---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000912593-26-000172"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SUI"
cik: "0000912593"
company_name: "SUN COMMUNITIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-18T17:11:00+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T17:12:15.937464+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sun Communities shareholders elect all nine directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor ratification

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected with at least 102.4M votes for each; largest vote against was Tonya Allen with 10.0M.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 105.8M for vs 7.1M against.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for FY2026 passed with 115.0M votes for.
- Broker non-votes of 2.5M shares on director election and say-on-pay; none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000912593-26-000172
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SUI
- cik: 0000912593
- company_name: SUN COMMUNITIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-18T17:11:00+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000091259326000172/0000912593-26-000172-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000091259326000172/sui-20260512.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000912593-26-000172.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  SUN COMMUNITIES INC shareholders approved Ratification of Selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: Shareholders ratified the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 115,040,952 408,227 8,392
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000091259326000172/0000912593-26-000172-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SUN COMMUNITIES INC shareholders approved Non-binding Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: Shareholders approved the non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation, as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 105,847,022 7,109,561 16,121 2,484,867
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000091259326000172/0000912593-26-000172-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SUN COMMUNITIES INC shareholders approved Election of nine directors to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: Shareholders elected nine directors to serve until the 2027 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 102,364,056 10,038,491 570,157 2,484,867 Meghan G. Baivier 110,368,918 2,569,812 33,974 2,484,867 Jeff T. Blau 111,957,751 992,053 22,900 2,484,867 Mark A. Denien 103,430,977 9,391,061 150,666 2,484,867 Jerome W. Ehlinger 111,070,433 1,820,456 81,815 2,484,867 Brian M. Hermelin 109,998,364 2,951,172 23,168 2,484,867 Craig A. Leupold 112,434,399 456,582 81,723 2,484,867 Gary A. Shiffman 108,655,078 4,168,497 149,129 2,484,867 Charles D. Young 112,515,683 435,167 21,854 2,484,867
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000091259326000172/0000912593-26-000172-index.htm

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