---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-003430"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBL"
cik: "0000910612"
company_name: "CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T07:39:11.085011+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CBL amends bylaws to align with SEC universal proxy rules and update shareholder nomination procedures

## Summary
- Amendments address SEC Rule 14a-19 universal proxy requirements for contested director elections.
- Shareholders must represent intent to solicit proxies from at least 67% voting power and provide evidence 8 business days before meeting.
- Shareholder proxy cards on any matter must be a color other than white.
- Clarifies procedures for voluntary resignation of directors.
- Includes other technical and conforming revisions to the bylaws.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-003430
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBL
- cik: 0000910612
- company_name: CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.03, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910612/000095017023003430/0000950170-23-003430-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910612/000095017023003430/cbl-20230215.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-003430.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES INC: Amended Sections 2.7, 3.2 and 3.5 of the Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws to update shareholder nomination procedures and incorporate universal proxy rules under SEC Rule 14a-19, add a 67% voting power representation and evidence requirement, require a proxy card color other than white, clarify vo (effective 2023-02-15).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-02-15
  source text: On February 15, 2023 and effective immediately, the Board of Directors of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (herein the " Company " or " CBL "), pursuant to the recommendation of the Board’s Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee as part of its periodic review of corporate governance matters and in connection with new Securities and Exchange Commission (" SEC ") rules regarding the use of "universal" proxy cards in contested elections, approved certain amendments to Sections 2.7, 3.2 and 3.5 of the of the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws (the " Bylaws ").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910612/000095017023003430/0000950170-23-003430-index.htm

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