---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-064698"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "INN"
cik: "0001497645"
company_name: "Summit Hotel Properties, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T14:26:20.395440+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Summit Hotel Properties shareholders elect eight directors, ratify EY, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- All eight director nominees elected, including incumbents Bjorn R.L. Hanson, Jeffrey W. Jones, Kenneth J. Kay, and others.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for FY 2023 approved with 96,072,858 for, 981,570 against.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed with 87,422,835 for, 3,508,711 against.
- Approximately 90.81% of outstanding common shares represented at the meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-064698
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: INN
- cik: 0001497645
- company_name: Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-25T23:59:59+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/1497645/000110465923064698/0001104659-23-064698-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497645/000110465923064698/tm2317026d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-064698
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-064698.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-064698.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. shareholders approved Ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: Proposal 2: To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 96,072,858 981,570 28,084 N/A At the Annual Meeting, stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497645/000110465923064698/0001104659-23-064698-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. shareholders approved Election of eight directors to the Company's Board of Directors at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: Proposal 1: To elect eight directors to the Company’s Board of Directors. Name For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Bjorn R.L. Hanson 88,548,616 2,395,721 30,015 6,108,160 Jeffrey W. Jones 89,913,195 1,037,538 23,619 6,108,160 Kenneth J. Kay 89,761,458 1,189,249 23,645 6,108,160 Mehul B. Patel 90,383,660 566,785 23,907 6,108,160 Amina Belouizdad Porter 89,024,341 1,925,961 24,050 6,108,160 Jonathan P. Stanner 90,203,358 742,122 28,872 6,108,160 Thomas W. Storey 88,560,562 2,384,965 28,825 6,108,160 Hope S. Taitz 75,101,846 15,848,754 23,752 6,108,160 All director nominees were duly elected at the Annual Meeting. Each of the individuals named in the above table will serve as director until the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497645/000110465923064698/0001104659-23-064698-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory (non-binding) vote to approve the compensation of the named executive officers at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: Proposal 3: To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 87,422,835 3,508,711 42,806 6,108,160 At the Annual Meeting, stockholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497645/000110465923064698/0001104659-23-064698-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.