,000 as his severance payment that is being paid through bi-weekly payments. This severance amount is the equivalent of six months of base salary.

The Company does not otherwise have a formal severance policy with its executive officers and determines on a case by case basis whether severance would be provided upon the termination of an executive officer. For example, upon the Company’s termination of employment of Mr. Siconolfi, the former Controller and acting Chief Accounting Officer, in October 2010, the Company determined to pay Mr. Siconolfi a severance payment of $36,250 broken into bi-weekly payments in exchange for a release of claims. This severance payment to Mr. Siconolfi represented thirteen weeks of salary. For Mr. Shulman, former President, the Company determined to pay $370,000 in exchange for a release of all claims as severance. This severance amount represents six months of compensation and was paid to Mr. Shulman in bi-weekly increments.

Tax Considerations:  It is the responsibility of the Compensation Committee to address the issues raised by the tax laws which make certain non-performance-based compensation to executives of public companies in excess of $1,000,000 non-deductible to the Company. In this regard, the Compensation Committee must determine whether any actions with respect to this limit should be taken by the Company. At this time, it is not anticipated that any executive officer will receive any compensation in excess of this limit.


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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION, RETIREMENT PROGRAMS AND OTHER ARRANGEMENTS

This section and the tables set forth in this section should be read in conjunction with the more detailed description of our executive compensation plans and arrangements included in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis which precedes this section.

Summary Compensation Table For Fiscal 2010, 2009 and 2008

The following table sets forth compensation earned during fiscal 2010, 2009 and 2008 by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, the three other most highly paid executive officers whose total compensation for fiscal 2010 exceeded $100,000 and two former executive officers:

      
Name and Principal Position Fiscal
Year
 Salary Option
Awards
 Bonus All Other Compensation Total
Compensation
Marcy Syms
Chief Executive Officer
  2010  $582,309           $582,309 
  2009   582,309            582,309 
  2008   642,033            642,033 
Joel Feigenbaum(1)
President
  2010  $449,508           $449,508 
  2009                
  2008                
Seth Udasin(2)
Chief Financial Officer
and Chief Accounting Officer
  2010  $204,288           $204,288 
  2009                
  2008                
Ann Keefe
Senior Vice President,
Human Resources
  2010  $225,285           $225,285 
  2009   148,619            148,619 
  2008                
Laura McCabe Brandt(3)
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
  2010  $102,423           $102,423 
  2009                
  2008                
Jason Somerfeld(4)
Senior Vice President
and General Merchandising Manager
  2010  $318,538           $318,538 
  2009                
  2008                
Ray Siconolfi(5)
Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer
  2010  $128,615           $128,615 
  2009   112,800            112,800 
  2008   111,646            111,646 
Mark Shulman(6)
President
  2010  $302,708        $87,353  $390,061 
  2009   438,461         105,100   543,561 
  2008                

(1)Mr. Feigenbaum was hired as Chief Integration Officer in March 2010.
(2)Mr. Udasin was hired as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer in June 2010.
(3)Ms. Brandt was hired as Vice President and General Counsel in October 2010.
(4)Mr. Somerfeld was hired as Senior Vice President and General Merchandising Manager in May 2010. His employment with the Company ended in February 2011. Severance payments began following the end of fiscal 2010 and, therefore, are not reflected in this table.
(5)Mr. Siconolfi acted as Chief Accounting Officer for part of fiscal 2010. The compensation amounts above represent the compensation paid to Mr. Siconolfi in all capacities. The 2010 compensation amounts include severance payments. His employment with the Company ended in October 2010.
(6)Mr. Shulman’s employment with the Company ended in March 2010. The 2010 compensation amounts include severance payments.622 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017.

