UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No.    )

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Tejon Ranch Co.

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)

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4436 Lebec Rd.

Post Office Box 1000

Tejon Ranch, California 93243

March 28, 2022

Dear Shareholder:

You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Tejon Ranch Co. (the “Company”) on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at 9:00 A.M., Pacific Time, online via a live webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TRC2022 (the “Annual Meeting”). Information and procedures to follow on how to participate in the Annual Meeting are included in the 2022 proxy materials and will be disclosed on the Annual Meeting website. Your Board of Directors and management look forward to greeting those shareholders who are able to attend online.

The Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement, which contain information concerning the business to be transacted at the meeting, appear in the following pages.

It is important that your shares be represented and voted at the Annual Meeting, whether or not you plan to attend online. Please review the proxy statement and vote online, by telephone, or by mailing the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction form at your earliest convenience.

Your interest and participation in the affairs of the Company are greatly appreciated.

TEJON RANCH CO.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

on

May 10, 2022

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Tejon Ranch Co. (the “Company”, “Tejon”, “we”, “us”, “our” or words of similar import in this Proxy Statement) will be held online via a live webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TRC2022 on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at 9:00 A.M., Pacific Time (the “Annual Meeting”), for the following purposes:

The Board recommends that you vote: (i) “FOR” the election of each of the nominees; (ii) “FOR” the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP; and (iii) “FOR” the approval of named

executive officer compensation

The Board has fixed the close of business on March 14, 2022, as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting or the adjournment thereof.

In support of the health and safety of our shareholders, employees, our Board, and to improve shareholder participation, we have determined that we will hold the Annual Meeting solely by means of remote communication via live audio webcast. We endeavor to provide shareholders with the same rights and opportunities for participation online as an in-person meeting. To attend the Annual Meeting online, vote, view the shareholder list, or submit questions, shareholders of record will need to go to the Annual Meeting website noted above and log in using their 16-digit control number provided on their proxy card or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”). For more information about the virtual-only meeting format and your ability to participate and vote, including if you are a beneficial holder of your shares, see the discussion under “Record Date and Voting “in the accompany proxy statement. As always, we encourage you to vote your shares prior to the meeting.

Your attention is directed to the accompanying Proxy Statement. To ensure that your shares are represented at the Annual Meeting, please date, sign, and mail the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction form, for which a return envelope is provided, or vote your proxy by telephone or the Internet, the instructions for which are provided on the enclosed proxy card, Notice or voting instruction form.

In the event of a technical malfunction or other situation that the meeting chair determines may affect the ability of the meeting to satisfy the requirements for a meeting of shareholders to be held by means of remote communication under the Delaware General Corporation Law, or that otherwise makes it advisable to adjourn the meeting, the chair of the meeting will convene the meeting at 9:30 a.m. Pacific Time on the date specified above and at the Company’s address specified above solely for the purpose of adjourning the meeting to reconvene at a date, time and physical or virtual location announced by the meeting chair. Under either of the foregoing circumstances, we will post information regarding the announcement on the investors page of the Company’s website at http://ir.tejonranch.com/investor-overview

Please note that if your shares are held by a broker, bank, or other holder of record, your broker, bank, or other holder of record will NOT be able to vote your shares with respect to Proposal 1 or Proposal 3 unless you provide them with directions on how to vote. We strongly encourage you to return the voting instruction form provided by your broker, bank, or other holder of record or to utilize your broker’s telephone or Internet voting, if available, and exercise your right to vote as a shareholder.

Tejon Ranch, California

March 28, 2022

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE ANNUAL MEETING, WE HOPE YOU WILL VOTE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. YOU MAY VOTE BY TELEPHONE OR THE INTERNET, OR, IF YOU RECEIVED PAPER COPIES OF THE PROXY MATERIALS BY MAIL, YOU MAY ALSO VOTE BY MAIL BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PROXY CARD OR VOTING INSTRUCTION CARD. VOTING BY PHONE OR THE INTERNET, WRITTEN PROXY OR VOTING INSTRUCTION CARD ENSURES YOUR REPRESENTATION AT THE ANNUAL MEETING REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU ATTEND OUR VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING ONLINE.

PLEASE VOTE YOUR SHARES EVEN IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING ONLINE. IF YOU ATTEND THE MEETING ONLINE AND WISH TO DO SO, YOU MAY VOTE YOUR SHARES DURING THE MEETING EVEN IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED YOUR PROXY.

Table of Contents of the Proxy Statement

TEJON RANCH CO.

Post Office Box 1000

Tejon Ranch, California 93243

PROXY STATEMENT

Annual Meeting of Shareholders

May 10, 2022

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders To Be Held on May 10, 2022

The Proxy Statement and accompanying Annual Report to Shareholders and Annual Report on

Form 10-K are available at www.tejonranch.com or at http://materials.proxyvote.com/879080

This Proxy Statement is being furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Company for use at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held online via live webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TRC2022 on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at 9:00 A.M., Pacific Time (the “2022 Annual Meeting”).

As permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), we are providing access to our proxy materials online under the SEC’s “notice and access” rules. As a result, unless you previously requested electronic or paper delivery on an ongoing basis, we are mailing to our shareholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) instead of a paper copy of the Proxy Statement, our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K and a form of proxy card or voting instruction form (together, the “proxy materials”). The Notice contains instructions on how to access the proxy materials online. The Notice also contains instructions on how shareholders can receive a paper copy of our proxy materials. If you elect to receive a paper copy, our proxy materials will be mailed to you. It is anticipated that the Notice will first be mailed, and the proxy materials will first be made available, to shareholders on or about March 31, 2022.

SOLICITATION OF PROXIES

At the meeting, the shareholders of the Company will be asked to vote on the following matters: (1) the election of the three directors named in this Proxy Statement, (2) the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2022, (3) an advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation, and (4) such other business as may properly come before the meeting. The Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) is asking for your proxy for use at the 2022 Annual Meeting. Although management does not know of any other matter to be acted upon at the meeting, shares represented by valid proxies will be voted by the persons named on the proxy in accordance with their best judgment with respect to any other matters that may properly come before the meeting.

The costs for this proxy solicitation will be paid by the Company. Following the mailing of this Proxy Statement, directors, officers, and regular employees of the Company may solicit proxies by mail, telephone, e-mail, or in person: such persons will receive no additional compensation for such services. Brokerage houses and other nominees, fiduciaries and custodians nominally holding shares of record will be requested to forward proxy soliciting material to the beneficial owners of such shares and will be reimbursed by the Company for their charges and expenses in connection therewith at the rates approved by the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

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RECORD DATE AND VOTING

General Information

Holders of shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.50 (the “Common Stock”) of record at the close of business on March 14, 2022 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, and participate in, the meeting. To participate in the 2022 Annual Meeting, including to vote, ask questions, and view the list of registered shareholders as of the record date during the 2022 Annual Meeting, shareholders of record should go to the meeting website at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TRC2022, enter the 16-digit control number found on their proxy card or Notice, and follow the instructions on the website. If your shares are held in street name and your voting instruction form or Notice indicates that you may vote those shares through the http:// www.proxyvote.com website, then you may access, participate in, and vote at the 2022 Annual Meeting with the 16 digit access code indicated on that voting instruction form or Notice. Otherwise, shareholders who hold their shares in street name should contact their bank, broker, or other nominee (preferably at least 5 days before the 2022 Annual Meeting) and obtain a “legal proxy” in order to be able to attend, participate in or vote at the 2022 Annual Meeting.

Online check-in will begin at 8:45 A.M. Pacific Time on May 10, 2022, and the 2022 Annual Meeting will begin promptly at 9:00 A.M. Pacific Time. You are encouraged to allow sufficient time for accessing the 2022 Annual Meeting website. Technicians will be available to assist with technical difficulties and may be reached via the toll-free number available on the 2022 Annual Meeting website for such assistance.

The rules of conduct and procedures for the 2022 Annual Meeting will be provided [in advance of and] during the 2022 Annual Meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TRC2022. The rules of conduct will contain more information regarding the Q&A process, including the number and types of questions permitted, the time allotted for questions, and how questions will be recognized, answered, and disclosed. Shareholders may submit questions before and during the 2022 Annual Meeting at the 2022 Annual Meeting website. We plan to answer questions pertinent to Company matters as time allows during the meeting. Questions that are substantially similar may be grouped and answered once to avoid repetition. Shareholder questions not pertinent to Annual Meeting matters, including personal or customer-related questions, or that contain derogatory references to individuals, use offensive language, or are otherwise out of order or not suitable for the conduct of the 2022 Annual Meeting will not be addressed during the meeting. If there is not sufficient time to answer all proper questions received during the 2022 Annual Meeting (if such questions are pertinent to Company matters and otherwise appropriate under our rules of conduct), we will post responses on our Investors Relations website following the meeting.

