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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000907254-26-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BFS"
cik: "0000907254"
company_name: "SAUL CENTERS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-05-11T20:22:05+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-11T20:25:22.379572+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Saul Centers holds 2026 annual meeting; re-elects four directors, approves advisory say-on-pay

## Summary
- Elected B. Francis Saul II, D. Todd Pearson, H. Gregory Platts, Helgi C. Walker to three-year terms expiring 2029.
- Ratified Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for FY 2026 with 22,977,991 votes in favor.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 21.4M for, 555K against, 20K abstain.
- Company posted annual presentation on website summarizing operating results; no specific figures in the filed exhibit.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000907254-26-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BFS
- cik: 0000907254
- company_name: SAUL CENTERS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-05-11T20:22:05+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/907254/000090725426000034/0000907254-26-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/907254/000090725426000034/bfs-20260508.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000907254-26-000034.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  SAUL CENTERS, INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-08
  source text: On May 8, 2026, Saul Centers, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2026 Annual Meeting”), at which B. Francis Saul II, D. Todd Pearson, H. Gregory Platts, and Helgi C. Walker were elected to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) for three-year terms expiring at the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/907254/000090725426000034/0000907254-26-000034-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SAUL CENTERS, INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2026-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-08
  source text: The stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as follows: In Favor Opposed Abstain Broker Non-Votes 21,417,363 555,410 19,928 1,002,168
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/907254/000090725426000034/0000907254-26-000034-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SAUL CENTERS, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 at the 2026-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-08
  source text: The stockholders voted in favor of the ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 as follows: In Favor Opposed Abstain Broker Non-Votes 22,977,991 13,083 3,795 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/907254/000090725426000034/0000907254-26-000034-index.htm

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