 

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Grants
(5)MFP Investors LLC is an investment adviser and serves as the general partner of MFP Partners, L.P. (“MFP Partners”). Michael F. Price is the managing partner of MFP Partners and the managing member and controlling person of MFP Investors LLC. Alexander C. Matina, a director of the Company, is Vice President of Investments of MFP Investors LLC. The address of MFP Partners, L.P. is 667 Madison Avenue, 25th Floor, New York, New York 10065.
(6)All information regarding Marcato Capital Management LP (“Marcato”) is based on information disclosed in a Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 4 filed with the SEC on April 10, 2017. The securities are held in the account of Marcato International Master Fund, Ltd. (the “Fund”) and may be deemed to be beneficially owned by (i) Marcato, the investment manager of the Fund, and (ii) Richard McGuire III, the managing member of Marcato. Each of Marcato and Richard McGuire III disclaims beneficial ownership of these reported securities except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein. The address of Marcato is One Montgomery Street, Suite 3250, San Francisco, CA 94104.
(7)DS Fund I LLC (“DS Fund”) is an investment entity. DS Fund is ultimately owned by Bharat Desai and Neerja Sethi through an intervening limited liability company, DS Investco LLC. Marina Shevyrtalova, a director of the Company, is the Portfolio Manager and a member of the Investment Committee at DS Advisors, LLC, a related entity. The address of DS Fund is 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., Suite 3102A, Miami, FL 33131.
(8)Thomas D. O’Malley, Jr. is the managing member of Horse Island Partners, LLC. The address of Horse Island Partners, LLC is 222 Lakeview Ave., Suite 1510, West Palm Beach, FL 33401.

Ownership of Plan-Based Awards
During Fiscal Year Ended February 26, 2011

During the last completed fiscal year, the Company did not grant stock options or other share-based awards.

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

The following table provides information for Ms. Syms with respect to stock option awards outstanding at February 26, 2011. At that date, each of the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table do not hold any other equity awards.

    
Name Number of securities underlying unexercised
options at
February 26, 2011
(Exercisable)
 Number of securities underlying unexercised
options at
February 26, 2011
(Unexercisable)
 Option
Exercise
Price
 Option
Expiration
Date
Marcy Syms  97,500     $15.01   7/21/2015 

Option Exercises During the
Fiscal Year Ended February 26, 2011

There were no options exercised during fiscal 2010 by any of the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table. None of those officers own any shares of restricted stock, restricted stock units or similar instruments that vested during fiscal 2010.

Retirement BenefitsSpecial Stock

Each of the Company’s executive officers who were employed prior to December 31, 2006, is entitled to participate in the Syms Corp Defined Benefit Plan on the same basis as all other eligible executives. Effective December 31, 2006, this plan was frozen and no additional benefits have accrued.

Each of the Company’s executive officers is entitled to participate in the Company’s defined contribution 401K Plan on the same basis as all other eligible employees. In addition, the Company also has a Profit Sharing Plan to which the Company makes a discretionary contribution based on its performance. All employees can participate in this plan once they become eligible. Amounts contributed to the accounts of the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table are set forth in that Table.

Pension Plan

The Company sponsors a defined benefit pension plan (the “Pension Plan”). A Pension Plan’s participant’s interest vests over a seven year period commencing in the third year at the rate of 20% after completing three years of employment and 20% for each year thereafter, and is 100% vested after the completion of seven years of service. Benefit payments are made in the form of one of five annuity payment options elected by the participant. Amounts in the table are based on a straight life annuity. For the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table who participate in the Pension Plan, compensation for purposes of the Pension Plan generally corresponds to the amounts shown in the “Salary” column of the Summary Compensation Table.

Currently no more than $245,000 (as adjusted from time to time by the Internal Revenue Service) of cash compensation may be taken into account in calculating benefits payable under the Pension Plan. Executive officers in the Summary Compensation Table were credited with the following years of service at December 31, 2010: Marcy Syms, 32 or more years and Ray Siconolfi, 9 years. Benefits under the Pension Plan are not subject to any deduction for social security or other offset amount. The annual retirement benefit is reduced pro rata if the employee has completed less than 25 years of service. A participant is entitled to be paid his or her benefits upon retirement at age 65. If a participant has completed at least 15 years of service, he or she may retire upon reaching age 55 but the benefits he or she receives will be actuarially reduced to reflect the longer period during which he or she will receive a benefit. A participant who leaves the Company for any reason other than death, disability or retirement will be entitled to receive the vested portion of the benefit payable over different periods of time depending on the aggregate amount vested and payment option elected.


