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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-068967"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LADR"
cik: "0001577670"
company_name: "Ladder Capital Corp"
filed_at: "2023-06-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T05:48:15.937570+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ladder Capital shareholders approve 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan and charter amendment limiting officer liability

## Summary
- New 2023 Plan authorizes up to 3M new shares plus up to ~10.25M unused shares from prior 2014 Plan.
- Charter amendment to eliminate or limit officer liability under DGCL approved and filed.
- Brian Harris and Mark Alexander re-elected as Class III directors with terms expiring 2026.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for 2023 with 110.5M votes for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-068967
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LADR
- cik: 0001577670
- company_name: Ladder Capital Corp
- filed_at: 2023-06-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.03, 5.07, 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1577670/000110465923068967/0001104659-23-068967-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1577670/000110465923068967/tm2317749d2_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Ladder Capital Corp: Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate or limit officer liability under the Delaware General Corporation Law (effective 2023-06-07).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-06-07
  source text: the stockholders of the Company, among other things, approved an amendment to the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, to eliminate or limit the liability of certain of the Company’s officers to the extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Charter Amendment”). The Charter Amendment became effective upon the Company’s filing of a Certificate of Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of Delaware on June 7, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1577670/000110465923068967/0001104659-23-068967-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Ladder Capital Corp shareholders approved The approval of the Charter Amendment at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: 4. The approval of the Charter Amendment: VOTES FOR VOTES AGAINST ABSTENTIONS BROKER NON-VOTES 78,814,823 9,954,502 232,442 21,819,552
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1577670/000110465923068967/0001104659-23-068967-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Ladder Capital Corp shareholders approved The re-election of Brian Harris and Mark Alexander to the Board of Directors as Class III Directors at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: 1. The re-election of Brian Harris and Mark Alexander to the Board of Directors as Class III Directors: DIRECTOR NOMINEE VOTES FOR VOTES WITHHELD BROKER NON-VOTES Brian Harris 66,051,179 22,950,588 21,819,552 Mark Alexander 47,738,556 41,263,211 21,819,552
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1577670/000110465923068967/0001104659-23-068967-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Ladder Capital Corp shareholders approved The approval of the 2023 Plan at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: 3. The approval of the 2023 Plan: VOTES FOR VOTES AGAINST ABSTENTIONS BROKER NON-VOTES 79,074,593 9,527,413 399,761 21,819,552
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1577670/000110465923068967/0001104659-23-068967-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Ladder Capital Corp shareholders approved The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: 2. The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023: VOTES FOR VOTES AGAINST ABSTENTIONS 110,497,086 179,475 144,758
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1577670/000110465923068967/0001104659-23-068967-index.htm

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