---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000917251-26-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ADC"
cik: "0000917251"
company_name: "AGREE REALTY CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-14T20:19:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T20:44:30.688973+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Agree Realty annual meeting elects directors, ratifies auditor, approves say-on-pay

## Summary
- Stockholders re-elected directors John Rakolta Jr. (100.8M for) and Jerome Rossi (92.9M for) to three-year terms.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor received 107.7M for, 1.5M against.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 97.7M for, 4.7M against, 6.8M broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000917251-26-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ADC
- cik: 0000917251
- company_name: AGREE REALTY CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-14T20:19:15+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917251/000091725126000050/0000917251-26-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917251/000091725126000050/adc-20260514.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  AGREE REALTY CORP shareholders approved Election of two directors to serve until the annual meeting of stockholders in 2029 at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: The two director nominees were elected, the appointment of the independent registered public accounting firm was ratified and the executive compensation was approved by non-binding vote. The results of the voting were as follows: Election of Directors : Director Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes John Rakolta, Jr. 100,834,036 1,679,090 6,771,007 Jerome Rossi 92,870,518 9,642,608 6,771,007
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917251/000091725126000050/0000917251-26-000050-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AGREE REALTY CORP shareholders approved Approval, by non-binding vote, of executive compensation at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: Approval, by Non-Binding Vote, of Executive Compensation: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 97,715,282 4,650,345 147,499 6,771,007
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917251/000091725126000050/0000917251-26-000050-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AGREE REALTY CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 107,684,512 1,515,453 84,168
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917251/000091725126000050/0000917251-26-000050-index.htm

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