There were 26,426,502 shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Record Date. Each shareholder is entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held as of the Record Date on all matters presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting other than the election of directors. Each shareholder may appoint only one proxy holder or representative to attend the meeting on his or her behalf. A shareholder of record giving a proxy may revoke it at any time before it is voted at the 2022 Annual Meeting by delivering to the Company’s Secretary a written notice of revocation, by submitting a later-dated proxy via the Internet, by telephone, or by mail, or by voting via the Internet at the 2022 Annual Meeting. Unless a proxy is revoked, shares represented by a proxy will be voted in accordance with the voting instructions on the proxy, and on matters for which no voting instructions are given, shares will be voted “FOR” the election of each nominee and “FOR” Proposals 2, and 3 and in accordance with their best judgment with respect to any other matters which may properly come before the meeting. If you hold shares in a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other holder of record, you must follow the instructions of your broker, bank, or other holder of record to change or revoke your voting instructions.

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Broker Non-Votes

If your shares are held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other holder of record, you are considered to be the “beneficial owner” of those shares. As the beneficial owner, you have the right to instruct your broker, bank, or other holder of record how to vote your shares. If you do not provide instructions, your broker, bank, or other holder of record will not have the discretion to vote with respect to certain matters, and your shares will constitute “broker non-votes” with respect to those matters. A “broker non-vote” occurs when a nominee holding shares for a beneficial owner does not vote on a particular proposal because the nominee does not have discretionary voting power for that particular item and has not received instructions from the beneficial owner. Specifically, your broker, bank, or other holder of record will not have the discretion to vote with respect to Proposal 1 and Proposal 3 but will have discretion to vote on Proposal 2. Therefore, we strongly encourage you to follow the voting instructions on the materials you receive and vote your shares.

Quorum

The holders of record of a majority of the Common Stock entitled to vote at the 2022 Annual Meeting must be present at the 2022 Annual Meeting, either via the live webcast or by proxy, in order for there to be a quorum at the 2022 Annual Meeting. Shares of Common Stock with respect to which the holders are present at the 2022 Annual Meeting, but not voting, and shares of Common Stock for which we have received proxies, but with respect to which the holders of the shares have abstained from voting, will be counted as present at the 2022 Annual Meeting for the purpose of determining whether or not a quorum exists. Broker non-votes will also be counted as present for the purpose of determining whether a quorum exists. Shareholders cannot abstain in the election of directors, but they can withhold authority. Shareholders who withhold authority will be considered present for purposes of determining a quorum.

Voting Requirements

For Proposal 1 (election of directors), the three (3) candidates receiving the highest number of affirmative votes at the 2022 Annual Meeting (also referred to as a plurality) will be elected as directors. Shareholders will be able to cumulate their vote in the election of directors. Cumulative voting means that each shareholder is entitled to a number of votes equal to the number of directors to be elected multiplied by the number of shares he or she holds. These votes may be cast for one nominee or distributed among two or more nominees. To exercise the right to cumulate votes, a shareholder must provide written instructions on the proxy card stating how the shareholder wishes to have his or her votes distributed. Withheld votes and broker non-votes will not be counted as participating in the voting and will therefore have no effect for purposes of Proposal 1.

Approval of Proposal 2 (the ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm) will require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock present at the 2022 Annual Meeting or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the 2022 Annual Meeting. Abstentions will be counted as present and will thus have the effect of a vote against Proposal 2.

Approval of Proposal 3 (the advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation) will require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock present at the 2022 Annual Meeting or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the 2022 Annual Meeting. Abstentions will be counted as present and will thus have the effect of a vote against Proposal 3. Broker non-votes will not be counted as participating in the voting and will therefore have no effect for purposes of Proposal 3.

Pursuant to Delaware corporate law, the actions contemplated to be taken at the 2022 Annual Meeting do not create appraisal or dissenters’ rights.

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Proxy Summary

2021 Performance Highlights

Our Mission and Objectives

We are a diversified real estate development and agribusiness company committed to responsibly using our land and resources to meet the housing, employment, and lifestyle needs of Californians and create value for our shareholders. Currently operations consist of land planning and entitlement, land development, commercial land sales and leasing, leasing of land for mineral royalties, water asset management and sales, grazing leases, farming, and ranch operations.

Our primary business objective is to maximize long-term shareholder value through the monetization of our land-based assets. A key element of our strategy is to entitle and then develop large-scale mixed-use master planned residential and commercial/industrial real estate projects to serve the growing populations of Southern and Central California. Our mixed-use master planned residential developments have received governmental jurisdictional approvals to collectively include up to 35,278 housing units, and more than 35 million square feet of commercial space.

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Forward-Looking Statements and Website References

This document contains “forward-looking statements”—that is, statements related to future events that by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. We use words such as anticipates, believes, expects, future, intends, and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. We caution you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance and are subject to assumptions and involve known risks, uncertainties, and other important factors that could cause the actual results, performance, or achievement of the Company, or industry results, to differ materially from any future results, performance, or achievement imposed by such forward-looking statements. For details on the risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual future results to be materially different than those expressed in our forward-looking statements, see the “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” sections in our annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements. This document also includes certain forward-looking projected financial information that is based on current estimates and forecasts. Actual results could differ materially. Website references throughout this document are provided for convenience only, and the content on the referenced websites is not incorporated by reference into this document.

2021 Compensation Summary

In determining the 2021 compensation for our named executive officers (“NEOs”), the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”) considered each NEO’s contributions to the Company’s strategy related to revenue generation, cash management, continued expansion of the Tejon Ranch Commerce Center (“TRCC”) and continued movement of our residential development projects through the entitlement, permitting, and litigation process within California.

Our 2021 compensation program reflects our pay-for-performance philosophy. The annual short-term incentives paid to all our executives were above target, ranging from 126% to 113% of target. Adjusted EBITDA one of the metrics used for purposes of our annual short-term incentives, increase from the previous year due to the improvements in operations as described above.

For the 2019 to 2021 three-year milestone grants, the goal for cumulative cash from operations was $29,970,000, and goal achievement was 147.20% of the target objective, with actual cash from operations of $48,842,000. Maximum achievement is capped at 150% of target. These grants vested and were delivered in March 2022 after approval by the Compensation Committee

The target mix of total direct compensation elements for our CEO and NEOs, as a percentage of total compensation, is set forth in the chart below. We show a three-year period to account for the granting of project milestone equity performance grants that occurs once every three years and occurred in 2020. A significant percentage of our compensation is delivered through variable cash and equity, with over 50% of our CEOs target compensation provided through equity incentives.

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Shareholder Engagement

Shareholder engagement is an important and valuable means for direct input and feedback from our investors, and our directors and management recognize the benefits that come from this dialogue. We engage with shareholders throughout the year in order to:

We create many opportunities for shareholders and prospective shareholders to provide feedback to our Board and management by setting up one-on-one meetings, telephone, and virtual meetings. In 2021, we met with investors representing approximately 40% of shares outstanding. A summary of feedback that we have received related to our business model is summarized below.

An overview of shareholder engagement related to our compensation programs and Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation is covered in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis on page 29.

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PROPOSAL 1

THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

The Board currently consists of ten directors divided into three classes based upon when their terms expire. The terms of three current directors (Class II) will expire at the 2022 Annual Meeting; the terms of four current directors (Class I) will expire at the 2023 Annual Meeting; and the terms of three current directors (Class III) will expire at the 2023 Annual Meeting. In connection with the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, shareholders approved amendments to our Certificate of Incorporation to declassify the Board over a period of three years. As a result, each director elected at the 2022 Annual Meeting will be elected for a one-year term. Beginning with the 2023 Annual Meeting, all directors will be subject to annual election for one-year terms.

The nominees of the Board for election at the 2022 Annual Meeting to serve as Class II Directors are Steven A. Betts, Rhea Frawn Morgan, and Daniel R. Tisch, and all three are presently directors. Ms. Morgan was previously recommended as a director candidate by Michael Winer, Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. If elected, the regular term of each director will expire at the 2023 Annual Meeting, and until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, or removal, unless the authorized number of directors is decreased.

Shareholder nominations of persons for election to the Board must be made pursuant to timely written notice to the Secretary of the Company pursuant to, and contain the information required by, the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. See “Shareholder Proposals for 2023 Annual Meeting” for additional information on the procedure for shareholder nominations.