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The following table sets forth for eachas of April 21, 2017, the name and address of the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table, information regarding the benefits payable under the Pension Plan, which represents the only planholder of the Company that provides for payments or other benefits at, following, or in connection with an officer’s retirement.one share of our Special Stock:

2010 Pension Benefit

    
Name Plan Name No. of years credit service Present Value
of Accrued
Benefits ($)
 Change in
Pension Value
2010 vs 2009 ($)
Marcy Syms  (1  32   197,264   13,592 
Joel Feigenbaum  (1  n/a           
Seth Udasin  (1  n/a           
Ann Keefe  (1  n/a           
Laura McCabe Brandt  (1  n/a           
Jason Somerfeld  (1  n/a           
Ray Siconolfi  (1  9   16,243   1,093 
Mark Shulman  (1  n/a           
   
Title of Class Beneficial Owner Number of
Shares of
Special Stock
Beneficially
Owned
 Percent of
Class
Special Stock Third Avenue Trust, on
behalf of
Third Avenue Real Estate
Value Fund
622 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
 1 100%

(1)Syms Corp Defined Benefit Plan
(2)Mr. Feigenbaum, Mr. Udasin, Ms. Keefe, Ms Brandt, Mr. Somerfeld and Mr. Shulman were not eligible to participate. The plan was frozen effective as of December 31, 2006.

Termination or Change in Control Payments

The Company does not generally enter into individual employment, severance or change in control agreements with any of its executive officers. However, the Company has entered into an employment offer letter with Mr. Udasin which provides that in the event that Mr. Udasin’s employment is terminated involuntarily, he would be entitled to a severance payment equal to six months base salary. If Mr. Udasin’s employment had been terminated involuntarily on the last day of Fiscal 2010, he would have been paid $137,500.

In addition, Mr. Somerfeld had entered into a substantially similar employment offer letter as Mr. Udasin’s employment offer letter and upon Mr. Somerfeld’s termination of employment and execution and non-revocation of a release of claims, the Company became obligated to pay $202,000 as his severance payment over a six month period which equated to six months of base salary.

The Company does not otherwise have a formal severance policy with its executive officers and determines on a case by case basis whether severance would be provided upon the termination of an executive officer. For example, upon the Company’s termination of employment of Mr. Siconolfi, the former Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, in October of 2010, the Company determined to pay Mr. Siconolfi a severance payment of $36,250 broken into bi-weekly payments in exchange for a release of claims. This severance payment to Mr. Siconolfi represented thirteen weeks of salary. For Mr. Shulman, former President, the Company determined to pay $370,000 in exchange for a release of all claims as severance. This severance amount represents six months of compensation and was paid to Mr. Shulman in bi-weekly increments.

Other than the arrangements described above for Messrs. Udasin, Somerfeld, Siconolfi and Shulman, the following is a summary of amounts that may become payable or vested upon certain termination of employments or upon a change in control; however, as of the end of Fiscal 2010, all outstanding stock options were fully vested and exercisable. No additional payments or benefits will accrue or be paid to the individual or the individual’s estate, if applicable, other than what has been accrued and vested in the benefit plans discussed above in this proxy statement under the heading “Retirement Benefits”.


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Payments Made Upon Voluntary or Involuntary Termination:  If the employment of any of the named executive officers who have received stock options or other long-term incentive awards is voluntarily or involuntarily terminated (other than upon death or disability, as described below), then under our standard award agreements, the following will occur:

all unvested awards will be forfeited and deemed cancelled immediately upon such termination; and
in the event of a termination without “cause”, outstanding vested stock options will be forfeited and deemed cancelled and no longer exercisable on the earlier of the 90th day following such termination or the expiration date of the option.

Payments Made Upon Disability:  If the employment of any of the named executive officers who have received stock options or other long-term incentive awards is terminated due to disability, then under our standard award agreements, the following will occur:

outstanding vested stock options will be forfeited and deemed cancelled and no longer exercisable on the earlier of the 12 months following such termination or the expiration date of the option; and
all restrictions underlying all unvested shares of restricted stock will lapse and become immediately vested.

