---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-062851"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FSP"
cik: "0001031316"
company_name: "FRANKLIN STREET PROPERTIES CORP /MA/"
filed_at: "2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T14:15:17.030974+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FSP shareholders elect seven directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- All seven director nominees elected: George Carter 61.9M for, Georgia Murray 60.0M for, etc. Broker non-votes 16.3M.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor passed with 78.7M for, 1.3M against, 0.4M abstain.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 59.8M for, 3.8M against, 0.5M abstain, 16.3M broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-062851
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FSP
- cik: 0001031316
- company_name: FRANKLIN STREET PROPERTIES CORP /MA/
- filed_at: 2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1031316/000110465924062851/0001104659-24-062851-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1031316/000110465924062851/tm2414764d1_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 14ef48ad65bd471b97b0f9814dc171e4f87ed4c1
  claim: FRANKLIN STREET PROPERTIES CORP /MA/ shareholders approved Ratify the Audit Committee’s appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The proposal to ratify the Audit Committee’s appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 was approved. The final number of votes cast for, against or abstaining from voting on that proposal are listed below. For Against Abstain 78,668,248 1,297,626 421,524
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1031316/000110465924062851/0001104659-24-062851-index.htm
- claim_id: 2a34c112e57e6ff8986fdaa5d5bed9284b3d6515
  claim: FRANKLIN STREET PROPERTIES CORP /MA/ shareholders approved Approve, by non-binding vote, the Company’s executive compensation at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The proposal to approve, by non-binding vote, the Company’s executive compensation was approved. The final number of votes cast for, against or abstaining from voting on that proposal and broker non-votes are listed below. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 59,819,506 3,773,782 479,067 16,315,043
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1031316/000110465924062851/0001104659-24-062851-index.htm
- claim_id: d2072f8be257826d81ba94d76493bfdaa7e40796
  claim: FRANKLIN STREET PROPERTIES CORP /MA/ shareholders approved Election of seven directors to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The following table sets forth the names of the directors elected at the 2024 Annual Meeting for a new one-year term expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and the final number of votes cast for or against each director and the number of broker non-votes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1031316/000110465924062851/0001104659-24-062851-index.htm

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