Except as noted below, each proxy solicited by and on behalf of the Board will be voted “FOR” the election of the nominees named above (unless such authority is withheld, as provided in the proxy), and unless otherwise instructed, one-third of the votes to which the shareholder is entitled will be cast for each of the nominees. All of the nominees of the Board have consented to being named in this Proxy Statement and to serve if elected. In the event that any one or more of the nominees shall become unable to serve or for good cause refuses to serve as director (an event that is not anticipated), the proxy holders will vote for substitute nominees in their discretion. If one or more persons other than those named below as nominees for the 2022 Annual Meeting are nominated as candidates for director by persons other than the Board, the enclosed proxy may be voted in favor of any one or more of said nominees of the Board and in such order of preference as the proxy holders may determine in their discretion.

Brokers do not have discretion to vote on this proposal without your instruction. Therefore, if you are a beneficial owner and you do not instruct your broker how to vote on this proposal, your shares will not be voted on this proposal.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” EACH OF THE

NOMINEES NAMED ABOVE FOR ELECTION AS A DIRECTOR.

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PROPOSAL 2

THE RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

On March 2, 2022, the Audit Committee selected Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. Services provided to the Company and its subsidiaries by Deloitte in fiscal year 2021 are described under “Audit Fees” below. Additional information regarding the Audit Committee is provided in the Report of the Audit Committee below.

Representatives of Deloitte are expected to be present at the 2022 Annual Meeting and will have an opportunity to make a statement if they wish and will be available to respond to appropriate questions from shareholders.

Shareholder Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We are asking our shareholders to ratify the selection of Deloitte as our independent registered public accounting firm. Although ratification is not required by our Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or otherwise, the Board is submitting the selection of Deloitte to our shareholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate practice. In the event that shareholders do not ratify the appointment of Deloitte, the appointment may be reconsidered by the Audit Committee and the Board. Even if the selection is ratified, the Audit Committee may, in its discretion, select a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if it determines that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company and our shareholders. Deloitte has served as our independent registered public accounting firm since 2019.

Audit Fees and Services

Audit Fees. This category includes the aggregate fees billed by Deloitte for professional services rendered for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021, and for the reviews of the financial statements included in the Company’s Forms 10-Q for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Audit-Related Fees. This category includes the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services that were reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Company’s financial statements, including fees for the performance of audits and attest services not required by statute or regulations; audits of the Company’s employee benefit plans; due diligence activities related to investments; and accounting consultations about the application of generally accepted accounting principles to proposed transactions.

Tax Fees. This category includes the aggregate fees billed for tax compliance, advice, and planning services.

All Other Fees. This category includes the aggregate fees billed for any permitted services not included in categories above, which includes annual subscription fees for accounting practice publications.

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Audit Committee Pre-Approval

The Audit Committee Charter requires that the Audit Committee pre-approve all services performed by the Company’s outside auditor. To fulfill this requirement, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm provides a proposal to the Audit Committee for all services it proposes to provide, and the Audit Committee then reviews and approves, rejects, or seeks to modify the proposal. During the years ending December 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020, 100% of the services provided by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm were pre-approved by the Audit Committee.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP AS THE COMPANY’S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC

ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.

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PROPOSAL 3

ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

In accordance with Section 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (the “Exchange Act”), we are asking shareholders to approve on an advisory basis the compensation paid to the Company’s NEOs, as disclosed in this Proxy Statement on pages 23 to 53. This vote is not intended to address any specific item of compensation, but rather the overall compensation of the Company’s NEOs and the policies and practices described in this Proxy Statement.

The Board recommends that shareholders vote to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s NEOs as described in this Proxy Statement, for the following reasons.

Sound Program Design

We design our executive officers’ compensation programs to attract, motivate, and retain the key executives who drive our success and industry leadership while considering individual and Company performance and alignment with the interest of long-term shareholders. We achieve our objectives through compensation that:

Best Practices in Executive Compensation

Some of our leading practices include

The advisory proposal, commonly referred to as a “say-on-pay” proposal, is not binding on the Board. Although the voting results are not binding, the Board will review and consider them when evaluating our executive compensation program.

The Board has adopted a policy of holding an advisory vote on executive compensation every year, and unless the Board modifies its policy, we expect that, after the 2022 Annual Meeting, the next advisory vote on the compensation of our NEOs will take place at our 2023 Annual Meeting.

Brokers do not have discretion to vote on this proposal without your instruction. Therefore, if you are a beneficial owner and you do not instruct your broker how to vote on this proposal, your shares will not be voted on this proposal.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” APPROVAL OF THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY’S NEOS AS DISCLOSED ON PAGES 23 TO 53 IN THE PROXY STATEMENT.

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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Consideration of Director Nominees

The Board believes the Board, as a whole, should possess the requisite combination of skills, professional experience, and diversity of backgrounds to oversee the Company’s business. The Board also believes that each individual director should possess certain attributes, as discussed below. Accordingly, the Board and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the “Nominating Committee”) consider the qualifications of directors and director candidates individually, as well as in the broader context of the Board’s overall composition and the Company’s current and future needs.

The Nominating Committee is responsible for selecting nominees for election to the Board. In considering candidates for the Board, the Nominating Committee evaluates the entirety of each candidate’s credentials, attributes, and other factors (as described in greater detail in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines) but does not have any specific minimum qualifications that a nominee must meet. However, the Nominating Committee seeks as directors, individuals with substantial management experience who possess the highest personal values, judgment, and integrity; an understanding of the environment in which the Company does business; and diverse experience with the key business, financial, and other challenges that the Company faces. In addition, in considering the nomination of existing directors, the Nominating Committee takes into consideration (i) each director’s contribution to the Board; (ii) any material change in the director’s employment or responsibilities with any other organization; (iii) the director’s ability to attend meetings and fully participate in Board and committee activities on which the director serves; (iv) whether the director has developed any relationships with the Company or another organization, or other circumstances that may have arisen, that might make it inappropriate for the director to continue serving on the Board; and (v) the director’s age and length of service on the Board.

The Nominating Committee recognizes that a diversity of backgrounds and cultures, including on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, underrepresented communities, viewpoints, and practical experiences can enhance the effectiveness of the Board, and analyzes this as a part of its evaluation of each candidate. The Nominating Committee takes into account how each candidate’s diversity, background, experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills may complement, supplement, or duplicate those of other prospective candidates. The Nominating Committee reviews its effectiveness in balancing these considerations when assessing the composition of the Board, which as discussed below is one of the committee’s responsibilities. In addition, the Board is committed to having a membership that reflects a diversity of ethnicity, race, and gender.

Based on the parameters described above, the Board has determined that the directors standing for reelection and the remaining members of the Board have the qualifications, experience, and attributes appropriate for a director of the Company. As reflected below, each director has a varied background in the real estate industry, finance, public policy and/or agriculture. These are all areas that are integral to the strategy, operations, and successful oversight of the Company.

Board Composition and Leadership Structure

The Board is grouped into three classes: (1) Class I Directors, whose terms will expire at the 2023 Annual Meeting; (2) Class II Directors, whose terms will expire at the 2022 Annual Meeting; and (3) Class III Directors, whose terms will expire at the 2023 Annual Meeting. The Board currently consists of ten directors, as the Board increased its size from nine to ten effective December 1, 2021. The Board’s leadership is structured so that the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) are separate positions. The Chairman of the Board is also an independent director. The Board believes that this structure is appropriate for our Company and our shareholders at this time because it provides an additional layer of oversight as to management and management’s activities and allows the Board to act independently of management.

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Director Qualifications and Biographical Information

The Nominating Committee considered the character, experience, qualifications, and skills of each director, including the current director nominees, when determining whether each should serve as a director of the Company. In keeping with its stated criteria for director nominees described in the section entitled “Consideration of Director Nominees” above, the Nominating Committee determined that each director, including the current director nominees, has substantial management experience, exhibits the highest personal values, judgment, and integrity, and possesses both an understanding of the environment in which the Company does business and diverse experience with the key business, financial, and other challenges that the Company faces. Each director is or has been a leader in his or her respective field and brings diverse talents and perspectives to the Board. The Nominating Committee also considered the experience and qualifications outlined below in the biographical information for each director, including the current director nominees, as well as other public company board service.

