101 Montgomery Street, Suite 200

San Francisco, California 94104

(415) 655-4580

March 16, 2018

Dear Fellow Stockholder:

You are cordially invited to attend the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Terreno Realty Corporation. This meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, at 8:00 a.m., local time, at our corporate headquarters, 101 Montgomery Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, California 94104.

The attached proxy statement, accompanied by the notice of meeting, describes the matters expected to be acted upon at the meeting. We urge you to review these materials carefully and to use this opportunity to take part in the affairs of Terreno Realty Corporation by voting on the matters described in the proxy statement. Following the formal portion of the meeting, our directors and management team will be available to answer appropriate questions.

Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, please authorize a proxy to vote your shares as promptly as possible by calling the toll-free telephone number or via the Internet. If you received a proxy card by mail, you may complete the enclosed proxy card and return it as promptly as possible. The proxy statement and the enclosed proxy card contain instructions regarding all three methods of voting. If your shares of common stock are held by a broker, bank or other nominee, please follow the instructions you receive from your broker, bank or other nominee to have your shares of common stock voted. If you attend the meeting, you may continue to have your shares voted as you have previously instructed or you may withdraw your proxy at the meeting and vote your shares in person.

We have also enclosed a copy of our 2017 Annual Report. Thank you for your interest in Terreno Realty Corporation.

Sincerely,

TERRENO REALTY CORPORATION

101 Montgomery Street, Suite 200

San Francisco, California 94104

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

To be Held on May 1, 2018

To Our Stockholders:

Notice is hereby given that the 2018 annual meeting of the stockholders of Terreno Realty Corporation, a Maryland corporation, will be held on Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 8:00 a.m., local time, at our corporate headquarters, 101 Montgomery Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, California 94104. At the meeting, stockholders will consider and vote on the following matters:

If you were a stockholder of record of our common stock as of the close of business on March 1, 2018, you can vote in person or by proxy at the meeting. If you do not plan to attend the meeting and vote in person, please authorize a proxy to vote your shares in one of the following ways (if you received paper copies of the proxy materials):

If you received a notice of internet availability of proxy materials, please follow the voting instructions in that notice. If your shares of common stock are held by a broker, bank or other nominee, please follow the instructions you receive from your broker, bank or other nominee to have your shares of common stock voted. Stockholders who authorize a proxy over the Internet, who authorize a proxy by telephone or who return proxy cards by mail prior to the meeting may nonetheless attend the meeting, revoke their proxies and vote their shares in person.

By Order of our Board of Directors
W. Blake Baird Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

San Francisco, California

March 16, 2018

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TERRENO REALTY CORPORATION

101 Montgomery Street, Suite 200

San Francisco, California 94104

(415) 655-4580

PROXY STATEMENT

2018 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

A: We sent you this proxy statement and the enclosed proxy card because our board of directors is soliciting proxies to be voted at our annual meeting. The annual meeting will be held at our corporate headquarters, 101 Montgomery Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, California 94104 on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, at 8:00 a.m., Pacific Time. This proxy statement summarizes the information you need to know to vote by proxy or in person at the annual meeting. You do not need to attend the annual meeting in person in order to vote.

A: The proxy statement, the enclosed proxy card and the 2017 annual report are being mailed or made available to stockholders beginning on or about March 16, 2018. As permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, certain of our stockholders may receive a notice of internet availability of proxy materials, or Notice, which is first being sent to stockholders on or about March 16, 2018, containing information on the availability of our proxy materials on the Internet. Stockholders who received the Notice will not receive a paper copy of our proxy materials unless requested in the manner described in the Notice. The Notice explains how to access and review this proxy statement and our 2017 annual report and how you may vote by proxy.

A: All stockholders of record of our common stock as of the close of business on March 1, 2018, the record date, are entitled to receive notice of the annual meeting and to cast one vote for each share of common stock they held of record at the close of business on the record date.

A: Stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all votes entitled to be cast, as of the close of business on the record date, will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the annual meeting. No business may be conducted at the meeting if a quorum is not present. Broker non-votes (defined below) and abstentions will be counted as present in determining whether or not there is a quorum. As of the close of business on the record date, 55,484,436 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding.

If stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all votes entitled to be cast are not present, in person or by proxy, at the annual meeting, the chairman of the meeting may adjourn the annual meeting to another date, time or place, not later than 120 days after the original record date of March 1, 2018. Notice need not be given of the new date, time or place if announced at the meeting before an adjournment is taken.

A: You are entitled to cast one vote for each share of our common stock you owned of record on the record date on each item submitted to you for consideration.

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A: Whether or not you plan to attend the annual meeting, we urge you to authorize your proxy to vote. If you received a Notice, please follow the voting instructions in the Notice to authorize your proxy. If you received paper copies of the proxy materials, you may authorize your proxy by completing, dating, signing and promptly returning the proxy card in the self-addressed stamped envelope provided. You may also authorize your proxy to vote your shares by the Internet or telephone as described in your proxy card. If your shares of common stock are held by a broker, bank or other nominee, please follow the instructions you receive from your broker, bank or other nominee to have your shares of common stock voted. Your proxy (one of the individuals named in your proxy card) will vote your shares per your instructions. Authorizing your proxy by mailing a proxy card, the Internet or telephone will not limit your right to attend the annual meeting and vote your shares in person.

A: If you have shares held through a broker, bank or other nominee, you should instruct your broker, bank or other nominee to vote your shares by following the instructions that the broker, bank or other nominee provides to you. Most brokers, banks or other nominees allow you to provide voting instructions by the Internet, mail or telephone.

A: You are being asked to consider and vote on the following proposals:

In addition, your proxies will have the authority to vote in their discretion as to any other business as may properly come before the annual meeting, including any adjournments or postponements thereof.

The following table sets forth the voting requirements with respect to each of the proposals:

In respect of Proposals 1, 2 and 3, abstentions and broker non-votes are not counted as votes cast and will have no effect on the result of the vote.

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A: Our board of directors does not know of any other matters that may be properly brought before the annual meeting nor does it foresee or have reason to believe that proxy holders will have to vote for substitute or alternate nominees for election to our board of directors. In the event that any other matter should properly come before the annual meeting or any nominee is not available for election, the persons named in the enclosed proxy will have discretionary authority to vote all proxies with respect to such matters in accordance with their discretion.

A: If you are a stockholder of record and properly submit your proxy via the Internet, mail or telephone, your proxy will be voted at the annual meeting in accordance with your directions. If you sign and return a proxy card without giving specific voting instructions, then the Company-designated proxy holders will vote your shares in the manner recommended by our board of directors on all matters presented in this proxy statement and as the proxy holders may determine in their discretion regarding any other matters properly presented for a vote at the meeting.

If you are a beneficial owner of shares and your broker, bank or nominee does not receive instructions from you about how your shares are to be voted, one of two things can happen, depending on the type of proposal. Pursuant to NYSE, rules, brokers, banks and nominees have discretionary power to vote your shares with respect to “routine” matters such as the ratification of the appointment of our independent registered certified public accounting firm, but they do not have discretionary power to vote your shares on “non-routine” matters. The election of directors and the non-binding, advisory approval of executive compensation are considered non-routine matters. A broker, bank or nominee may not vote your shares with respect to non-routine matters if you have not provided instructions. This is called a “broker non-vote.” We strongly encourage you to submit your proxy with instructions and exercise your right to vote as a stockholder.