Payments Made Upon Death:  If any of the named executive officers who have received stock options dies, then under our standard award agreements, such death will not trigger an acceleration of the vesting of any stock options. Outstanding vested stock options will be forfeited and deemed cancelled and no longer exercisable on the earlier of the 12 months following death or the expiration date of the option. If any of the named executive officers who have received shares of restricted stock dies, then under our standard award agreements, upon death, all restrictions underlying all unvested shares of restricted stock will lapse and become immediately vested.

Potential Payments Upon Change in Control:  Under our standard equity award agreements, upon a “change in control” the following will occur:

all outstanding stock options will immediately vest and be exercisable; and
all unvested shares of restricted stock will immediate vest.

No additional payments or benefits will accrue or be paid upon a change in control.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION

Marcy Syms and Bernard H. Tenenbaum served as members of the Compensation Committee during fiscal 2010. Bernard H. Tenenbaum, Henry M. Chidgey and Thomas E. Zanecchia served as members of the Stock Option Committee throughout fiscal 2010. Marcy Syms is the Chairman of the Board of Directors, and the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. No member of the Compensation Committee or Stock Option Committee had any relationship requiring disclosure by the Company under Item 404 of Regulation S-K since the beginning of fiscal 2010.

REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION AND STOCK OPTION COMMITTEES

The Compensation Committee and the Stock Option Committee have reviewed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and discussed that analysis with management. Based on their review and discussions with management, the committees recommended to our Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in the Company’s fiscal 2010 proxy statement.

COMPENSATION AND STOCK OPTION COMMITTEES
Marcy Syms
Bernard H. Tenenbaum
Henry M. Chidgey
Thomas E. Zanecchia


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SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), requires the Company’s officers and directors, and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of the Company’s equity securities, to file initial statements of beneficial ownership (Form 3), and statements of changes in beneficial ownership (Forms 4 and 5), of Common Stock of the Company with the SEC. Executive officers, directors and greater than 10% shareholders are required to furnish the Company with copies of all such forms they file.

To the Company’s knowledge, based solely on its review of the copies of such forms received by it, all filing requirements applicable to its executive officers, directors, and greater than 10% shareholders were met during fiscal 2010; except that Laura McCabe Brandt and Carl Palumbo were each late in filing one report on Form 3. The delinquent Forms are currently being prepared for filing.

AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT

In connection with the preparation and filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 26, 2011:

(1) the Audit Committee reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements with the Company’s management;

(2) the Audit Committee discussed with the Company’s independent auditors the matters required to be discussed by Statement of Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended (AICPA, Professional Standards, Vol. 1, AU section 380), as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or PCAOB, in Rule 3200T;

(3) the Audit Committee received the written disclosures and the letter from the Company’s independent accountant required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent accountants’ communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and discussed with the Company’s independent accountants the independent accountants’ independence; and

(4) based on the review and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that the audited financial statements be included in the 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

AUDIT COMMITTEE
Bernard H. Tenenbaum,Chairman
Henry M. Chidgey
Thomas E. Zanecchia


 

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PROPOSAL 2

ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”) enacted to law during July 2010 requires that U.S. public companies provide shareholders a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, otherwise known as a “say-on-pay” vote.

The Board of Directors is asking you to approve our compensation structure for our named executive officers, as described in this proxy statement. Appropriate executive compensation enables the Company to attract, retain and motivate the highest caliber of executives by offering competitive compensation and rewarding superior performance. We believe that the Company’s compensation structure is strongly aligned with the long term interest of our shareholders.

The Board of Directors recommends that the shareholders vote FOR ratification of the following resolution, which will be presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting:

“RESOLVED, that the Company’s shareholders approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation structure for our named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.”

As an advisory vote, the result is non-binding on the Company and the Board of Directors. However, the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee value the opinions of our shareholders and will consider the outcome of the vote when making future compensation decisions for our executive officers.

The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the 2011 Annual Meeting, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote on the proposal, is required for approval of this advisory proposal. Accordingly, broker non-votes will have no effect on this proposal and abstentions will have the same effect as votes against this proposal.