The Nominating Committee noted the following particular attributes and qualities it considers when evaluating director nominees. The Nominating Committee believes that nominees with business, governmental, and strategic management experience gained from service as a chief executive officer or similar position is a critical leadership component to Board service. The Nominating Committee also seeks nominees with backgrounds in finance, banking, economics, public administration, legal, and the securities and financial markets, in order to have directors who can assess and evaluate the Company’s financial and competitive position. Although the directors listed below each possess a number of these attributes, the Nominating Committee considered the specific areas noted below for each director when determining which of the director’s qualifications best suit the needs of the Company and qualify them to serve as a director of the Company.

Key Qualifications, Characteristics and Skills of Our Directors

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The following table sets forth information regarding the nominees for Class II Directors at the 2022 Annual Meeting, as well as the Class I and Class III Directors.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MATTERS

The Board has determined that all directors, except Mr. Bielli, are “independent” under the listing standards of the NYSE and the Company’s categorical criteria used to determine whether a director is independent (the “Independence Standards”). The Independence Standards are set forth in Attachment A to the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines (the “Corporate Governance Guidelines”), and a copy of the Independence Standards is attached as Appendix A to this Proxy Statement. Thus, the Board determined that the following directors are independent: Steven A. Betts, Jean Fuller, Susan Hori, Anthony L. Leggio, Norman J. Metcalfe, R. Frawn Morgan, Geoffrey L. Stack, Daniel R. Tisch, and Michael H. Winer. Also, in making its independence determinations, the Board reviewed additional information provided by the directors and the Company with regard to any business or personal activities or associations as they may relate to the Company and the Company’s management. The Board considered this information in the context of the NYSE’s objective listing standards, the Independence Standards, and for directors serving on committees, the additional standards established for members of audit committees and compensation committees. In reaching a determination on these directors’ independence, the Board considered that neither the directors nor their immediate family members have within the past three years had any direct or indirect business or professional relationships with the Company other than in their capacity as directors.

The Board’s independence determinations included a review of business dealings at companies where the directors serve as directors or outside consultants, all of which were ordinary course business transactions. The Board also performed a review of the Company’s charitable contributions to any organization where a director serves as an executive officer and found no contributions in excess of the Independence Standards or the NYSE’s objective listing standards.

The independent directors of the Board meet regularly in executive sessions outside the presence of management. As Chairman of the Board, Mr. Metcalfe presides over these executive sessions. During 2021, there were four meetings of the Board, and all directors attended 100% of the meetings of the Board and committees of the Board on which they served.

The Company’s policy is that all directors are expected to attend every annual meeting of shareholders in person. All nine then-serving directors attended the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Company.

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COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD

Standing committees of the Board include the Executive, Audit, Compensation, Real Estate, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. Each standing committee, except for the Executive Committee is governed by a written charter. The current charter for each of those committees is available on the Company’s website, www.tejonranch.com, in the Corporate Governance section of the Investor Relations webpage and is available in print form upon request to the Corporate Secretary, P.O. Box 1000, Tejon Ranch, California 93243. The current members of the standing committees as of the date of this proxy statement are set forth below:

Committee Chair		Committee Member

During 2021, there were four meetings of the Executive Committee, four meetings of the Audit Committee, three meetings of the Compensation Committee, two meetings of the Real Estate Committee, two meetings of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and no meetings of the Investment Policy Committee. The major functions of each of these committees, including their role in oversight of risks that could affect the Company, are described briefly below.

Each year, the Board performs a self-evaluation to assess its effectiveness and the participation of each board member. In addition, on an annual basis, the Audit Committee, Real Estate Committee, Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee all perform self-evaluations to measure their effectiveness.

The Executive Committee

Except for certain powers that, under Delaware law, may be exercised only by the full Board, or which, under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or the NYSE, may only be exercised by committees composed solely of independent directors, the Executive Committee may exercise all powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Company.

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The Audit Committee

The Audit Committee represents and assists the Board in discharging the Board’s oversight responsibility relating to (i) the accounting, reporting, and financial practices of the Company and its subsidiaries, including the integrity of the Company’s financial statements; (ii) the surveillance of administration and financial controls and the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; (iii) the independent auditor’s qualifications and independence; and (iv) the performance of the Company’s internal audit function and the Company’s independent auditor. The Audit Committee is directly responsible for the appointment, retention, compensation, and oversight of the independent auditor and approves all audit and non-audit services the independent auditor performs. As part of the Board’s oversight of the Company’s risk management process, the Audit Committee reviews and discusses the Company’s policies with respect to risk assessment and risk management. In addition, the Audit Committee also reviews and approves related party transactions in advance. The Audit Committee reports regularly to the full Board with respect to its activities.

In its annual self-evaluation, the Audit Committee reviews and assesses how effectively it fulfilled these purposes over the prior year and identifies areas for improvement. The Audit Committee also periodically reviews and updates its pre-approval and hiring policies related to the independent auditor. The Audit Committee engages proactively with Deloitte and management as needed in order to understand the status and strategy of the Company’s audit and to discuss new accounting standards or potentially significant events that may impact the Company’s financial reporting.

The Board has determined that each member of the Audit Committee is independent under the listing standards of the NYSE and under the Company’s Independence Standards, and that each member of the Audit Committee is financially literate and meets the requirements for audit committee membership set forth in Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act. The Board has further found that Mr. Leggio qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” for the purposes of Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K and has “accounting or related financial management expertise” as described in the listing standards of the NYSE.

The Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee oversees the Company’s overall compensation structure, policies, and programs, and it assesses whether the Company’s compensation structure establishes appropriate incentives for management and employees. It also reviews and approves corporate goals and objectives relevant to the compensation of top managerial and executive officers, including the CEO, evaluates their performance in light of those goals and objectives, and makes recommendations to the Board regarding their compensation. It administers and makes recommendations to the Board with respect to the Company’s incentive compensation and equity-based compensation plans and grants of awards thereunder. It also reviews and recommends to the Board the design of other benefit plans, employment agreements, and severance arrangements for top managerial and executive officers. The Compensation Committee oversees the assessment of the risks related to the Company’s compensation policies and programs applicable to officers and employees, reviews the results of this assessment, and also assesses the results of the Company’s most recent advisory vote on executive compensation. It approves, amends, or modifies the terms of any compensation or benefit plan that does not require shareholder approval, if delegated to the Committee by the Board. It reviews and recommends changes for the compensation of directors, and it reviews succession plans relating to positions held by senior executive officers. It reports regularly to the Board with respect to its activities.

The Compensation Committee is authorized to delegate to a subcommittee consisting of not less than two members of the Compensation Committee the responsibility to review specific issues, meet with management on behalf of the Committee regarding such issues, and prepare recommendations for reports or review by the Committee. The Board has determined that each member of the Compensation Committee is independent under the listing standards of the NYSE for directors and compensation committee members and under the Company’s Independence Standards.

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The CEO does not participate in the Compensation Committee’s deliberations with regard to his own compensation. At the Compensation Committee’s request, the CEO reviews with the Compensation Committee the performance of the other executive officers, but no other executive officers have any input in executive compensation decisions. The Compensation Committee gives substantial weight to the CEO’s evaluations and recommendations because he is particularly able to assess the other executive officers’ performance and contributions to the Company.

The Compensation Committee retained Semler Brossy to advise the Compensation Committee on marketplace trends in executive compensation and to analyze companies for peer company identification for the benchmarking of NEO compensation and NEO compensation decisions. The decision to engage an outside compensation consultant was not recommended by management. Semler Brossy consults with the Compensation Committee about its recommendations to the Board on CEO and other NEOs compensation. Semler Brossy did not provide any other services to the Company in 2021, and its fees were $29,500 for the year. The Compensation Committee has reviewed an assessment of any potential conflicts of interest raised by Semler Brossy’s work for the Compensation Committee, which assessment considered the following six factors: (i) the provision of other services to the Company by Semler Brossy; (ii) the amount of fees received from the Company by Semler Brossy, as a percentage of Semler Brossy’s total revenue; (iii) the policies and procedures of Semler Brossy that are designed to prevent conflicts of interest; (iv) any business or personal relationship of the Semler Brossy consultant with a member of the Compensation Committee; (v) any Company stock owned by the Semler Brossy consultants; and (vi) any business or personal relationship of the Semler Brossy consultant or Semler with any of the Company’s executive officers. The Committee concluded that there are no such conflicts of interest.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

The Nominating Committee is charged with assessing existing directors to determine whether to recommend them for reelection to the Board, identifying and recruiting potential new directors, establishing a procedure for consideration of director candidates recommended by shareholders, and recommending candidates to be nominated by the Board or elected by the Board, as necessary, to fill vacancies and newly created directorships. It also reviews and makes recommendations to the Board regarding the structure, composition, and functioning of the Board and its committees, and evaluates and recommends changes to the Corporate Governance Guidelines. The Nominating Committee also annually reviews the independence of all directors and evaluates the Board’s performance.