A: We have paid the entire expense of preparing, printing and mailing this proxy statement, the Notice and any additional materials furnished to stockholders.

A: Yes. There will be time allotted at the end of the meeting when our representatives will answer appropriate questions from the floor.

A: Our bylaws currently provide that in order for a stockholder to nominate a candidate for election as a director at an annual meeting of stockholders or propose business for consideration at such meeting, written notice accompanied by the information and other materials specified in our bylaws generally must be delivered to our corporate secretary not later than the close of business on the 120th day, and not earlier than the 150th day, prior to the first anniversary of the date of the notice for the preceding year’s annual meeting. Accordingly, a stockholder nomination or proposal intended to be considered at the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders, but not included in our proxy statement, generally must be received by our corporate secretary after October 17, 2018 and prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, the close of business, on November 16, 2018. If the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders is scheduled to take place before April 1, 2019 or after May 31, 2019, then notice must be delivered no earlier than the 150th day prior to the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and not later than the close of business on the later of the 120th day prior to the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders is first made by

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the Company. If the number of directors to be elected at the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders is increased, and there is no public announcement of such increase before November 6, 2018, then notice of nominees for any new positions created by such increase must be delivered not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, the close of business, on the later of November 6, 2018 and the tenth day after the day on which public announcement of such increase is first made by the Company. Proposals or nominations and the other materials required by our bylaws should be mailed to the attention of our corporate secretary at 101 Montgomery Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94104. A copy of the bylaws may be obtained from our corporate secretary by written request to the same address.

The date by which we must receive stockholder proposals for inclusion in the proxy materials relating to the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders, or for presentation at such meeting, is November 16, 2018. Stockholder proposals to be included in our proxy materials relating to the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders must comply with all of the applicable requirements set forth in the rules and regulations of the SEC including Rule 14a-8. Our board of directors will review any stockholder proposals that are timely submitted and will determine whether such proposals meet the criteria for inclusion in the proxy solicitation materials or for consideration at the 2019 annual meeting.

A: Yes. Proxies properly submitted by the Internet, mail or telephone do not preclude a stockholder from voting in person at the meeting. A stockholder may revoke a proxy at any time prior to its exercise by filing with our corporate secretary a duly executed revocation of proxy, by properly submitting, either by Internet, mail or telephone, a proxy to our corporate secretary bearing a later date or by appearing at the meeting and voting in person. Attendance at the meeting will not by itself constitute revocation of a proxy. If you have shares held through a broker, bank or other nominee and you instructed your broker, bank or other nominee to vote your shares by following the instructions that the broker, bank or other nominee provided to you, you may change your voting instructions by submitting new voting instructions to your broker, bank or other nominee.

A: Yes. Our website is located at http://www.terreno.com. Although the information contained on our website is not part of this proxy statement and is not incorporated by reference in this proxy statement, you can view additional information on the website, such as our corporate governance guidelines, our code of business conduct and ethics, charters of our board committees and reports that we file with the SEC.

A: This proxy statement and our 2017 annual report, including our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, are available at www.proxyvote.com. Instead of receiving copies of our future annual reports, proxy statements, proxy cards and, when applicable, notices of internet availability of proxy materials, by mail, you can consent to receiving such materials electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above, on your proxy card or on the Notice to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy materials electronically in future years.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE STOCKHOLDER MEETING TO BE HELD ON MAY 1, 2018:

This proxy statement and our 2017 annual report, including our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, are available at www.proxyvote.com.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND RELATED MATTERS

Our business is managed under the direction of our board of directors. Our board of directors establishes our overall corporate policies, reviews our business strategy, reviews the performance of our senior management in executing our business strategy and managing our day-to-day operations and acts as an advisor to our senior management. Our board’s mission is to further the long-term interests of our stockholders. Members of our board of directors are kept informed of our business through discussions with our management, primarily at meetings of our board of directors and its committees, and through reports and analyses presented to them. Significant communications between our directors and senior management occur apart from such meetings. Our board of directors and each of its committees – audit, compensation and nominating and corporate governance – also have the authority to retain, at our expense, outside counsel, consultants or other advisors in the performance of their duties. Except for Gabriela Franco Parcella, a new nominee to our board of directors, each of the nominees is currently a director of the Company.

Charters for the audit, compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees, our corporate governance guidelines and our code of business conduct and ethics may be viewed on our website at http://www.terreno.com under the “Investors & Media” tab under the subheading “Corporate Profile” and under the heading entitled “Governance Documents.” These documents are also available without charge to stockholders who request them by contacting Terreno Realty Corporation — Investor Relations, 101 Montgomery Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, California 94104.

Independent Directors

Under the corporate governance standards of the NYSE, at least a majority of our directors and all of the members of the audit committee, compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee must meet the test of “independence” as defined by the NYSE. The NYSE standards provide that to qualify as an “independent” director, in addition to satisfying certain bright-line criteria, our board of directors must affirmatively determine that a director has no material relationship with us (either directly or as a partner, shareholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with us). In addition, our corporate governance guidelines provide that at least annually, our board of directors will evaluate all relationships between the Company and each director in light of relevant facts and circumstances for the purposes of determining whether a material relationship exists that might signal a potential conflict of interest or that might cause the director to cease to meet the applicable independence requirements or interfere with such director’s ability to satisfy his or her duties as a director. Our board of directors has determined that each of Mr. Carlson, Ms. Parcella, Mr. Pasquale and Mr. Polk is an “independent” director under the corporate governance standards of the NYSE and the SEC. Therefore, following the election of the director nominees at the annual meeting, we believe that 67% of our board members will be independent under those rules. Peter J. Merlone, a current board member who is not up for re-election at the annual meeting, was also determined by our board of directors to be an “independent” director under the corporate governance standards of the NYSE and the SEC.

Executive Sessions

Our non-management directors meet regularly in separate executive sessions without management participation. The executive sessions typically occur after each regularly scheduled meeting of our entire board of directors and at such other times that our non-management directors deem appropriate. The executive sessions are chaired by Mr. Pasquale, our Lead Director.

Nominations for Directors

The nominating and corporate governance committee will consider nominees for director suggested by stockholders in written submissions to our corporate secretary. Our bylaws currently provide that in order for a stockholder to nominate a candidate for election as a director at an annual meeting of stockholders or propose

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business for consideration at such meeting, written notice containing the information and materials required by our bylaws generally must be delivered to our corporate secretary not later than the close of business on the 120th day, and not earlier than the 150th day, prior to the first anniversary of the date of the notice for the preceding year’s annual meeting.

In evaluating nominees for director, the nominating and corporate governance committee does not differentiate between nominees recommended by stockholders and others. The nominating and corporate governance committee develops and recommends to our board of directors for its consideration and approval such criteria for identifying and recommending prospective nominees for election as directors as the nominating and corporate governance committee deems necessary or advisable in the context of the current make-up of our board of directors. The criteria include such factors as diversity, age, qualities (such as character, professional integrity, independence, judgment and business acumen), skills and experience, industry knowledge, requirements of the NYSE to maintain a minimum number of independent directors, requirements of the SEC to have persons with financial expertise on the Company’s audit committee, the ability of a candidate to devote sufficient time to the affairs of the Company, any actual or potential conflicts of interest, and the extent to which the candidate generally would be a desirable addition to our board of directors and any committees of our board of directors.