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PROPOSAL 3

ADVISORY VOTE ON THE FREQUENCY OF NON-BINDING
VOTES ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Per the terms of the Act, shareholders are entitled to cast a non-binding advisory vote to determine how frequently they should consider and cast a non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. Shareholders have the option to vote for a say-on-pay vote every one, two or three years. A shareholder may also abstain from voting on this proposal. The Board of Directors believes that it is in the best interest of the Company for the Company’s shareholders to cast a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation every year.

The proxy card provides shareholders with the opportunity to choose among four voting options: holding the non-binding advisory vote every one, two or three years or abstaining. Therefore, shareholders will not be voting directly to approve or disprove the Board of Directors’ recommendation.

The Board of Directors recommends that the shareholders vote FOR ratification of the following resolution, which will be presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting:

“RESOLVED, that the Company’s shareholders advise the Company to include a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every year.”

As an advisory vote, the result is non-binding on the Company and the Board of Directors. However, the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee value the opinions of our shareholders and will consider the outcome of the vote when making future compensation decisions for our executive officers.

The choice of one year, two years or three years receiving the most votes cast will be considered the selection preferred by shareholders. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the vote.


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PROPOSAL 4

 — RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF THE
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Audit Committee of our Board of Directors has selectedappointed the firm of BDO USA, LLP (“BDO”) as theour independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending February 25, 2012 and recommends that shareholders approve such appointment. The affirmative vote of a majorityDecember 31, 2017, subject to ratification by our stockholders at the Annual Meeting. Should BDO USA, LLP be unable to perform these services for any reason, the Audit Committee will appoint another independent registered public accounting firm to perform these services. Representatives of the votes cast at the meeting is necessary for the approval of auditors.

BDO has audited the financial statements of the Company for more than the past five years. A representativefirm of BDO isUSA, LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm for year ended December 31, 2016, are expected to be present at the meeting andAnnual Meeting. They will have anthe opportunity to make a statement if he or she desiresthey desire to do so, and will be available to respond to appropriate questions from shareholders.stockholders, if any.

Fees Paid to Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2016 and 2015

The following is a summary of the fees billed to us by BDO USA, LLP for professional services rendered by BDO which were billed to us for the past two fiscal years:year ended December 31, 2016 and the ten-month transition period ended December 31, 2015:

  
 Fiscal year ended
Fee category February 26,
2011
 February 27,
2010
Audit fees $534,500  $629,000 
Audit-related fees  48,000   205,000 
Total fees $582,500  $834,000 
  
Fees Category Year Ended
December 31,
2016
 Ten-Month
Transition
Period Ended
December 31,
2015
Audit Fee $190,000  $180,000 
Audit Related Fees $27,506  $32,990 
Tax $23,000  $23,000 
Total Fees $240,506  $235,990 

Audit Fees:  AuditFees

BDO USA, LLP billed aggregate fees represent feesof $190,000 for professional services performed by BDOrendered for the audit of our annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016, the audit of internal controls and the reviewquarterly reviews of the financial statements included in our Forms 10-Q during this period. BDO USA, LLP billed aggregate fees of $180,000 for professional services rendered for the audit of our quarterly financial statements as well as services that are normally providedfor the ten-month transition period ended December 31, 2015, the audit of internal controls and the quarterly reviews of the financial statements included in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.our Forms 10-Q during this period.

Audit-Related Fees

Audit Related Fees:Audit-related fees” include fees represent feesbilled for assurance and related services performed by BDO that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or reviewand not included in the “audit fees” mentioned above. BDO USA, LLP billed aggregate fees of our financial statements. These$27,506 and $32,990 for audit-related fees were for employee benefit related services in each of the past two fiscal years.year ended December 31, 2016 and ten-month transition period ended December 31, 2015, respectively. The fees for the fiscal year ended February 27, 2010 also include servicesDecember 31, 2016 related to the acquisitionRegistration Statement on Form S-3 related to our Common Stock rights offering, an “at-the-market” equity offering program to sell up to an aggregate of Filene’s Basement assets.