The Board has determined that each member of the Nominating Committee is independent under the listing standards of the NYSE and under the Company’s Independence Standards.

The Nominating Committee is pleased to consider any properly submitted recommendations of director candidates from shareholders. Shareholders may recommend a candidate for consideration by the Nominating Committee by sending written notice addressed to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Chair, c/o Corporate Secretary, P.O. Box 1000, Tejon Ranch, California 93243. The Nominating Committee does not evaluate candidates differently based on who has made the recommendation. Shareholders may also nominate persons for election to the Board by providing timely notice in writing to the Secretary of the Company pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. See “Shareholder Proposals for 2023 Annual Meeting” for additional information on the procedure for shareholder nominations.

The Nominating Committee has the authority under its charter to hire and pay a fee to outside counsel, experts, or other advisors to assist in the process of identifying and evaluating candidates. No such outside advisors were used during 2021, and, accordingly, no fees were paid to such advisors during 2021. Past practice has been for the Nominating Committee to seek recommendations for new directors from current directors, the CEO, and outside advisors.

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The Real Estate Committee

The Real Estate Committee provides oversight, guidance, and strategic input into management plans and operations for development and entitlement of Company land. It reviews and either approves or recommends to the Board appropriate action on significant proposed real estate transactions and development pro formas and budgets. It reports regularly to the full Board with respect to its meetings.

CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE GUIDELINES

The Board has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, which is applicable to all directors, officers, and employees. It also has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines to guide its own operations. Both documents (including Attachment A to the Corporate Governance Guidelines, which constitutes the Company’s Independence Standards) are available on the Company’s web-site, www.tejonranch.com, in the Corporate Governance section of the Investor Relations webpage, and are available in print form upon request to the Corporate Secretary, P.O. Box 1000, Tejon Ranch, California 93243.

SUCCESSION PLANNING

The Board, with the assistance of the Compensation Committee, oversees succession plans for the CEO and other senior executive officers. These plans relate both to succession in emergency situations and longer-term succession. As set forth in the Corporate Governance Guidelines and Compensation Committee Charter, the Compensation Committee reviews the Company’s succession planning for senior executive officers at least annually. The CEO also provides the Board with input regarding these matters.

BOARD’S ROLE IN RISK OVERSIGHT

The full Board oversees the Company’s risk management process. The Board oversees a Company-wide approach to risk management, designed to enhance shareholder value, support the achievement of strategic objectives, and improve long-term organizational performance. The full Board determines the appropriate level of risk for the Company generally, assesses the specific risks faced by the Company, and reviews the steps taken by management to manage those risks. The full Board’s involvement in setting the Company’s business strategy facilitates these assessments and reviews, culminating in the development of a strategic plan that reflects both the Board’s and management’s consensus as to appropriate levels of risk and the appropriate measures to manage those risks. The full Board assesses risk throughout the enterprise, focusing on risks arising out of various aspects of the Company’s strategic plan and the implementation of that plan, including financial, legal/compliance, operational/strategic, cybersecurity and compensation risks. In addition to discussing risk with the full Board, the independent directors discuss risk management during executive sessions without management present.

While the full Board maintains the ultimate oversight responsibility for the risk management process, its committees oversee risk in certain specified areas. In particular, the Audit Committee reviews and discusses the Company’s policies with respect to risk assessment and risk management; focuses on financial risk, including internal controls; and discusses the Company’s risk profile with the Company’s internal auditors. The Audit Committee reviews cybersecurity risks and periodic testing of cybersecurity from third-party consultants. Over the last three years the Company has not experienced an information security breach, therefore the Company has not incurred any expense related to a security breach. The Audit Committee also reviews potential violations of the Company’s Code of Ethics and related corporate policies. The Compensation Committee periodically reviews compensation practices and policies to determine whether they encourage excessive risk-taking. Finally, the Nominating Committee assesses the independence of directors and evaluates potential new Board nominees, which allows it to limit the risk associated with having conflicted or otherwise inappropriate directors. Pursuant to the Board’s instruction, management regularly reports on applicable risks to the relevant committee or the full Board, as appropriate, and additional review or reporting on risks is conducted as needed or as requested by the Board and its committees.

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The Compensation Committee has also reviewed the design and operation of the Company’s compensation structures and policies as they pertain to risk and has determined that the Company’s compensation programs do not create or encourage the taking of risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company.

ESG OVERSIGHT

The Board oversees the Company’s environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) goals and objectives. Specific ESG topics are overseen by the Board committee generally responsible for the subject matter. For example, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has oversight responsibility for the corporate governance aspects of ESG, and the Audit Committee generally oversees regulatory compliance matters. The Board continues to believe that it is the appropriate body to oversee the development and implementation of the Company’s ESG and sustainability efforts, which focus on the Company’s efforts to positively impact both people and planet.

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

The following Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”) describes the material elements of compensation for the following individuals who served as our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and the three other most highly compensated executive officers as of December 31, 2021. These individuals are our named executive officers (“NEOs”) for 2021.

Executive Summary

We are a diversified real estate development and agribusiness company committed to using our land and resources to meet the housing, employment, and lifestyle needs of Californians and create value for our shareholders through the monetization of our land-based assets and the continued expansion and development of our current operating assets.

Our strategy to create sustainable shareholder value is focused on:

Developing real estate assets in California through the entitlement stage to development is a multi-year process. Many of our real estate assets do not produce revenue at this stage and may take many years to begin producing revenue. For this reason, the realization of our Company’s full asset value will come only in future years. This dynamic in our business influences our executive pay program in several ways:

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The chart below is a continuum of the real estate development process highlighting each project’s current status and key milestones to be met in moving through the real estate development process in California. The development process may be subject to delays arising from California’s complex regulatory structure and litigation environment. At each level of success, value is being created in each project due to the approvals received and to entitlement risks being removed and development approvals being achieved.

Real Estate Development Continuum

2021 Operational and Financial Results

Financial Results:

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Operational Highlights:

Pay-for-Performance

Consistent with our pay-for-performance philosophy, Company performance in 2021 directly impacted incentive payouts for 2021, as follows:

Compensation Philosophy and Practices

Overview

Our executive compensation program is designed to align with our strong pay-for-performance philosophy and ties a substantial portion of executive compensation to the achievement of annual and long-term strategic objectives directly linked to the creation of shareholder value. The objectives of our executive compensation program are (i) to drive performance against critical strategic milestone goals designed to create long-term shareholder value through the enhancement of our land asset values and positive execution within TRCC and our other operating assets (ii) pay our executives at a level and in a manner that ensures Tejon Ranch is capable of attracting, motivating, and retaining top executive talent in order for us achieve our long-term strategic goals and recognize the full potential of our real estate assets.

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Our compensation strategy is to provide a competitive opportunity for senior executives, taking into account their total compensation packages, which include a combination of base salary, an annual cash-based incentive bonus, and long-term performance-based and time-based equity awards.

Our long-term and short-term performance incentive plans are designed to reward the NEOs for success in moving projects forward along the real estate development continuum. Success in achieving these performance objectives is critical to the creation of value within our land assets. Due to the long-term nature of the real estate development process in California, the increase in value of land within our projects is not immediately recognized in stock market value largely due to the timing of revenue generation, which does not begin to occur until the execution phase of development operations. Therefore, we measure, and reward progress based on achievement of milestone related goals as a large component of our incentive program. We also measure success on annual EBITDA performance, because generating EBITDA allows us to fund our real estate development activities.

We view our long-term incentive program in three-year increments tied to the time period of our milestone grants, which we make every three years. Our performance milestones are tied to a variety of factors that will create long-term value for our shareholders such as planning and design, achievement of land entitlements, successful defense of litigation against our entitlements, development of projects, and finally sales and leasing within the projects. The current three-year period is from 2020 to 2022.

Overall Compensation Plan Design and Core Tenets

The compensation policies developed by the Compensation Committee are based on the philosophy that compensation should reflect both financial and operational performance of the Company, the success of the Company in achieving real estate development milestones both entitlement oriented and execution oriented within TRCC, and the individual performance of each executive.

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Our Executive Compensation Practices

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The Compensation Committee uses several components of pay that are linked to both our long-term and short-term performance in the executive compensation programs, including long-term incentives, annual cash incentives, base pay, and benefits. The chart below illustrates the linkage between the vehicles of pay we use and our pay principles.

