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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-018636"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WD"
cik: "0001497770"
company_name: "Walker & Dunlop, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T17:54:50.493061+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Walker & Dunlop amends bylaws to tighten advance notice, add exclusive forum provisions

## Summary
- Stockholder proposals and director nominations now require additional disclosures, including proxy statement-level information.
- Stockholders must comply with universal proxy rules (Rule 14a-19); white proxy card reserved for Board nominees.
- New exclusive forum clause: Maryland state or federal district court for internal corporate claims; federal courts for Securities Act claims.
- Board may now hold stockholder meetings partially or solely by remote communication.
- Enhanced procedures for verifying and updating previously provided information and for requesting special meetings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-018636
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WD
- cik: 0001497770
- company_name: Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497770/000110465923018636/0001104659-23-018636-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497770/000110465923018636/tm235958d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Walker & Dunlop, Inc.: Amended advance notice disclosure requirements for stockholder proposals and director nominations, added universal proxy rules, permitted remote meetings, and added exclusive forum provisions (effective 2023-02-08).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-02-08
  source text: On February 8, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (the “Company”) approved and adopted amendments to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (as so amended, the “Bylaws”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497770/000110465923018636/0001104659-23-018636-index.htm

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