---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-056124"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RLJ"
cik: "0001511337"
company_name: "RLJ Lodging Trust"
filed_at: "2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T21:42:41.789911+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RLJ Lodging Trust shareholders elect all trustee nominees, ratify PWC, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- All 9 trustee nominees elected with 124M-129M votes for each; broker non-votes of 9.1M.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor: 136.3M for, 3.7M against, 20k abstain.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed: 120.7M for, 10.2M against.
- Annual meeting held April 28, 2023; all proposals described in 2023 proxy statement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-056124
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RLJ
- cik: 0001511337
- company_name: RLJ Lodging Trust
- filed_at: 2023-05-04T23:59:59+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/1511337/000110465923056124/0001104659-23-056124-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1511337/000110465923056124/tm2314703d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  RLJ Lodging Trust shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation at the 2023-04-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-28
  source text: Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation At the Annual Meeting, the Company's shareholders voted on a non-binding resolution to approve the compensation program for the Company's named executive officers. The table below sets forth the voting results for this proposal: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 120,731,967 10,184,619 15,352 9,142,010
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1511337/000110465923056124/0001104659-23-056124-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RLJ Lodging Trust shareholders approved Election of Trustees at the 2023-04-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-28
  source text: Election of Trustees The following persons were duly elected as trustees of the Company until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified: Robert L. Johnson, Leslie D. Hale, Evan Bayh, Arthur R. Collins, Nathaniel A. Davis, Patricia L. Gibson, Robert M. La Forgia, Robert J. McCarthy and Robin Zeigler. The table below sets forth the voting results for each trustee nominee: Nominee Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Robert L. Johnson 124,152,502 6,773,883 5,553 9,142,010 Leslie D. Hale 127,163,903 3,763,367 4,668 9,142,010 Evan Bayh 126,076,759 4,849,568 5,611 9,142,010 Arthur R. Collins 128,050,904 2,875,809 5,225 9,142,010 Nathaniel A. Davis 125,948,526 4,978,220 5,192 9,142,010 Patricia L. Gibson 129,080,551 1,846,293 5,094 9,142,010 Robert M. La Forgia 127,162,681 3,764,040 5,217 9,142,010 Robert J. McCarthy 129,073,134 1,852,649 6,155 9,142,010 Robin Zeigler 129,075,750 1,851,568 4,620 9,142,010
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1511337/000110465923056124/0001104659-23-056124-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RLJ Lodging Trust shareholders approved Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-04-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-28
  source text: Ratification of PWC as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm At the Annual Meeting, the Company's shareholders ratified the appointment of PWC as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. The table below sets forth the voting results for this proposal: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 136,326,620 3,727,211 20,117 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1511337/000110465923056124/0001104659-23-056124-index.htm

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