Item 10. Directors, Executive Officer and Corporate Governance

Information concerning the Company’s directors of required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the material appearing under the heading “Election of Directors” in Vertiv’s Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (our “Proxy Statement”), which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to Regulation 14A, no later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year. Information concerning the Audit Committee, and its financial expert required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the material appearing under the heading “Board of Directors and Corporate Governance – Board Committees” in our Proxy Statement. Information regarding the Nominating Committee required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the material appearing under the heading “Board of Directors and Corporate Governance – Board Committees” in our Proxy Statement. Information regarding the ability of stockholders to communicate with the Board of Directors is incorporated herein by reference to the material appearing under the heading “Additional Information – Stockholder Communications with the Board of Directors” in our Proxy Statement. Information regarding compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the material appearing under the heading “Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports” in our Proxy Statement. Information concerning the executive officers of Vertiv is incorporated herein by reference to the material appearing under the heading “Directors and Executive Officers” in our Proxy Statement.

We have adopted a Code of Conduct that applies to all of our employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller and other executive officers, and our Board of Directors, the complete text of which is available through the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at vertiv.com. If the Company makes any amendments to the Code of Conduct other than technical, administrative, or other non-substantive amendments, or grants any waivers, including implicit waivers, from a provision of the Code of Conduct applicable to the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions, the Company will disclose the nature of the amendment or waiver, its effective date and to whom it applies on its website or in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC. The Company’s website does not form a part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

We have also adopted an insider trading policy governing the purchase, sale, and other disposition of our securities by our directors, officers, and employees, and by the Company. We believe this policy is reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules, and regulations and listing standards applicable to the Company. A copy of our insider trading policy is filed as Exhibit 19 to this Form 10-K.

On November 15, 2024, the Company’s Board, approved the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Vertiv Holdings Co, effective as of such date (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”). Among other changes, the Amended and Restated Bylaws:

• address matters relating to Rule 14a-19 (the “Universal Proxy Rule”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,including (i) requiring that any stockholder submitting a nomination notice make a representation as to whether such stockholder intends to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the Company’s nominees in accordance with the Universal Proxy Rule, and if so, agree in writing that such stockholder will comply with the requirements of the Universal Proxy Rule; (ii) providing the Company a remedy if a stockholder fails to satisfy the Universal Proxy Rule requirements; (iii) requiring that a stockholder inform the Company if such stockholder no longer plans to solicit proxies in accordance with the Universal Proxy Rule; and (iv) requiring stockholders intending to use the Universal Proxy Rule to provide reasonable evidence of the satisfaction of the requirements under the Universal Proxy Rule at least five business days before the meeting upon request by the Company;

• require any stockholders directly or indirectly soliciting proxies from other stockholders to use a proxy card color other than white, with the white proxy card being reserved for exclusive use by the Board;

• implement certain revisions to conform to recent amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), including (i) giving the Company the ability to provide the details for an adjourned meeting in any manner permitted by the DGCL and (ii) eliminating the requirement that the Company make a stockholder list available during a meeting of stockholders; and

• require stockholder director nominees to provide additional information required to be provided by the Board’s director nominees, and incorporate certain administrative and modernizing changes, including those intended to provide clarification and consistency.

The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, which is filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Form 10-K.