---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-071026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SVC"
cik: "0000945394"
company_name: "Service Properties Trust"
filed_at: "2023-06-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T01:44:21.405511+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Service Properties Trust elects new trustee, amends bylaws, reports annual meeting results

## Summary
- Rajan C. Penkar elected as independent trustee effective June 13, 2023; board expands to eight.
- Board approved Second Amended and Restated Bylaws to address universal proxy rules (Rule 14a-19).
- All seven trustee nominees elected; Adam Portnoy received 37.2M against votes out of ~119M cast.
- Say-on-pay approved with 109.6M for, 9.1M against; advisory vote frequency set to every year.
- Deloitte & Touche ratified as auditor for 2023 with 133.9M votes in favor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-071026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SVC
- cik: 0000945394
- company_name: Service Properties Trust
- filed_at: 2023-06-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.0, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000110465923071026/0001104659-23-071026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000110465923071026/tm2317995d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-071026.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Service Properties Trust shareholders approved Election of seven Trustees to the Board for a one-year term at the 2023-06-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-12
  source text: At the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders held on June 12, 2023 (the “Annual Meeting”), the Company’s shareholders voted on the election of seven Trustees to the Board each for a one year term of office continuing until the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of shareholders and until her, his or their respective successor is duly elected and qualifies.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000110465923071026/0001104659-23-071026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Service Properties Trust shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of future shareholder advisory votes to approve executive compensation at the 2023-06-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-12
  source text: The Company’s shareholders also voted on a non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of future shareholder advisory votes to approve executive compensation. This proposal received the following votes: One Year Two Years Three Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 117,380,660 207,061 1,219,825 151,005 15,803,152
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000110465923071026/0001104659-23-071026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Service Properties Trust shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the 2023 fiscal year at the 2023-06-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-12
  source text: The Company’s shareholders also ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent auditors to serve for the 2023 fiscal year. This proposal received the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 133,870,963 770,114 120,626 N/A
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000110465923071026/0001104659-23-071026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Service Properties Trust shareholders approved Non-binding advisory resolution on the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-06-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-12
  source text: The Company’s shareholders also voted on a non-binding advisory resolution on the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K in the Company’s 2023 Proxy Statement. This proposal received the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 109,587,222 9,137,769 233,560 15,803,152
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945394/000110465923071026/0001104659-23-071026-index.htm

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