Pre-approval Policies$12.0 million of our Common Stock and Procedures:consultation related to Code Section 382. The Audit Committee Charter adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company requires that, among other things, the Audit Committee must pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services rendered by the independent registered accounting firm. These services may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services, including services relating to compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The independent registered public accounting firm and management are required to periodically report to the Audit Committee regarding the extent of services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm in accordance with this pre-approval, and the fees for the services performedten-month transition period ended December 31, 2015 related to date. The Audit Committee may also pre-approve particular servicesamendments to our Registration Statement on a case-by-case basis. All services providedForm S-3 filing related to the Third Avenue purchase of our Common Stock, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filing related to the Trinity Place Holdings Inc. 2015 Stock Incentive Plan, the Registration Statement on Form S-3 related to our Common Stock rights offering and consultation related to Code Section 382.

Tax Fees

BDO USA, LLP billed aggregate fees of $23,000 and $23,000 during the past two fiscal years were pre-approved byyear ended December 31, 2016 and ten-month transition period ended December 31, 2015, respectively, for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.

All Other Fees

The “audit fees,” “audit-related fees,” and “tax fees” mentioned above are the Audit Committee.

The Company and the Audit Committee have considered whether other non-audit servicesonly fees billed by BDO are compatible with maintainingUSA, LLP during the independence of BDO in its audit of the Company.

For purposes of determining whether to select BDO as the independent registered public accounting firm to perform the audit of our financial statementsyear ended December 31, 2016 and our internal control over financial reporting for fiscal 2011, the Audit Committee conducted a thorough review of BDO’s performance. The committee considered:ten-month transition period ended December 31, 2015.

BDO’s historical and recent performance on the Company’s audit, including the quality of the engagement team and the firm’s experience, client service, responsiveness and technical expertise;
The firm’s leadership, management structure, client and employee retention and compliance and ethics programs;
The record of the firm against comparable accounting firms in various matters, such as regulatory, litigation and accounting matters;

 

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The appropriateness of the fees charged; and
The firm’s familiarity with the Company’s accounting policies and practices and internal control over financial reporting.

Pre-Approval Policy

In the course of assisting the audit committee in its review, Company representatives interviewed management of BDO with respectPursuant to certain of the matters listed above. BDO was our independent auditor for the year ended February 26, 2011. The firm is a registered public accounting firm.

Although ratification is not required by our Bylaws or otherwise, the Board considers the selection of the independent registered accounting firm to be an important matter of shareholder concern and is submitting the selection of BDO USA, LLP to our shareholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate practice.

The Board of Directors recommends that the shareholders vote FOR ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP.

OTHER MATTERS

The Board of Directors does not know of any matters to be brought before the 2011 Annual Meeting, except those set forth in the notice thereof. If other business is properly presented for consideration at the 2011 Annual Meeting, the persons named in the accompanying form of proxy intend to vote the proxies therein in accordance with their best judgment on such matters.

SHAREHOLDER NOMINATIONS AND PROPOSALS

Nominations to Board of Directors:  Any shareholder who wants to nominate a candidate for election to the Board of Directors must deliver timely notice to our Corporate Secretary at our principal executive offices, located at One Syms Way, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094. In order to be timely, the notice must be delivered:

In the case of an annual meeting, not less than 120 days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of shareholders, although if we did not hold an annual meeting during the immediately preceding calendar year or the annual meeting is called for a date that is not within 30 days of the anniversary date of the prior year’s annual meeting, the notice must be received a reasonable time before we begin to print and mail our proxy materials; and
In the case of a special meeting of shareholders called for the purpose of electing directors, the notice must be received a reasonable time before we begin to print and mail our proxy materials.