We do not have a formal diversity policy. However, the criteria above include a broad range of factors such as relevant experience, independence, commitment, compatibility with our board of directors and its committees and diversity.

Communications with our Board of Directors

Our board of directors has implemented a process by which our stockholders or any interested parties may communicate with our board of directors as a whole or with individual members of our board of directors. Communications directed at our board of directors as a whole should be addressed to Terreno Realty Corporation, 101 Montgomery Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, California 94104, Attn: Corporate Secretary, and communications directed at individual directors, including our Lead Director, should be addressed to the attention of the individual director at the same address. Such communications may be made on an anonymous or confidential basis. Our board of directors has instructed our Corporate Secretary to promptly forward all such communications to the specified addressees thereof.

Board Leadership Structure

Our corporate governance guidelines provide that our board of directors will periodically appoint a chairman of the board, who may either be independent or a management director, including our chief executive officer. The positions of chairman and chief executive officer are currently occupied by one individual, Mr. Baird. Our board of directors believes that this leadership structure serves us well, as Mr. Baird’s deep industrial real estate expertise across markets and cycles, as well as extensive public REIT operating experience, uniquely qualify him to serve as both chairman and chief executive officer. Combining the chairman and chief executive officer roles fosters clear accountability, effective decision-making and aligns corporate strategy with the Company’s day-to-day operations. Combining the roles also promotes unified leadership and direction for our board of directors and management.

In his combined role, Mr. Baird sets the agenda for board meetings in consultation with our Lead Director and presides over all meetings of the full board. Since the chairman and chief executive officer positions are currently occupied by Mr. Baird, our board of directors appointed Mr. Pasquale, an independent director, as our Lead Director to ensure strong independent oversight. As Lead Director, Mr. Pasquale chairs the executive sessions of the non-employee directors, facilitates communications and resolves conflicts, if any, between our non-employee directors, other directors and our management and consults with and provides counsel to our chief executive officer as needed or requested. In performing these duties, our Lead Director consults with the

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chairpersons of the appropriate committees of our board of directors and solicits their participation in order to avoid diluting the authority or responsibility of the board committees and their chairpersons.

Risk Oversight

Our board of directors provides oversight of the Company’s risk exposure by receiving periodic reports from senior management regarding matters relating to financial, operational, legal and strategic risks and mitigation strategies for such risks. In addition, as reflected in the audit committee charter, our board of directors has delegated to the audit committee responsibility to discuss and evaluate our policies and guidelines with respect to risk assessment and risk management. During these discussions, the audit committee may discuss or consider our major financial risk exposures and the steps that our management has taken to monitor and control such exposures.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

Our board of directors has adopted a code of business conduct and ethics that applies to all of our directors, officers and employees. Day-to-day responsibility for administering and interpreting our code of business conduct and ethics has been delegated by our board of directors to our President. Our code of business conduct and ethics contains compliance procedures, allows for the anonymous reporting of a suspected violation of our code of business conduct and ethics and specifically forbids retaliation against any officer or employee who reports suspected misconduct in good faith. The provisions of our code of business conduct and ethics may only be amended, or waived for the benefit of our directors and executive officers, by our board of directors or, if permitted, a committee of our board of directors. Such waivers or amendments must be promptly disclosed to our stockholders in accordance with applicable laws and rules and regulations of the NYSE. In February 2018, we amended our code of business conduct and ethics to prohibit new investment in member companies of the FTSE NAREIT Equity Industrial Index. We intend to disclose any amendments or waivers to our code of business conduct and ethics that apply to any of our executive officers on our website at http://www.terreno.com. The full text of our code of business conduct and ethics is available on our website at http://www.terreno.com, under the heading “Investors & Media”, under the subheading “Corporate Profile” and under the heading entitled “Governance Documents.”

Corporate Governance Guidelines

Our board of directors has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines, a copy of which is available on our website at http://www.terreno.com under the heading “Investors & Media”, under the subheading “Corporate Profile” and under the heading entitled “Governance Documents.”

MEETINGS AND COMMITTEES OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Meetings

During the year ended December 31, 2017, our board of directors held a total of four meetings. Our directors attended 96% of the aggregate of (i) the number of the meetings of our board of directors which were held during the period that such person served on our board of directors and (ii) the number of meetings of committees of our board of directors held during the period that such person served on such committee. Members of our board of directors are encouraged to attend the annual meeting, but we currently do not have a formal policy with regard to the attendance of Board members at the annual meeting. All of our directors attended our 2017 Annual Meeting.

Committee Membership

Our board of directors has established three standing committees of our board of directors: the audit committee; the compensation committee; and the nominating and corporate governance committee, and has adopted written charters for each committee.

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The current members of our board committees are as follows:

Subject to her election at the annual meeting, we expect that Ms. Parcella will be appointed to the Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance committees.

Audit Committee. The audit committee is composed of Messrs. Carlson, Merlone, Pasquale and Polk, each of whom is an independent director and “financially literate” under the rules of the NYSE and the SEC. Mr. Carlson chairs the audit committee and has been determined by our board of directors to be an audit committee financial expert within the meaning of the rules of the SEC. The audit committee met four times during the year ended December 31, 2017.

The purposes of the audit committee are to:

The audit committee is also responsible for engaging our independent registered certified public accounting firm, reviewing with the independent registered certified public accounting firm the plans and results of the audit engagement, approving professional services provided by the independent registered certified public accounting firm, reviewing the independence of the independent registered certified public accounting firm, considering the range of audit and non-audit fees and reviewing the adequacy of our internal accounting controls.

Compensation Committee. The compensation committee is composed of Messrs. Carlson, Merlone, Pasquale and Polk, each of whom is an independent director under the rules of the NYSE and the SEC. Mr. Merlone chairs the compensation committee. The compensation committee met two times during the year ended December 31, 2017.

The purposes of the compensation committee are to:

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Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The nominating and corporate governance committee is composed of Messrs. Carlson, Merlone, Pasquale and Polk, each of whom is an independent director under the rules of the NYSE and the SEC. Mr. Polk chairs the nominating and corporate governance committee. The nominating and corporate governance committee met one time during the year ended December 31, 2017.

The purposes of the nominating and corporate governance committee are to:

Other Committees

Our board of directors may from time to time establish special or standing committees to facilitate the management of the Company or to discharge specific duties delegated to the committee by our full board of directors. Our board of directors has established the following committee:

Investment Committee. Our investment committee is currently composed of Mr. Baird and Mr. Coke. Our board of directors has delegated to our investment committee the authority to approve any investment under $100 million. Our board of directors must approve any investments of $100 million or more. Approval by our investment committee requires a unanimous vote and may be given with conditions.

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PROPOSAL 1 – ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Our board of directors proposes that the nominees described below each be elected to serve until the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify. Other than Ms. Parcella, all of the nominees are currently serving as our directors. Mr. Merlone, a current member of our board of directors, is not up for re-election and will be retiring from our board following the annual meeting. Ms. Parcella was recommended to our board of directors by the Nominating and Corporate Governance committee. The biographical descriptions for the nominees include the specific experience, qualifications, attributes and skills that led to the conclusion by our board of directors in the last sentence of each biography that such person should serve as a director.

