---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000912593-24-000198"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SUI"
cik: "0000912593"
company_name: "SUN COMMUNITIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T00:02:27.711021+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sun Communities shareholders elect ten directors and approve executive compensation at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- Shareholders reelected ten directors; top vote-getter Jeff T. Blau received 111.7M votes for, Gary A. Shiffman 106.4M for.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 102.8M votes for and 8.9M against.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor for FY2024 approved with 109.9M for and 4.7M against.
- Broker non-votes totaled 2.88M on director elections and say-on-pay proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000912593-24-000198
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SUI
- cik: 0000912593
- company_name: SUN COMMUNITIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000091259324000198/0000912593-24-000198-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000091259324000198/sui-20240514.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000912593-24-000198.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 0dfac97bcabd5d7899ad90e91c1387689bf55dd2
  claim: SUN COMMUNITIES INC shareholders approved Proposal 2 – Non-binding Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Shareholders approved the non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation, as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 102,828,758 8,946,971 59,607 2,876,916
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000091259324000198/0000912593-24-000198-index.htm
- claim_id: 35fa085aa00eb8078c446e2a31c27071148525da
  claim: SUN COMMUNITIES INC shareholders approved Proposal 3 – Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Shareholders ratified the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 109,858,751 4,699,770 153,731
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000091259324000198/0000912593-24-000198-index.htm
- claim_id: f28ba0f01b780d5cc3b11c0d404b376ea0415100
  claim: SUN COMMUNITIES INC shareholders approved Proposal 1 – Election of Directors at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Shareholders elected ten directors to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified, or their earlier resignation or removal , as follows: Nominee Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Tonya Allen 110,478,701 1,314,564 42,071 2,876,916 Meghan G. Baivier 97,174,491 14,618,918 41,927 2,876,916 Stephanie W. Bergeron 96,008,678 15,784,446 42,212 2,876,916 Jeff T. Blau 111,671,787 121,932 41,617 2,876,916 Jerome W. Ehlinger 111,288,454 505,420 41,462 2,876,916 Brian M. Hermelin 98,815,839 12,977,676 41,821 2,876,916 Craig A. Leupold 111,280,517 506,041 48,778 2,876,916 Clunet R. Lewis 94,785,143 16,954,124 96,069 2,876,916 Gary A. Shiffman 106,405,095 4,955,088 475,153 2,876,916 Arthur A. Weiss 110,450,205 1,343,353 41,778 2,876,916
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000091259324000198/0000912593-24-000198-index.htm

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