Accordingly, any person who desires to nominate a candidate for director at our 2012 annual meeting must provide the information required not later than April 7, 2012. The shareholder’s notice to the Corporate Secretary must set forth:

As to each person whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (a) his or her name, age, business address and residence address, (b) his or her principal occupation and employment, (c) the number of shares of our common stock that are owned beneficially or of record by him or her and (d) any other information relating to the nominee that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations of the SEC, thereunder;before our independent registered public accounting firm is engaged to render audit or non-audit services, the engagement must be approved by our Audit Committee or entered into pursuant to a pre-approval policy. The Audit Committee has adopted a pre-approval policy that sets forth the procedures and
As to the shareholder giving the notice: (a) the proponent’s name, age and record address, (b) the number of shares of the Company’s common stock which are owned beneficially or of record by the proponent, (c) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the shareholder and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) conditions pursuant to which pre-approval may be given for services performed by the nomination(s) areindependent auditor. Under the policy, the Audit Committee must give prior approval for any amount or type of service within four categories — audit, audit-related, tax services or, to the extent permitted by law, other services — that the independent auditor provides. Prior to the annual engagement, the Audit Committee may grant general pre-approval for independent auditor services within these four categories at maximum pre-approved fee levels. During the year, circumstances may arise when it may become necessary to engage the independent auditor for additional services not contemplated in the original pre-approval and, in those instances, such service will require separate pre-approval by the Audit Committee if it is to be madeprovided by the shareholder, (d) a representation byindependent auditor. To ensure prompt handling of unexpected matters, the proponent thatAudit Committee has delegated to the proponent is a holderChair of recordthe Audit Committee the authority to amend or modify the list of our common stock entitledpre-approved non-audit services and fees. The Chair will report action she has taken to vote at such meeting and that the proponent intends to appear in person or by proxyAudit Committee at the meetingAudit Committee’s next scheduled meeting. The Audit Committee may also delegate pre-approval authority to nominate the personone or persons named in the proponent’s notice and (e)more of its members, who shall report any other information relatingpre-approval decisions to the shareholder that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 ofAudit Committee at the Securities Exchange Act of 1934Audit Committee’s next scheduled meeting. All audit and non-audit services performed by BDO USA, LLP were pre-approved by our Audit Committee during the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.
year ended December 31, 2016.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR”
THE RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF BDO USA, LLP
AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2017


 

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OTHER MATTERS

The notice deliveredOur Board knows of no other matters that may be properly presented for consideration by the shareholder must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected. The shareholder must be a shareholder of record on the date on which the shareholder gives the notice described above and on the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to votestockholders at the meeting.

Other proposals:  In order to bringAnnual Meeting. If any other business before an annual meeting, a shareholder must give timely notice of such proposal in writing to the Corporate Secretary at the Corporation’s principal executive offices located at One Syms Way, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094 and such business must otherwise be a proper matter for shareholder action. To be timely, a shareholder’s notice must be delivered to such address not less than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that an annual meeting was not conducted during the immediately preceding calendar year, or in the event that the Board of Directors sets as a date for the annual meeting a date which is not within 30 days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the shareholder (in order to be timely) must be so delivered within a reasonable time prior to the date on which the Corporation begins to print its proxy solicitation materials. Such shareholder’s notice must set forth a brief description of the business desired to be broughtmatters do properly come before the meeting, however, the reasons for conductingpersons appointed in the accompanying proxy intend to vote the shares represented by such business atproxy in accordance with their best judgment.

ANNUAL REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS

The Annual Report (which is not a part of our proxy soliciting materials), is being mailed with this proxy statement to those stockholders that received a copy of the meetingproxy materials in the mail. For those stockholders that received the notice of internet availability of proxy materials, this proxy statement and any material interest in such business that such shareholder may have and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made. Accordingly, any person who desires to make any other proposalour Annual Report are available at our 2012 annual meeting must provide the information required not later than April 7, 2012.

Inwebsite atwww.trinityplaceholdings.com. Additionally, and in accordance with SEC rules, you may access our proxy statement atwww.proxyvote.com, a “cookie-free” website that does not identify visitors to the proxy holders named insite. A copy of our Annual Report filed with the form of proxy provided by the Board of DirectorsSEC will be entitledprovided to use their discretionary voting authoritystockholders without charge upon written request directed to our Corporate Secretary at 717 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1303, New York, New York 10022. Upon your request, we will provide you with respect to any shareholder proposal raised ata copy of the 2012 annual meeting which is not presentedexhibits to the Annual Report. You may be responsible for our reasonable expenses in furnishing such exhibits. The Company makes available on or before April 7, 2012, in accordancethrough our website free of charge our Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to such reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as soon as reasonably practicable after filing. You can also access our Annual Reports on Form 10-K and other periodic filings we make with the standards set forth above.

