---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001035443-23-000213"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARE"
cik: "0001035443"
company_name: "ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T19:09:12.163499+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alexandria stockholders elect directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify auditor at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Seven directors elected with votes ranging from 63.5% (James P. Cain) to 93.1% (Richard H. Klein) of votes cast.
- Say-on-pay approved on advisory basis: 132,368,176 for, 21,781,930 against (86% approval).
- Frequency of future say-on-pay votes set to one year per board recommendation; 150,051,050 votes for one-year.
- Ernst & Young LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY2023 with 148,736,689 votes for (94.5% of votes cast).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001035443-23-000213
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARE
- cik: 0001035443
- company_name: ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035443/000103544323000213/0001035443-23-000213-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035443/000103544323000213/are-20230516.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC. shareholders approved Non-binding Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: Alexandria’s stockholders voted, on a non-binding, advisory basis, to approve the compensation of its named executive officers, as disclosed in Alexandria’s 2023 Proxy Statement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035443/000103544323000213/0001035443-23-000213-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: Alexandria’s stockholders elected, by the votes indicated below, seven persons to serve as directors of Alexandria until its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035443/000103544323000213/0001035443-23-000213-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC. shareholders approved Non-binding Advisory Vote to Approve the Frequency of Future Non-binding, Advisory Stockholder Votes on the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: Alexandria's stockholders voted upon, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the frequency of the future non-binding, advisory stockholder votes on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035443/000103544323000213/0001035443-23-000213-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Public Registered Accountants at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: Alexandria’s stockholders voted to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Alexandria’s independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035443/000103544323000213/0001035443-23-000213-index.htm

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