---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-025148"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBL"
cik: "0000910612"
company_name: "CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T11:01:44.976689+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CBL & Associates Properties reports shareholder voting results from 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All six director nominees elected with at least 25.7M votes for each; broker non-votes of 2,063,012.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for FY 2023: 28,791,079 for, 88,430 against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 26,408,437 for, 400,011 against.
- One-year frequency for future advisory votes approved: 26,688,972 for one year, 4,988 for two years.
- All proposals passed with strong shareholder support.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-025148
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBL
- cik: 0000910612
- company_name: CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910612/000095017023025148/0000950170-23-025148-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910612/000095017023025148/cbl-20230524.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation program at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: 3. Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation program for its named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement for the 2023 annual meeting. The votes were as follows: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 26,408,437 400,011 14,528 2,063,012
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910612/000095017023025148/0000950170-23-025148-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future say-on-pay votes at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: 4. Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, every one year as the preferred frequency for holding future advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation program, as recommended by the Board of Directors (which will take such vote into account in making its final decision on the matter). The votes were as follows: Every One Year Every Two Years Every Three Years Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 26,688,972 4,988 75,320 53,696 2,063,012
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910612/000095017023025148/0000950170-23-025148-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES INC shareholders approved Election of directors for a one-year term at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: 1. The following directors were elected to serve for a term of one-year and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified: Director Nominee Votes Cast For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Stephen D. Lebovitz 26,622,011 200,965 2,063,012 Marjorie L. Bowen 26,585,252 237,724 2,063,012 David J. Contis 26,669,624 153,352 2,063,012 David M. Fields 25,703,089 1,119,887 2,063,012 Robert G. Gifford 26,581,587 241,389 2,063,012 Jeffrey Kivitz 26,541,249 281,727 2,063,012
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910612/000095017023025148/0000950170-23-025148-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES INC shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as independent registered public accountants at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: 2. Shareholders ratified the selection of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. The votes were as follows: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 28,791,079 88,430 6,479 None
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910612/000095017023025148/0000950170-23-025148-index.htm

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