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RECOMMENDATION – Our board of directors unanimously recommends a vote “FOR” each named nominee.

Vote Required – Majority Vote Standard for Election of Directors

Our bylaws provide that the vote standard for election of directors is a “majority vote of the votes cast” standard in uncontested elections of directors. This means that in an uncontested election, a nominee is elected as a director if he or she receives more “for” votes than the total number of “against” votes. In an election where the number of nominees is greater than the number of directors to be elected at the meeting, the nominees will be elected by a plurality of the votes cast in the election of directors.

Under our corporate governance guidelines, any director who fails to be elected by a majority vote is required to tender his or her resignation to our board of directors, subject to acceptance. The nominating and corporate governance committee will make a recommendation to our board of directors on whether to accept or reject the resignation or whether other action should be taken. Our board of directors will then act on the nominating and corporate governance committee’s recommendation and publicly disclose its decision and the rationale behind it within 90 days from the date of the certification of election results. If the resignation is not accepted, the director will continue to serve until the next annual meeting and until the director’s successor is duly elected and qualifies. The director who tenders his or her resignation will not participate in our board’s decision.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

As of the date of this proxy statement, our executive officers are as follows:

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Mr. Baird and Mr. Coke also serve as directors. Their biographical information can be found in the section entitled “Proposal 1 – Election of Directors” of this proxy statement. The following is a biographical summary of the experience of Mr. Burke, Mr. Cannon and Mr. Meyer:

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PROPOSAL 2 – NON-BINDING, ADVISORY APPROVAL OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

General

As required by Section 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, our board of directors is submitting for stockholder action the resolution set forth below to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation paid to our named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement. This is commonly known as, and is referred to in this proxy statement as, a “say-on-pay” proposal or resolution. At the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders, our stockholders voted, on a non-binding, advisory basis, for the Company to hold future, non-binding advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers on an annual basis. After taking into consideration this voting result and the prior recommendation of our board of directors in favor of an annual non-binding, advisory stockholder vote on the compensation of our named executive officers, the board of directors determined that it intends to continue to hold non-binding advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers every year.

This say-on-pay proposal gives our stockholders the opportunity to express their views on the compensation of our named executive officers. We are asking our stockholders to indicate their support for the compensation of our named executive officers as described in this proxy statement. This vote is not limited to any specific item of compensation, but rather addresses the overall compensation of our named executive officers and our philosophy, policies and practices relating to their compensation as a whole as described in this proxy statement.

As described in detail under the heading “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” in this proxy statement, our executive compensation programs are designed to attract, retain and motivate our named executive officers, who are critical to our success. Our compensation programs are designed to create incentives for our named executive officers to maximize long-term stockholder value. Under these programs, our named executive officers are rewarded for the achievement of our annual, long-term and strategic objectives and the realization of increased stockholder value. Please refer to the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” in this proxy statement for additional details about our executive compensation programs, including information about the compensation of our named executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2017.

Text of Resolution

“RESOLVED, that the stockholders of the Company approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in this proxy statement pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion.”

RECOMMENDATION – Our board of directors unanimously recommends a vote FOR adoption of this resolution.

Vote Required; Effect of Vote

The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on this proposal will be required for adoption of this resolution. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be treated as votes cast and, accordingly, will have no effect on the outcome of the vote on this proposal.

The say-on-pay resolution is advisory, and therefore will not have any binding legal effect on the Company, our board of directors or the compensation committee and may not be construed as overruling a decision by the Company, our board of directors or the compensation committee or to create or imply any change to the fiduciary duties of our board of directors. Furthermore, because this non-binding, advisory resolution primarily relates to compensation of the named executive officers that has already been paid or contractually committed, there is generally no opportunity for us to revisit those decisions.

However, the compensation committee does value the opinions of our stockholders and intends to take the results of the vote on this proposal into account in its future decisions regarding the compensation of our named executive officers.

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PROPOSAL 3 – RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The audit committee has selected and appointed the firm of Ernst & Young LLP to act as our independent registered certified public accounting firm for 2018. Ratification of the appointment of our independent registered certified public accounting firm requires a majority of the votes cast on this proposal. Any votes not cast, whether by abstention, broker non-vote, or otherwise, will have no impact on the vote.

RECOMMENDATION: Our board of directors unanimously recommends that the stockholders vote FOR ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP.

Although stockholder ratification of the appointment of our independent registered certified public accounting firm is not required by our bylaws or otherwise, we are submitting the selection of Ernst & Young LLP to our stockholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate governance practice. Even if the selection is ratified, the audit committee in its discretion may select a different independent registered certified public accounting firm at any time if it determines that such a change would be in our best interest and the best interests of our stockholders. If our stockholders do not ratify the audit committee’s selection, the audit committee will take that fact into consideration, together with such other factors it deems relevant, in determining its next selection of independent registered certified public accounting firm.

In choosing our independent registered certified public accounting firm, the audit committee conducts a comprehensive review of the qualifications of those individuals who will lead and serve on the engagement team, the quality control procedures the firm has established and any material issue raised by the most recent quality control review of the firm. The review also includes matters required to be considered under the SEC rules on auditor independence, including the nature and extent of non-audit services to ensure that they will not impair the independence of any such firm.

Representatives of Ernst & Young LLP are expected to be present at the annual meeting. These representatives will have an opportunity to make a statement if they so desire and will be available to respond to appropriate questions.

Fees Paid to Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm

Aggregate fees for professional services rendered by Ernst & Young LLP, our independent certified registered public accounting firm, during the years ended December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 were as follows:

Audit Fees

Audit fees for 2017 and 2016 were incurred for professional services in connection with the audit of our consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, reviews of our interim consolidated financial statements, which were included in each of our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q during the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 and comfort letters.

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Audit-Related Fees

There were no fees billed for 2017 or 2016 for assurance and related services that were reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and that are not reported under “Audit Fees.”

Tax Fees

There were no fees billed for 2017 or 2016 related to tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning services rendered by Ernst & Young LLP.

All Other Fees

All other fees set forth in the tables above for 2017 and 2016 represent fees and expenses for products and services that are not “Audit Fees”, “Audit-Related Fees” or “Tax Fees.”

Pre-Approval Procedures

The Audit Committee pre-approves all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the independent registered certified public accounting firm unless an exception to such pre-approval exists under the Exchange Act or the rules of the SEC. These services may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services. The Audit Committee approved all audit and non-audit services provided to us by our principal accountant during the 2017 and 2016 fiscal years.

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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

The following report of the audit committee does not constitute soliciting material and should not be deemed filed or incorporated by reference into any of our other filings under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

In accordance with its written charter adopted by the board of directors, the audit committee’s role is to assist the board of directors in the oversight of the integrity of the Company’s financial statements, the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, the qualifications, independence and performance of the Company’s independent auditors and the Company’s internal audit function. The audit committee currently consists of four members, each of whom is “independent” as that term is defined by the governance standards of the NYSE and the rules and regulations of the SEC.