2021 Executive Compensation Plan Framework

Our variable compensation consists of two programs: the annual cash incentive plan (“AIP”) and the long-term incentive plan (“LTIP”), which consists of performance-based and time-based equity vehicles.

Our AIP has three primary performance measures:

Our LTIP consists of three equity vehicles:

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The Compensation Committee believes that the LTIP reflects the value creation process inherent in large-scale land development by first identifying projects, securing complex entitlements, managing litigation, mapping projects, and then developing the projects to maximize financial returns. Please refer to earlier graphic describing the land entitlement and development process within California and its many steps that make the state’s process unique.

The CEO’s equity awards for the 2020-2022 long-term incentive plan measurement period were intended to cover three years of grants for each equity award vehicle. The Compensation Committee will not make additional awards to the CEO during the three-year period.

Pay Mix Analysis

The target mix of total direct compensation elements for our CEO and NEOs, as a percentage of total compensation, is set forth in the tables below. We show a three-year period to account for the granting of project milestone equity performance grants in 2020, which cover the three years ending 2022. A significant percentage of our compensation is delivered through variable cash and equity, with over 50% of our CEOs target compensation provided through equity incentives.

Shareholder Engagement on and 2021 Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

We hold a say-on-pay advisory vote on executive compensation annually. Accordingly, at our 2021 annual meeting, we provided shareholders with the opportunity to cast a non-binding vote on a proposal regarding the compensation of our named executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2020. At the 2021 Annual Meeting of shareholders, we received a 45% approval rate on our say-on-pay advisory vote. Following the shareholder meeting, we met with investors representing approximately 40% of shares outstanding to discuss a variety of matters, including our executive compensation programs. Our Compensation Committee Chair and Board Chair participated in each meeting, along with our Chief Operating Officer.

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Through these conversations with shareholders, we gained a greater understanding of shareholder preferences with regards to our compensation programs. In addition, we were able to explain our programs in more depth to allow shareholders a stronger understanding of how our compensation programs support our business model, which is oriented towards long-term development of our real estate assets. The Compensation Committee believes our executive compensation program and incentive structure largely supports this goal. We have addressed shareholder perspectives about our compensation program in the following ways:

How We Determine Executive Compensation

The Role of the Compensation Committee in Setting Compensation

The Compensation Committee completes a review each year of our compensation plan to ensure we are paying competitively, equitably, and in a way that encourages and rewards performance. Although the Compensation Committee reviews Peer Group data each year, relevant industry market data, and input from our compensation consultant as it determines compensation plans, other considerations are taken into account. Market data alone does not reflect the strategic value of various roles within our Company. Other considerations when making pay decisions for NEOs, include individual experience, sustained performance, historical pay, and realized and realizable pay over three years.

The Compensation Committee is (and was at all times during 2021) composed entirely of independent directors. Our compensation committee meets as often as it determines necessary to carry out its duties and responsibilities through regularly scheduled meetings and, if necessary, special meetings.

The Compensation Committee independently reviews and establishes the compensation levels of the Chief Executive Officer; it also reviews the performance of the Chief Executive Officer and discusses his performance with him. At the beginning of the year, the Chief Executive Officer works with the Compensation Committee to establish his goals and objectives to be evaluated throughout the year. The Compensation Committee or Board of Directors, upon recommendation from the Compensation Committee, who receives input and advice from its independent compensation consultant, approve the compensation of our CEO. For the remaining executive officers, the Chief Executive Officer makes recommendations as to compensation levels, including grants of equity awards, for final approval by the Compensation Committee.

The Role of the Compensation Consultant

The Compensation Committee engages an independent compensation consultant each year to provide a competitive compensation assessment with respect to the executive officers to assist the Compensation Committee in

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making annual compensation decisions. Since 2018, Semler Brossy Consulting Group, LLC (“Semler Brossy”), has been engaged by the Compensation Committee each year to provide industry compensation data, and to provide the Compensation Committee with advice regarding NEOs’ compensation, including base salaries, annual incentive pay and long-term equity compensation, and similar advice regarding non-employee directors’ compensation. The Compensation Committee has also consulted with Semler Brossy to update the peer company compensation data on an annual basis and address specific questions that arise as the committee fulfills their responsibilities as outlined in the compensation committee charter. The advisor provides support in addressing changes in trends and best practices for executive compensation, incentive, and equity and/or other best practices that are requested by the Compensation Committee, in order to help inform the Compensation Committee’s decisions.

Semler Brossy reports directly to the Compensation Committee, which maintains the authority to direct Semler Brossy’s work and engagement. Semler Brossy interacts with management to gain access to company information that is required to perform services and to understand the culture and policies of the organization. Semler Brossy attends compensation committee meetings, and the Compensation Committee and Semler Brossy meet in executive session with no members of management present, as needed, to address various compensation matters, including deliberations regarding our CEO’s compensation.

In assessing Semler Brossy’s independence from management in providing executive compensation services to the Compensation Committee, the Compensation Committee considered that Semler Brossy is only engaged by, takes direction from, and reports to, the Compensation Committee for such services and, accordingly, only the Compensation Committee has the right to terminate or replace Semler Brossy as its compensation consultant at any time. The Compensation Committee also analyzed whether the work of Semler Brossy as a compensation consultant with respect to executive and director compensation raised any conflict of interest, taking into consideration the following factors:

The Compensation Committee has determined, based on its analysis of the above factors, that the work of Semler Brossy and the individual compensation advisors employed by Semler Brossy as compensation consultants to our company has not created any conflict of interest.

Compensation Risk Assessment

As part of its risk assessment process, the Compensation Committee reviewed material elements of executive and non-executive employee compensation. The Compensation Committee concluded these policies and practices do not create risk that is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company. The structure of our compensation program for NEOs does not incentivize unnecessary or excessive risk-taking. The base salary component of compensation does not encourage risk taking because it is a fixed amount. The incentive plan awards have the following risk limiting characteristics:

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Market Comparison Review—2021 Peer Group

Because we aim to attract and retain the most highly qualified executive officers in an extremely competitive market, the Compensation Committee believes that it is important when making its compensation decisions to be informed as to the current practices of comparable public companies with which we compete for top talent. To this end, the Compensation Committee reviews market data for each executive officer’s position, compiled by Semler Brossy, including information relating to the mix and levels of compensation for executive officers in the real estate industry, with a focus on total direct compensation. In order to recruit and retain the executives we need to successfully manage and monetize our assets; we compare compensation to companies with greater current revenues when compared to our Company. To this point, we consider market capitalization the strongest metric to orient our peer group size around rather than revenue, as market capitalization more accurately reflects the long-term value of our assets than revenue. We view real estate development peers with larger revenue as peers whose assets are further along in their lifecycle than our current assets, which in turn makes them our strongest competitors for talent.

Although the Compensation Committee does not believe that it is appropriate to establish compensation levels based solely on market comparisons or industry practices, the Committee believes that information regarding pay practices at other companies is useful in three respects. First, marketplace information is one of the many factors that the Compensation Committee considers in assessing the reasonableness of total compensation. Second, it recognizes that our compensation practices must be generally competitive for executive talent in the real estate, land development, and agriculture industries and the market overall. Third, it recognizes that marketplace information reflects emerging and changing components and forms of compensation. While the Compensation Committee considers peer compensation levels and practices when making its compensation decisions, it does not target total compensation at any particular point within a range established by a comparison of the financial performance or compensation levels of our peer companies

Each year, the Compensation Committee, with guidance from our compensation consultant, evaluates the composition of our peer group. The goal is to identify companies that are engaged in real estate development activities and are appropriate for comparison purposes based on business activities, revenues, and market capitalization.

At this time, the Compensation Committee believes that market capitalization is a more appropriate criterion for comparison to peer companies, considering that our primary assets remain under development and are not yet producing their full revenue potential. Generally, our peer companies have monetized the majority of their real

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estate assets and, therefore, have higher revenues and market capitalization, by comparison to our Company. After conversations with shareholders who expressed a desire for us to remove outsized peers from the group, we reviewed our peer group and identified Cousins Properties and First Industrial Realty Trust (the two largest peers in terms of market capitalization) for removal given their market capitalization.

The 2021 peer group data is shown below:

Factors Used in Determining Executive Compensation

Our Compensation Committee sets the compensation of our executive officers at levels that the Compensation Committee determines to be competitive and appropriate for each NEO, using the Compensation Committee’s professional experience and judgment. The Compensation Committee’s pay decisions are not driven by a particular target level of compensation based on market data, and the Compensation Committee does not otherwise use a formulaic approach to setting executive pay. Instead, the Compensation Committee believes that executive pay decisions require consideration of multiple relevant factors, which may vary from year to year. The figure below reflects the factors the Compensation Committee considers in determining and approving the amount, form and mix of pay for our NEOs.

