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accession: "0000104894-23-000101"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ELME"
cik: "0000104894"
company_name: "Elme Communities"
filed_at: "2023-09-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T11:43:43.244081+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Elme amends bylaws: electronic meetings, proxy rules, exclusive forum, trustee age cap removed

## Summary
- Shareholders may attend meetings via electronic transmission; proxy solicitors must use non-white proxy cards.
- Bylaws updated for universal proxy rules (SEC Rule 14a-19) and enhanced nomination/information requirements.
- Trustee age restriction removed: previously no nomination after 72nd birthday; now soft cap at 75 in governance guidelines.
- Exclusive forum designates Baltimore City Circuit Court for internal claims and federal courts for Securities Act claims.
- Additional administrative, clarifying, and conforming changes made throughout the bylaws.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000104894-23-000101
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ELME
- cik: 0000104894
- company_name: Elme Communities
- filed_at: 2023-09-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104894/000010489423000101/0000104894-23-000101-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104894/000010489423000101/elme-20230919.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000104894-23-000101.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Elme Communities: Amended bylaws to update shareholder meeting participation, proxy card color, universal proxy rules, notice requirements, remove trustee age 72 restriction, and add exclusive forum provisions (effective 2023-09-19).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-09-19
  source text: On September 19, 2023, the Board of Trustees ( the “Board”) of Elme Communities (the “Trust”) amended the Trust’s amended and restated bylaws, as amended (the “Bylaws”), effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104894/000010489423000101/0000104894-23-000101-index.htm

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