Management is responsible for the Company’s financial reporting process including its system of internal controls, and for the preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company’s independent auditors are responsible for auditing those financial statements. It is the audit committee’s responsibility to monitor and review these processes. It is not the audit committee’s duty or responsibility to conduct auditing or accounting reviews or procedures. The audit committee does not consist of the Company’s employees and it may not be, and may not represent itself to be or to serve as, accountants or accountants by profession or experts in the fields of accounting or auditing. Therefore, the audit committee has relied on management’s representation that the financial statements have been prepared with integrity and objectivity and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and on the representations of the Company’s independent auditors included in their report on our financial statements. The audit committee’s oversight does not provide it with an independent basis to determine that management has maintained appropriate accounting and financial reporting principles or policies, or appropriate internal controls and procedures designed to assure compliance with accounting standards and applicable laws and regulations. Furthermore, the audit committee’s considerations and discussions with management and with our independent auditors do not assure that our financial statements are presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, that the audit of our financial statements has been carried out in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards or that the Company’s independent auditors are in fact “independent.”

In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the audit committee reviewed the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017 with management, including a discussion of the quality of the accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant judgments, the clarity of disclosures in the financial statements and the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting. The audit committee reviewed the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017 with our independent auditors and discussed with them all of the matters required to be discussed by Statement of Auditing Standards No. 1301 (Communications with Audit Committees), as amended and as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, including their judgments as to the quality, not just the acceptability, of our accounting principles. In addition, the audit committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from our independent auditors required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent auditors’ communications with the audit committee concerning independence and has discussed with our independent auditors their independence from our management and from us. Upon its review, the audit committee has satisfied itself as to our independent auditors’ independence.

Based on the review and discussions with management and the independent auditors, and subject to the limitations on its role and responsibilities described above, the audit committee recommended to the board of directors, and the board of directors has approved, that the audited financial statements be included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017. The undersigned members of the audit committee have submitted this report to the Company.

Members of the Audit Committee

LeRoy E Carlson, Chair

Peter J. Merlone

Douglas M. Pasquale

Dennis Polk

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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT

The undersigned members of the compensation committee of the board of directors of Terreno Realty Corporation submit this report in connection with our review of the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this proxy statement for the year ended December 31, 2017.

We have reviewed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and have discussed it with management. Based on the reviews and discussions referred to above, we recommended to the board of directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this proxy statement be included in this proxy statement.

Members of the Compensation Committee

Peter J. Merlone, Chair

LeRoy E. Carlson

Douglas M. Pasquale

Dennis Polk

Risk Considerations in our Compensation Programs

The compensation committee has reviewed our compensation structures and policies as they pertain to risk and has determined that our compensation programs do not create or encourage the taking of risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

No member of the compensation committee during 2017 was an officer, employee or former officer of ours or any of our subsidiaries or had any relationship that would be considered a compensation committee interlock and would require disclosure in this proxy statement pursuant to SEC regulations. None of our executive officers served as a member of a compensation committee or a director of another entity under the circumstances requiring disclosure in this proxy statement pursuant to SEC regulations.

Policy Concerning Hedging and Pledging Transactions

Our insider trading policy prohibits our officers, directors and employees from engaging in transactions of a speculative nature involving our securities. The policy prohibits short sales and other hedging transactions and also generally prohibits transactions involving derivative securities, such as options, warrants, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights or similar rights whose value is derived from the value of our equity securities. The policy prohibits all of our directors and officers from margining our securities, holding our securities in a margin account or pledging our securities as collateral for a loan unless such pledge is pre-approved by our Audit Committee. There have been no such approvals of any pledges to date. Further, our code of business conduct and ethics prohibits new investment and other trading in the member companies of the FTSE NAREIT Equity Industrial Index.

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Overview

The following discussion is intended to supplement the more detailed information concerning executive compensation that appears in the tables and the accompanying narrative that follows. It is also intended to provide both a review of our compensation policies and programs for 2017 and describe our compensation policies and programs with respect to our executive officers. Our goal is to provide a better understanding of our compensation practices and the decisions made concerning the compensation payable to our executive officers, consisting of our chairman and chief executive officer, Mr. Baird, our president, Mr. Coke, and our executive vice presidents, Mr. Burke, Mr. Cannon and Mr. Meyer, in the “Summary Compensation Table” below. These officers are referred to herein as the “named executive officers.”

The compensation committee of our board of directors designs and administers our executive compensation programs. All principal elements of compensation paid to our executive officers are subject to approval by the compensation committee. The Compensation Committee Report appears on page 19 of this proxy statement.

Objectives

The principal objectives of our executive compensation programs are to:

Management’s and Advisor’s Role in Compensation Decisions

The compensation committee evaluates the performance of our chairman and chief executive officer, president and our executive officers and determines their compensation based on this evaluation. Mr. Baird and Mr. Coke make recommendations to the compensation committee for equity awards and other compensation to other employees throughout the Company. The compensation committee can accept or reject these recommendations as it sees fit. Under its charter, the compensation committee has the authority to engage independent compensation consultants or other advisors. To date, we have not retained a compensation consultant.

Principal Elements of Compensation and Total Direct Compensation

We have designed our executive compensation programs to include three principal elements—base salary, annual cash incentive bonus (for our executive vice presidents) and long-term equity incentives, in the form of common stock awards, which are integrated into our compensation programs and are intended to achieve different objectives. We believe that a competitive base salary is a necessary element of any compensation program that is designed to attract and retain talented and experienced executives. We believe that attractive base

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salaries can motivate and reward executives. We believe that annual cash incentive bonus payments can incent our executives to attain near-term business objectives. However, while important, such near-term business objectives, even if achieved, may not produce superior long-term shareholder value. Accordingly, we do not have an annual cash incentive bonus plan for Mr. Baird or Mr. Coke, which allows them to construct and evaluate our short-term objectives while more effectively thinking solely of long-term shareholder value creation. Our executive vice presidents are eligible to receive an annual cash incentive bonus based upon their individual performances, as further described below. We believe that long-term equity incentives align the interests of our executives and stockholders by motivating executives to increase stockholder value and rewarding executives when stockholder value increase.

Base Salaries. In order to attract and retain the most talented executives in our industry, we set the base salaries of executive officers at levels that are competitive with other companies engaged in the industrial real estate industry and of comparable size and scope that compete with us for executive talent. Base salaries are established in part based on the individual experience, skills and expected contributions during the coming year and the executive’s performance during the prior year.

Increases in base salary are left to the discretion of the compensation committee. Effective February 16, 2017, the compensation committee increased the base salaries of each of Mr. Baird and Mr. Coke to $785,000 and increased the base salaries of each of Mr. Burke, Mr. Cannon and Mr. Meyer to $308,000. Following a discussion, and based upon our named executive officers’ accomplishments in 2017 and the factors and objectives outlined in the previous paragraphs, effective February 16, 2018, the compensation committee increased the base salaries of each of Mr. Burke, Mr. Cannon and Mr. Meyer to $325,000.

Annual Cash Incentive Bonus. In order to more fully align compensation with long term shareholder value creation as stated above, and in order to increase the overall equity component in their pay mix, we do not have, nor are we currently planning to adopt, an annual cash incentive bonus plan for Mr. Baird or Mr. Coke, although we reserve our right to do so in the future. Our executive vice presidents, Mr. Burke, Mr. Cannon and Mr. Meyer, are eligible to receive an annual cash incentive bonus primarily based upon the achievement of individual performance objectives, which for 2017 included capital deployment, operational targets, raising debt and equity capital in accordance with the Company’s annual business plan and long-term strategic goals.