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Key Components and Design of the Executive Compensation Program

Elements of Compensation

The Compensation Committee seeks to create a compensation plan that is balanced in its use of short-term and long-term compensation elements in order to align management’s incentives with the long-term interests of our shareholders and the development of our land assets. In developing the compensation plan, the Compensation Committee seeks to be aware of changing economic and industry conditions, as well as changing compensation trends. Because we believe it is important to our success to pursue long-term corporate objectives, to avoid excessive risk-taking, and to preserve our cash resources, the majority of the NEOs’ total direct compensation is comprised of “at-risk” compensation, consisting of performance-based bonus opportunities and long-term incentive awards, which align the executive officers’ incentives with the interests of our shareholders. This allocation between “at-risk” and fixed compensation is consistent with our pay-for-performance philosophy.

To achieve these objectives, the plan uses a variety of compensation elements as described below.

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Base Salaries

When establishing base salaries, the Compensation Committee takes into account each NEO’s performance of his role and responsibilities and, to the extent useful, the range of compensation of comparable executives in our peer group. The Compensation Committee believes that compensation objectives are effectively met when a majority of an executive’s compensation is composed of performance-based bonuses and long-term incentive compensation, rather than fixed compensation such as base salaries. We believe that having the overall compensation emphasis on long-term equity incentives instead of short-term fixed compensation better aligns management with shareholders.

The Compensation Committee approved the following base salaries for our NEO’s

When granting the salary increases for 2021 for the NEOs, the Compensation Committee, along with the Chief Executive Officer except in regard to his own salary, performed an annual review of each of the NEOs’ salaries. This review considered several factors, including peer group information, the market for similar job functions, the economic environment, and changes in job responsibilities.

Annual Incentive Plan

Tejon’s practice is to award annual incentive bonuses based upon the achievement of performance objectives established at the beginning of each year.

The attainment of each year’s quantitative financial goals for each of the NEOs is uncertain and is dependent upon factors such as real estate sales and leasing programs, the timing of entitlement activities for our developments, and the uncertainty inherent in our farming and mineral operations due to the commodity nature of the products we produce and the fact that we do not know the production each year or the ultimate price we will receive for our products each year. The achievement of individual objectives tied to land entitlement, development, and conservation efforts is highly dependent on working with groups outside of the Company, such as government agencies, local county planning departments, and environmental resource groups, all of which make the timing of achieving specific steps in the process very complicated. Accordingly, goal achievement under the annual bonus plan is not guaranteed.

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The following chart provides the performance level weightings for the Chief Executive Officer and the other NEOs.

Generally, the Chief Executive Officer’s individual objectives are tied to land entitlement, outreach in support of entitlement, execution of development, capital formation, and conservation goals as well as operational, strategic planning, and staffing objectives. The individual objectives for the other NEOs are generally related to land entitlement, development, and operational goals that support the achievement of corporate development and financial goals.

The annual incentive plan is structured, and bonus levels are determined based upon the level of achievement of threshold, target, and maximum performance of quantitative and qualitative objectives. If achievement of a performance objective is below threshold, no incentive bonus is earned for that objective, and if achievement is greater than maximum, the maximum bonus level is earned. The Chief Executive Officer and the other NEOs have different cash incentive opportunity levels, which are expressed as a percentage of base salary. The target bonus levels expressed as percentage of base salary are reviewed along with information provided by our independent compensation consultant.

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The threshold, target, and maximum levels (expressed as a percentage of base salary) are outlined below.

Quantitative Financial Goal – Corporate

We measure adjusted EBITDA as an indicator of our financial performance relative to budget and our ability to generate cash within our operating segments. Our definition of adjusted EBITDA is earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, abandonment charges, and non-cash stock compensation. We believe adjusted EBITDA provides a good indicator of management’s creation of operating cash, which is critical to the funding of our development efforts and reinvestment in our operating activities. We believe EBITDA is a better indicator of financial success versus GAAP Net income since the Company has significant non-cash expenses each year. The following table outlines adjusted EBITDA results for 2021. Adjusted EBITDA for compensation purposes includes only company specific operations and not the add back of our share of unconsolidated joint venture depreciation, amortization, and interest expense. Therefore, this number is different from the numbers shown in the 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K, Non-GAAP measures.

The adjusted EBITDA target is set based on the Company’s 2021 business plan and operating budget. The Compensation Committee uses data from each year’s annual budget because it is a reflection of what the Company believes will happen in the coming year based on an analysis of the commodity markets we operate in, anticipated weather patterns that impact our agricultural operations, and the unevenness of sales/leasing activity within TRCC.

The budgeted target goal for 2021 was greater than the prior year target and actuals due largely to including a land sale transaction within TRCC. The tables below reflect actual achievement shown in the format used by the Company internally to measure NEOs performance compared to the approved 2021 operating budget.

Short-Term Milestone Objectives – Corporate

Annual short-term milestone corporate objectives are generally those items identified each year that are critical to successfully moving forward the Company’s long-term objectives related to land entitlement and development execution within our four development projects.

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For 2021 the short-term objectives were as follows:

Individual Performance Objectives

In addition to the goals described above, the CEO and each NEO also has individual performance objectives. The CEO’s individual performance objectives are proposed by the CEO and agreed upon and approved by the Compensation Committee. These objectives are tied to business development and organizational goals that move the Company forward in achieving its long-term objectives. Individual goals for our CEO in

2021 specifically related to:

Based on the assessment against his individual goals and Company’s success throughout the year in moving development forward within TRCC through continued industrial development and the addition of a multi-family component, a successful financial year, the Grapevine litigation being successfully concluded, and the settlement of the Climate Resolve litigation related to the Centennial master planned community, the Compensation Committee determined that the CEO’s individual performance was at the maximum achievement level.

The other NEOs individual performance goals are generally tied to individual areas of responsibility, which focus on both short-term and long-term goals (including improving operational efficiencies and achieving short- term

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milestones and other goals with respect to the Company’s long-term business strategy related to land entitlement, project development, operations activity expansion, and conservation). Generally, the qualitative goals covered:

The CEO and the Compensation Committee evaluate the success of the other NEOs in meeting their individual performance objectives, with final approval provided by the Compensation Committee. The Chief Executive Officer and the Compensation Committee note whether each objective was accomplished in the time frame designated and if the outcome achieved was as specified in the original objective. The individual payouts as a percentage of target are shown in the table below.

2021 Performance Achievement

The following chart provides a breakdown of 2021 annual incentive award measurement by performance measurement category and the total 2021 incentive award as a percentage of salary. Final award measurement for the NEOs reflects actual results.

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Equity Compensation

The Compensation Committee believes that the long-term value of the Company will be driven by the execution of its long-term strategies. Accordingly, Tejon uses long-term equity incentives to align senior management’s interests with shareholders’ interests. The Compensation Committee believes that management should own stock and that teamwork among the management group is important in meeting business goals. Therefore, long-term milestone incentives are goal-based, with common performance measures for all participants to encourage teamwork.

When granting shares whether the shares are performance or time vested, the Company’s practice is to determine annually a dollar amount of equity compensation to be provided, and to grant a number of performance shares and time vested shares that have a fair market value equal to that amount on the date of grant.

The CEO’s equity awards for the 2020-2022 long-term incentive plan measurement period were intended to cover three years of grants for each equity award vehicle. The Compensation Committee did not make any additional awards to the CEO in 2021 and will not make additional awards to the CEO during 2022.

At the end of 2019, the Board of the Company, on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, approved the 2020-2022 performance milestone measurement objectives that will be used to measure the vesting of performance milestone grants. The objectives are:

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Shares associated with the above performance milestones were granted in March 2020 with a target vesting date of December 2022. These shares cliff vest at the end of three years based on performance and are either achieved or forfeited. There is no maximum or threshold level achievement with the exception of Milestone 1 above, which if achieved prior to December 31, 2021, target shares are adjusted up by 25%. If Milestone 1 is achieved between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022, there is no adjustment to shares. Since Milestone 1 was not achieved by December 31, 2021, there was no adjustment. The following table identifies the target value and target shares granted in 2020, representing three years’ worth of long-term incentive grants based on performance of milestones at target:

During 2021, price-vested units that are tied to stock price appreciation over the next three years were granted. For measurement purposes target achievement represents a 5% CAGR from the grant price and maximum payout is two times the grant price upon the measurement date at the end of 2023. Grant date price was $17.29 resulting in a target share price of $20.02.

