---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000895417-25-000054"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ELS"
cik: "0000895417"
company_name: "EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T23:26:55.952611+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ELS appoints Marguerite Nader Vice Chairman, Patrick Waite President, declares $0.515/share Q2 dividend

## Summary
- Marguerite Nader named Vice Chairman of the Board, continues as CEO.
- Patrick Waite promoted to President, retains COO role reporting to Nader.
- Annual meeting approved all nine director nominees, ratified Ernst & Young as auditor, and approved say-on-pay.
- Q2 dividend of $0.515 per share ($2.06 annualized), payable July 11, 2025 to holders of record June 27.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000895417-25-000054
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ELS
- cik: 0000895417
- company_name: EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895417/000089541725000054/0000895417-25-000054-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895417/000089541725000054/els-20250429.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000895417-25-000054
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000895417-25-000054.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000895417-25-000054.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Marguerite Nader was named as Vice Chairman of the Board at EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INC.
  - Action: named
  - Role: Vice Chairman of the Board
  source text: named Marguerite Nader as Vice Chairman of the Board and promoted Patrick Waite as President, both effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895417/000089541725000054/0000895417-25-000054-index.htm
- Executive change
  Patrick Waite changed role as President at EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INC.
  - Action: promoted
  - Role: President
  source text: named Marguerite Nader as Vice Chairman of the Board and promoted Patrick Waite as President, both effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895417/000089541725000054/0000895417-25-000054-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.