Long-Term Incentive Plan. In order to directly align the long-term incentive compensation of our executives with the achievement of enhanced value for our stockholders and to provide executives with the potential to earn equity awards subject to the long-term performance of our common stock, in 2010, the compensation committee adopted the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Long-Term Incentive Plan”). Under our Long-Term Incentive Plan, our executives are granted a target award (generally set as a percentage of the executive’s base salary) measured in dollars, that may be payable in shares of our common stock after the conclusion of each pre-established performance measurement period. Generally, performance measurement periods under the Long-Term Incentive Plan run for three calendar years and begin on January 1 of each year. These performance-based awards are variable incentive, at-risk awards. The performance goals to achieve any payout are high-reach and formulaic rather than qualitative. No dividends are paid to our executives related to these awards during the performance measurement periods.

The amount earned under our Long-Term Incentive Plan for any performance measurement period is determined by our success in attaining or exceeding performance goals linked to each of two metrics during the performance measurement period:

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The two main performance goals were established to focus our named executive officers on generating superior total stockholder return over time. Our compensation committee believes that achievement of the “target” level of performance of the two main performance goals, i.e., exceeding both applicable indices will require significant effort and substantial progress toward the goals of our strategic plan. If one of the performance goals is achieved at target level, each participating executive will receive an award equal to 50% of his target award attributable to such performance goal. Accordingly, if we achieve the target level for both performance goals, each participating executive will receive an award equal to 100% of his total target award for the performance period. If our performance is below the target level for a performance goal, then no payouts will be made with respect to such goal. To the extent that our performance exceeds either index by at least 100 basis points per year, each participating executive will receive an award equal to 150% of his target award and, if our performance exceeds both indices by at least 100 basis points per year, each participating executive will receive an award equal to 300% of his total target award. We believe achieving this maximum payout is difficult. In the event that our total stockholder return is negative for any performance period, even if we have outperformed the applicable indices, any incentive compensation earned for that performance period will be reduced by 50%, further aligning pay with stockholder returns. Once we have determined the dollar value of the award earned for any performance period, such amount is converted to shares of our common stock based on the average closing price of our common stock for the ten business days immediately preceding the day the shares are issued.

Effective with the grant of the 2014 awards under the Long-Term Incentive Plan, our board of directors, upon the recommendation of our compensation committee, amended the Long-Term Incentive Plan. Under the amended Long-Term Incentive Plan, if our total stockholder return for the performance measurement period exceeds the compound, annualized percentage return of one of the applicable indices for such period but the excess is less than 100 basis points per annum, the size of awards earned by participants with respect to such index will be determined by linear interpolation. By way of illustration only, if our total stockholder return is 50 basis points per annum in excess of the applicable index, participants will receive an award equal to 100% of the target award attributable to such index. The amended Long-Term Incentive Plan also provides that in the event that there is not a sufficient number of shares available under our equity incentive plan to settle awards, the awards will be settled in cash to the extent of such unavailability of shares.

Based on the methodology above, the total stockholder return of Terreno Realty Corporation, the FTSE NAREIT Equity Industrial Index and MSCI U.S. REIT Index (RMS) are listed below. Our compensation committee determined, based on the methodology described above, the following awards were earned for the performance measurement periods:

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Our compensation committee granted the following aggregate target awards to our executives under the Long-Term Incentive Plan in 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively, for the following performance measurement periods:

Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan. We believe that providing our executives with equity incentives will create longer-term alignment with stockholders and further meet the Company’s objectives of building equity ownership and meaningful value for the Company’s executives. As such, our executives are eligible to receive grants of time-vesting restricted stock under our Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan. On August 4, 2015, the compensation committee granted restricted stock awards to our executives in recognition of cumulative accomplishments and in order to help retain its key executives and align their long-term interests with those of our stockholders as follows: 125,000 shares of restricted common stock to each of Mr. Baird and Mr. Coke, and 12,500 shares of restricted common stock to each of Mr. Burke, Mr. Cannon and Mr. Meyer. These shares of restricted stock vest 100% on the fifth anniversary of the grant, subject to continued employment with the Company or its subsidiaries. Realized value for such awards increases or decreases based on the increase or decrease in the value of the Company’s stock over the vesting period, further aligning the incentive with stockholder value creation. No restricted common stock was granted to our executive officers in 2016 or 2017.

At-Risk Compensation. For 2017 approximately 50% of Mr. Baird and Mr. Coke’s direct compensation was at-risk equity based solely on total stockholder outperformance.

Other Elements of Compensation

Retirement Benefits. We maintain a 401(k) retirement plan in which all employees are eligible to participate on the same terms. Under the 401(k) retirement plan, we make contributions of up to 3% of the participant’s annual compensation. Our contributions are 100% vested when made and are subject to applicable IRS limits and regulations.

Severance Agreements. We entered into severance agreements with Messrs. Baird, Coke, Burke, Cannon and Meyer. A summary of these severance agreements appears in the section of this proxy statement entitled “Payments Upon Termination of Employment and Change of Control.” These agreements provide for various payments and benefits to the executives if their employment with us is terminated in certain circumstances. The circumstances in which payments may be made and the potential amounts of those payments are described in more detail below. These agreements are intended to ensure the ongoing commitment and continued attention and dedication of these executive officers to their assigned duties and to the best interest of our stockholders in the event of a change in control or other potential termination events.

Other Compensation Practices and Policies

Equity Award Grant Practices. The compensation committee generally makes annual equity awards to the named executive officers under the Long-Term Incentive Plan and to our non-executive employees under the Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan typically during the first quarter of each year. In 2016, 2017 and 2018, awards were made to our non-executive employees at the compensation committee’s regularly

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scheduled meetings in February. The grant date of those awards is the date of the meeting, which date is determined without regard to current or anticipated stock price levels or the release of material non-public information and is set during the prior calendar year.

The compensation committee may also make equity grants during the course of the year, primarily for new hires, promotions to retain valued employees, to award exceptional performance or otherwise. Generally, these grants are subject to performance or time vesting, and are issued on the date of compensation committee approval or upon a date certain following the grant approval date, such as the date on which a new hire commences his or her employment with the Company.

Section 162(m). The SEC requires that we comment on our policy with respect to Section 162(m) of the Code, which limits the deductibility on our tax return of compensation over $1 million to the chief executive officer and certain other highly compensated executive officers. Although certain qualifying “performance-based compensation” was previously exempt from this deduction limit, the recently-exacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made certain changes to Section 162(m) of the Code. Pursuant to such changes, “performance-based compensation” is no longer exempt under Section 162(m) of the Code effective for tax years beginning after January 1, 2018, subject to a transition rule for written binding contracts which were in effect on November 2, 2017 and which were not modified in any material respect on or after such date.

We are continuing to assess the impact of Section 162(m) of the Code on our compensation arrangements; however, we believe that, because we intend to maintain our qualification as a REIT under the Code and pay distributions sufficient to minimize federal income taxes, the payment of compensation that does not satisfy the requirements of Section 162(m) will generally not affect our net income. To the extent that compensation does not qualify for a deduction under Section 162(m), a larger portion of stockholder distributions may be subject to federal income taxation as dividend income rather than return of capital. We do not believe that Section 162(m) will materially affect the taxability of stockholder distributions, although no assurance can be given in this regard due to the variety of factors that affect the tax position of each stockholder. For these reasons, the compensation committee’s compensation policy and practices are not directly guided by considerations relating to Section 162(m).