For awards previously granted with respect to the 2019-2021 period, the goal for cumulative cash from operations was $29,970,000. For the 2019-2020 period, goal achievement was 147.20% of the target objective, with actual cumulative cash from operations of $48,842,000. Maximum achievement is capped at 150% of target. These grants, which are referenced in footnote 2 to the Outstanding Equity Awards at 2021 Fiscal Year-End table that begins on page 47, vested, and were delivered in early March 2022 after approval by the Compensation Committee.

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Benefits and Perquisites

Retirement Plans

The Compensation Committee believes that retirement programs are important to the Company’s talent retention, as they contribute to the Company’s ability to be competitive with its peers. For many of our employees, including the Chief Operating Officer, and one of our Executive Vice Presidents of Real Estate, Tejon provides a pension plan and a 401(k) plan. In addition, the Company provides the Chief Operating Officer a supplemental executive retirement plan, or SERP. Based on their hiring dates, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, and our Senior Vice President and General Counsel are not included in the pension plan or SERP, which were frozen for entrance as of February 1, 2007, but are included in the 401(k) plan. During 2017, both the pension plan and SERP were frozen as to the accrual of future benefits.

The NEOs may elect to defer cash and equity-based compensation payable to them pursuant to the Company’s deferred compensation plan. This plan is designed to allow for retirement savings above the limits imposed by the IRS for 401(k) plans on an income tax-deferred basis. Cash amounts deferred into the plan are held in accounts with values indexed to the performance of selected mutual funds. Stock awards deferred into the plan can be converted to cash or kept in the Company’s stock. All participants to date have only deferred stock awards and have maintained stock in the plan. The Company does not provide a match on executive deferrals under the deferred compensation plan.

Change in Control Benefits

The Compensation Committee believes that shareholders’ interests will be best served if the interests of executive management are aligned with them, and that providing management with change in control benefits supports that objective by focusing executives on shareholder interests when considering strategic alternatives Change in control benefits, as provided in a change in control agreement with selected NEOs, are only provided upon a termination of employment without cause or a resignation for good reason in connection with a change in control. None of the agreements with our NEOs or other compensation plans, or arrangements provide for a gross-up payment or reimbursement for excise taxes that could be imposed on the executives. Beginning in 2019, equity awards are “double trigger” and have accelerated vesting only upon a change in control and termination of employment without cause or a resignation for good reason in connection with a change in control. Please refer to the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table on page 51 of this Proxy Statement for a more detailed description and an estimate of value of these benefits.

In addition to the foregoing change in control severance benefits, the NEOs who participate in the pension plan and SERP will also continue to be entitled to benefits under any existing pension plan and SERP as determined in accordance with the terms of those plans.

Separation or Severance Benefits

In some circumstances, the Compensation Committee believes it is in the Company’s best interest to provide a severance benefit in order to provide a smooth transition period for the Company when an executive leaves, even if the Company does not have a contractual obligation to provide a separation package. Separation benefits in the form of salary continuation and health benefits may be provided to departing executives on a case-by-case basis. These benefits have historically endured for approximately one year. A more detailed description of separation benefits payable to our NEOs is included below under “Fiscal Year 2021 Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control” beginning on page 51 of this Proxy Statement.

Unless the Compensation Committee determines otherwise, if an NEO’s employment with the Company is terminated for any reason, including death or disability, prior to vesting of all or any part of a restricted stock award or performance unit award, the NEO will forfeit to the Company the portion of the award that has not vested.

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Perquisites and Other Personal Benefits

The Compensation Committee reviews annually the perquisites that NEOs receive. The primary benefits for the NEOs are Company vehicles and related maintenance. In addition, the Chief Executive Officer receives additional life insurance in excess of the insurance that is part of the Company’s broad-based life insurance policy. This additional insurance supplement is necessary to provide the same three-time salary benefit that

other employees receive. These benefits are provided to attract and retain highly qualified executives, and because executives often place a higher value on these benefits relative to cost to the Company as compared to increases in cash compensation. In addition, the automobile benefit is provided to executives as well as other Company employees because the Company’s location and the size of the Company’s property necessitate extensive car travel.

Senior management also participates in the Company’s other benefit plans on the same terms as other employees. These plans include medical, dental, and life insurance.

Additional Compensation Information

Clawback Policy

The Company has a policy requiring a fixed course of action with respect to compensation adjustments following restatements of our financial statements. In the event that our Board determines there has been a restatement due to material noncompliance with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, the Board will review all incentive payments that were made to executive officers and all performance-based equity awards granted to executive officers that were vested in each case, on the basis of having met or exceeded such performance targets in grants or awards made during the three full fiscal years prior to the filing of the Current Report on Form 8-K announcing the restatement.

If such payments and/or vesting would have been lower had they been calculated based on such restated results, the Board will, to the extent permitted by governing law, seek to recoup for the benefit of the Company’s shareholders such payments to and/or equity awards held by executive officers who are found personally responsible for the material restatement, as determined by the Board, by requiring such executive officers to pay such amounts to the Company by set-off, by reducing future compensation, or by such other means or combination of means as the Board determines to be appropriate.

Stock Ownership Guidelines

The Company’s stock retention guidelines are as follows:

All NEOs are expected to make reasonably steady progress toward these ownership guidelines each year. As

of the filing of the 2022 Proxy Statement the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Operating Officer and the Executive Vice President of Real Estate have met the stock ownership guidelines. The Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer as of year-end has through the end of 2023 to meet guidelines based on 2019 promotion. The Senior Vice President, General Counsel has until 2026 to meet the above guidelines

Securities Trading Policies and Limitations

The Company has a policy that prohibits executive officers and directors from trading in Company stock while in the possession of material nonpublic information. The Company also maintains a non-trading period

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connected to year-end and quarter-end financial reporting periods. Executive officers and directors are also prohibited from trading in options, puts, calls, or other derivative instruments related to the Company’s stock. They are also prohibited from purchasing stock on margin, borrowing against the Company’s stock held in a margin account, or pledging stock as collateral for a loan.

The Company also maintains an Insider Trading Policy, under which directors, executive officers, and employees—and their designees—are prohibited from purchasing financial instruments (including prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars, and exchange funds) or otherwise engaging in transactions that hedge or offset, or are designed to hedge or offset, any decrease in the market value of the Company’s equity securities that were granted to the employee or director by the Company as compensation or that are held, directly or indirectly, by the employee or director.

Tax Considerations

Under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, annual compensation paid to covered employees in excess of $1 million dollars will not be deductible (other than in the case of certain arrangements in place as of November 2, 2017). Although the Company continues to tie a majority of executive compensation to performance-based compensation elements, due to Section 162(m) not all compensation paid to our executive officers will be deductible.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

Directors Betts, Leggio, Metcalfe, Stack, and Tisch served on the Compensation Committee during 2021. No member of the Compensation Committee is or has been an officer or employee of the Company, or has had any relationship with the Company requiring disclosure under Item 404 of Regulation S-K.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT

The Compensation Committee has reviewed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and discussed that Compensation Discussion and Analysis with management. Based on its review and discussions with management, the Compensation Committee recommended to our Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in the Company’s 2022 Proxy Statement and incorporated by reference into the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. This report is provided by the following independent directors, who comprised the Compensation Committee for 2021.

Steven A. Betts (Chairman),

Anthony L. Leggio,

Norman J. Metcalfe (Ex Officio),

Geoffrey L. Stack,

Daniel R. Tisch

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Fiscal Year 2021 Summary Compensation Table

The following table summarizes the total compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to each of the NEOs for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019.

The value of stock awards is the grant date fair value of awards computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The grant date fair value for grants with performance conditions includes the estimated probable outcome of the performance condition. Further information regarding stock awards can be found in Note 11, Stock Compensation Plan, to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

At maximum achievement, the value received under the price-vested unit awards granted in 2021 $0 for Mr. Bielli, $250,635 for Mr. Lyda, $188,496 for Mr. McMahon, and $126,510 for Mr. Velasquez.

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Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2021

The following table provides information about awards granted to the NEOs in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

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Outstanding Equity Awards at 2021 Fiscal Year-End

The following table provides information on the current holdings of restricted stock, and performance unit awards of the NEOs. This table includes unvested stock grants, as well as performance share grants with performance conditions that have not yet been satisfied. Each equity grant for equity that was outstanding as of December 31, 2021, is shown separately for each NEO. The market value of the stock awards is based on the closing market price of Tejon stock as of December 31, 2021, which was $19.08 per share. The market value as of December 31, 2021, shown below assumes satisfaction of performance objectives at the target level of achievement.