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accession: "0000104894-22-000077"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ELME"
cik: "0000104894"
company_name: "Elme Communities"
filed_at: "2022-05-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T05:45:18.529752+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Washington REIT elects Jennifer Banner to board; annual meeting votes on directors, auditor

## Summary
- Shareholders elected Jennifer Banner as trustee with 71.76M votes for, 205k against.
- Banner brings 36 years experience including CEO of Schaad Companies and director of Truist Financial.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 69.39M for, 2.41M against.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2022 passed with 77.12M for, 1.62M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000104894-22-000077
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ELME
- cik: 0000104894
- company_name: Elme Communities
- filed_at: 2022-05-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104894/000010489422000077/0000104894-22-000077-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104894/000010489422000077/wre-20220526.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000104894-22-000077.txt

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