Non-Binding Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. In determining executive compensation for 2017, the compensation committee also considered the results of the non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers at our 2017 and 2016 annual meetings of stockholders. Approximately 99% and 75%, respectively, of the shares voted on the matter at our 2017 and 2016 annual meetings of stockholders were cast in support of our compensation decisions and policies. The compensation committee considered stockholder support reflected by these results and determined to use the same approach and philosophy in 2018 as we used in 2017 in determining executive compensation.

Pay Ratio Disclosure Rule. Pursuant to a mandate of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the SEC adopted a rule requiring annual disclosure of the ratio of the median employee’s annual total compensation to the total annual compensation of the principal executive officer (“PEO”). The Company’s PEOs are Mr. Baird, our chief executive officer and Mr. Coke, our president. The purpose of the new required disclosure is to provide a measure of the equitability of pay within the organization. As set forth in the table below, our 2017 PEO to median employee pay ratio was 5.0.

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We identified the median employee, as of December 31, 2017, using the annual base salary and bonus paid during the year ended December 31, 2017 plus any stock awards granted in 2017 for all individuals who were employed by us on December 31, 2017. Employees were excluded from the determination of the median employee when the components of their compensation were not comparable to Mr. Baird and Mr. Coke, for example, because such employees were hired during the year and thus did not receive stock awards in 2017.

What We Do and Do Not Do. In summary, we do not: grant stock options or partnership units as compensation, allow pledging or hedging of our stock by employees or directors, allow new investment in member companies of the FTSE NAREIT Equity Industrial Index, allow excise tax gross ups or pay annual cash bonuses to Mr. Baird or Mr. Coke. We do: align pay with performance heavily weighted to at-risk, high degree of difficulty performance-based equity, require significant stock ownership and have double-trigger change of control provisions.

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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

The table below summarizes the total compensation paid or awarded to each of our named executive officers for 2017, 2016 and 2015. For a more thorough discussion of our executive compensation programs, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” which begins on page 20 of this proxy statement.

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Also includes an award of 125,000 shares of restricted stock granted to each of Mr. Baird and Mr. Coke on August 4, 2015 with a grant date fair value, computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, of $2,593,750, excluding the effect of estimated forfeitures. These shares of restricted stock vest 100% on the fifth anniversary of the grant date, subject to continued employment with the Company or its subsidiaries. This amount reflects the grant date fair value and may not correspond to the actual value that will be recognized. Refer to notes 2 and 10 to our consolidated financial statements in our annual report on Form 10-K for the 2015 fiscal year for a discussion of the relevant assumptions used in calculating the value. For a further description of the award, see the “Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End” table below.

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Also includes an award of 12,500 shares of restricted stock granted to each of Mr. Burke, Mr. Cannon and Mr. Meyer on August 4, 2015 with a grant date fair value, computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, of $259,375, excluding the effect of estimated forfeitures. These shares of restricted stock vest 100% on the fifth anniversary of the grant date, subject to continued employment with the Company or its subsidiaries. This amount reflects the grant date fair value and may not correspond to the actual value that will be recognized. Refer to notes 2 and 10 to our consolidated financial statements in our annual report on Form 10-K for the 2015 fiscal year for a discussion of the relevant assumptions used in calculating the value. For a further description of the award, see the “Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End” table below.

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GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS

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OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR END

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STOCK VESTED TABLE

The following table sets forth the number of shares of common stock that vested and the aggregate dollar value realized as a result of the vesting of restricted stock during fiscal 2017 with respect to our named executive officers:

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PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND CHANGE OF CONTROL

Severance agreements that we have entered into with our named executive officers require us to make certain payments and provide certain benefits to them in the event of a termination of their employment under certain circumstances, including following a change of control of our company. This section provides a discussion of those payments and benefits, along with certain other terms of those agreements.

Severance Agreements. We entered into severance agreements with Mr. Baird and Mr. Coke. Under the severance agreements, in the event that we terminate the executive’s employment without cause or the executive resigns for good reason, the executive will be entitled to receive, subject to the executive’s execution of a general release of claims, a cash severance payment that is equal to the sum of (i) the executive’s then-current annual base salary and (ii) the amount of the target value for each of his outstanding awards under the Long-Term Incentive Plan with a performance measurement period that has not ended as of the executive’s date of termination. If such termination occurs within 12 months following a change in control of the Company, the cash severance payment that the executive will be entitled to receive is equal to two times the sum of (i) the executive’s then-current annual base salary and (ii) the greater of the target value or the calculated value as of the date upon which a change in control (as defined in the amended severance agreements) occurred for each of his outstanding awards under the Long-Term Incentive Plan with a performance measurement period that had not ended as of the change in control, with the change in control date being deemed the last day of the performance measurement period. In the case of such a change in control, the calculated value of each such outstanding award under the Long-Term Incentive Plan will be determined, if applicable, using a closing stock price (as defined under the Long-Term Incentive Plan) that is equal to the fair market value, as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, of the total consideration paid or payable in the transaction resulting in the change in control for one share of our common stock. In addition, in the event that we terminate the executive’s employment without cause or the executive resigns for good reason, the executive will be eligible to continue to participate, subject to his copayment of premium amounts at the active employees’ rate, in the Company’s group health, dental and vision programs for a period of 18 months following termination.

Under the terms of the severance agreements with Mr. Baird and Mr. Coke, in the event either Mr. Baird’s or Mr. Coke’s employment is terminated on account of his death or disability, he is entitled to receive (or his estate in the case of death) a cash payment equal to the sum of the target value of each of his outstanding awards under the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan with a performance measurement period that has not ended as of the executive’s date of termination, subject to the executive’s execution of a general release of claims in the case of disability.

We also entered into a severance agreement with each of Mr. Burke, Mr. Cannon and Mr. Meyer that provides that, in the event that we terminate the executive’s employment without cause or the executive resigns for good reason, the executive will be entitled to receive, subject to the executive’s execution of a general release of claims, a cash severance payment that is equal to the sum of (i) the executive’s then-current annual base salary and (ii) the amount of the target value for each of his outstanding awards under the Long-Term Incentive Plan with a performance measurement period that has not ended as of the executive’s date of termination. If such termination occurs within 12 months following a change in control of the Company, the cash severance payment that the executive will be entitled to receive is equal to the sum of (i) the executive’s then-current annual base salary and (ii) the greater of the target value or the calculated value as of the date upon which a change in control (as defined in the severance agreement) occurred for each of his outstanding awards under the Long-Term Incentive Plan with a performance measurement period that had not ended as of the change in control, with the change in control date being deemed the last day of the performance measurement period. In the case of such a change in control, the calculated value of each such outstanding award under the Long-Term Incentive Plan will be determined, if applicable, using a closing stock price (as defined under the Long-Term Incentive Plan) that is equal to the fair market value, as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, of the total consideration paid or payable in the transaction resulting in the change in control for one share of our common stock. In addition, in the event that we terminate the executive’s employment without cause or the

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executive resigns for good reason, the executive will be eligible to continue to participate, subject to his copayment of premium amounts at the active employees’ rate, in the Company’s group health, dental and vision programs for a period of 18 months following termination.