If a shareholder intends to present a proposalSEC from the EDGAR database at our 2012 annual meeting of shareholders and desires to have that proposal included in the proxy statement and form of proxy relating to that meeting, the proposal must be received by the Company at our principal executive offices not later than April 7, 2012, and must comply with the requirements of the SEC rules.www.sec.gov.

DELIVERYHOUSEHOLDING OF DOCUMENTS TO SECURITY HOLDERS SHARING AN ADDRESSANNUAL MEETING MATERIALS

The SEC has adopted rules that permit companies and intermediaries such as brokers to satisfy proxy material delivery requirements for proxy statements with respect to two or more stockholders sharing the same address by delivering a single proxy statement addressed to those stockholders. This process, which is commonly referred to as “householding,”“householding”, potentially provides extra convenience for stockholders and reduces printing and postage costscost savings for companies.

The Company We and some brokers utilize the householding process forhousehold proxy materials. In accordance with a notice sent to certain stockholders who sharematerials, delivering a single address, only one copy of this proxy statement is being sentor annual report to thatmultiple stockholders sharing an address, unless we received contrary instructions have been received from any stockholder atthe affected stockholders. Once you have received notice from your broker or us that address. Stockholders who participate inthey or we will be householding will continuematerials to receive separate proxy cards. Householdingyour address, householding will continue until you are notified otherwise or until one or more stockholders atyou revoke your address revokes consent. If, at any time, you revoke consent, you will be removed from theno longer wish to participate in householding program within 30 days of receipt of the revocation. If you hold your Syms Corp stock in “street name,” additional information regarding householding of proxy materials should be forwarded to you by your broker.

However, if you wishand would prefer to receive a separate copy of this proxy statement or would like to receive separate proxy statements and annual reports of Syms Corp in the future, or if you are receiving multiple copies of annual reports and proxy statements at an address shared with another stockholder and would like to participate in householding,report, please notify your broker if your shares are held in a brokerage account or us if you hold registered shares. You can notify us by sending a written request to the Corporate Secretary of the Company at One Syms Way, Secaucus,Trinity Place Holdings Inc., 717 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1303, New Jersey 07094,York, New York 10022 or by calling (212) 235-2190. You may also notify us to request delivery of a single copy of our annual report or proxy statement if you currently share an address with another stockholder and are receiving multiple copies of our annual report or proxy statement.

STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR THE 2018 ANNUAL MEETING

Pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, if a stockholder wants to submit a proposal for inclusion in our proxy materials at our 2018 annual meeting of stockholders, it must be received at our principal executive offices, 717 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1303, New York, New York 10022, Attention: Corporate Secretary, not later than December 29, 2017. In order to avoid controversy, stockholders should submit proposals by means (including electronic) that permit them to prove the date of delivery.

If a stockholder intends to present a proposal for consideration at (201) 902-9600.


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ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS

The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 26, 2011 (fiscal 2010), including financial statements, is being mailed to shareholdersnext annual meeting outside of the Company with this Proxy Statement. The Annual Report does not constitute a partprocesses of Rule 14a-8 under the Proxy Solicitation materials. Shareholders may, without charge, obtain copies, excluding certain exhibits,Exchange Act, we must receive notice of such proposal at the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed withaddress given above by March 14, 2018, or such notice will be considered untimely under Rule 14a-4(c)(1) under the SEC. Requests for this Report should be addressed to Investor Relations, Syms Corp, One Syms Way, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094. Your cooperation in giving this matter your immediate attentionExchange Act, and returning yourtherefore our proxies will be appreciated.

By Order ofhave discretionary voting authority with respect to such proposal, if presented at the Board of Directors

Laura McCabe Brandt

Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
June 24, 2011annual meeting, without including information regarding such proposal in our proxy materials.


 

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