Under the terms of the severance agreement with Mr. Burke, Mr. Cannon and Mr. Meyer, if the executive’s employment is terminated on account of his death or disability, the cash severance payment he is entitled to receive is equal to the sum of the target value of each of his outstanding awards under the Long-Term Incentive Plan with a performance measurement period that has not ended as of the executive’s date of termination, subject to the executive’s execution of a general release of claims in the case of disability.

In addition, under the terms of the severance agreements with Mr. Baird, Mr. Coke, Mr. Burke, Mr. Cannon and Mr. Meyer, in the event that the executive’s employment is terminated under the scenarios above, all of his time-based restricted stock will fully vest. No payments will be made to compensate Mr. Baird, Mr. Coke, Mr. Burke, Mr. Cannon or Mr. Meyer for additional taxes, if any, imposed under Section 4999 of the Code for receipt of excess parachute payments.

In addition, under the scenarios above, Mr. Baird, Mr. Coke, Mr. Burke, Mr. Cannon and Mr. Meyer are entitled to receive any earned but unpaid base salary and any earned but unpaid incentive compensation (if any). The severance agreements with Mr. Baird, Mr. Coke, Mr. Burke, Mr. Cannon and Mr. Meyer provide that during the term of the executive’s employment and for 12 months after the termination of his employment for any reason, the executive has agreed not to solicit our employees to leave their employment with us or to solicit any customer or supplier to terminate or otherwise modify adversely its business relationship with us.

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The following table sets forth the amounts that would have been paid to our named executive officers (i) upon death or disability; (ii) in the event of a termination by us without cause or by the executive for good reason other than in connection with a change in control; and (iii) in the event of a termination by us without cause or by the executive for good reason within 12 months after a change in control; in each case, occurring as of December 31, 2017.

Cost of Termination Under Severance Agreements

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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

Our board of directors has approved a compensation program for our independent directors in the form of cash and equity awards.

We pay the following fees to our independent directors, which are payable quarterly in cash:

We also pay independent directors cash fees of $1,500 for each board meeting attended, $1,000 for each committee meeting attended, and $500 for each telephonic meeting attended. In addition, we reimburse our directors for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with performance of their duties as directors, including, without limitation, travel expenses in connection with their attendance at board and committee meetings. Beginning in May 2018, we will pay each independent director an annual fee of $40,000, payable quarterly in cash, and will cease payment for individual meeting attendance. We also reimburse our directors for approved director education programs. Our directors do not receive any perquisites or above-market nonqualified deferred compensation plan earnings.

In connection with each annual meeting of stockholders, each of our independent directors received approximately $85,000 in the form of unrestricted common stock. Beginning in May 2018, the annual equity grant to each of our independent directors will increase to approximately $90,000 in the form of unrestricted common stock.

The following table summarizes the compensation of our non-employee directors in 2017. Mr. Baird and Mr. Coke receive no compensation for their service as directors, and the compensation received by Mr. Baird and Mr. Coke as employees during 2017 is presented in the “Summary Compensation Table” above.

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EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION

The following table provides information as of December 31, 2017 regarding our Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.

SHARE OWNERSHIP INFORMATION

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires our directors, executive officers and persons who own more than ten percent of our outstanding common stock to file with the SEC, initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of common stock. Such persons are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all such reports they file.

To our knowledge, based solely on a review of the copies of such reports furnished to us and written representations that no other reports are required, all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to our executive officers, directors and greater than ten percent beneficial owners were filed on a timely basis during the year ended December 31, 2017, except that one officer filed one late statement of changes in beneficial ownership.

CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS

Related Person Transaction Approval Policy

All related person transactions must be reviewed and approved by our board of directors in advance of our or any of our subsidiaries entering into the transaction. If we or any of our subsidiaries enters into a transaction without recognizing that the transaction constitutes a related person transaction, this approval requirement will be satisfied if the transaction is ratified by our board of directors after we recognize that the transaction constituted a related person transaction. The term “related person transaction” refers to a transaction required to be disclosed by the Company pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K (or any successor provision) promulgated by the SEC. There were no such related person transactions in 2017 through the date of this proxy statement.

In addition to any applicable requirements under the Maryland General Corporation Law, the affirmative vote of a majority of disinterested directors, even if the disinterested directors constitute less than a quorum, is required to authorize, approve or ratify any transaction, agreement or relationship of the Company in which any director, officer or employee of the Company has an interest.

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP

The table below sets forth, as of March 1, 2018, the number of shares of our common stock which were owned beneficially by:

Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each of the individuals listed in the table is c/o Terreno Realty Corporation, 101 Montgomery Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94104.

The number of shares beneficially owned by each individual or group is based upon information in documents filed by such person with the SEC. Percentage ownership in the following table is based on 55,484,436 shares of common stock outstanding as of the close of business on March 1, 2018. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting or dispositive power with respect to the securities.

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STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS

Our bylaws currently provide that in order for a stockholder to nominate a candidate for election as a director at an annual meeting of stockholders or propose business for consideration at such meeting, written notice accompanied by the information and other materials specified in our bylaws generally must be delivered to our corporate secretary not later than the close of business on the 120th day, and not earlier than the 150th day, prior to the first anniversary of the date of the notice for the preceding year’s annual meeting. Accordingly, a stockholder nomination or proposal intended to be considered at the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders, but not included in our proxy statement, generally must be received by our corporate secretary after October 17, 2018 and prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, the close of business, on November 16, 2018. If the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders is scheduled to take place before April 1, 2019 or after May 31, 2019, then notice must be delivered no earlier than the 150th day prior to the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and not later than the close of business on the later of the 120th day prior to the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders is first made by the Company. If the number of directors to be elected at the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders is increased, and there is no public announcement of such increase before November 6, 2018, then notice of nominees for any new positions created by such increase must be delivered not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, the close of business, on the later of November 6, 2018 and the tenth day after the day on which public announcement of such increase is first made by the Company.

The date by which we must receive stockholder proposals for inclusion in the proxy materials relating to the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders, or for presentation at such meeting, is November 16, 2018. Stockholder proposals must comply with all of the applicable requirements set forth in the rules and regulations of the SEC, including Rule 14a-8. Our board of directors will review any stockholder proposals that are timely submitted and will determine whether such proposals meet the criteria for inclusion in the proxy solicitation materials or for consideration at the 2019 annual meeting.

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Stockholder proposals or nominations should be mailed to the attention of our corporate secretary, and copies of the advance notification requirements may be obtained from, our corporate secretary at 101 Montgomery Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94104. A copy of our bylaws may be obtained from our corporate secretary by written request to the same address.

2017 ANNUAL REPORT

Copies of our 2017 Annual Report, financial statements and Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, as filed with the SEC, may be obtained without charge by contacting Terreno Realty Corporation — Investor Relations, 101 Montgomery Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94104.

OTHER MATTERS

Our board of directors knows of no other matters that may properly be presented for stockholder action at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders, other than procedural matters relating to the proposals disclosed in this proxy statement. If any other matters are properly presented at the meeting for action, the persons named in the proxies will vote upon such matters in accordance with their discretion.

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