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accession: "0001104659-24-067492"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SEVN"
cik: "0001452477"
company_name: "Seven Hills Realty Trust"
filed_at: "2024-06-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T06:46:07.162306+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Seven Hills Realty removes mandatory arbitration bylaw; appoints Jared Lewis VP

## Summary
- Board adopted Second Amended and Restated Bylaws removing mandatory arbitration for shareholder disputes, effective May 30, 2024.
- At annual meeting, shareholders elected Adam D. Portnoy and Jeffrey P. Somers as Class II Trustees for three-year terms.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 5,970,912 for, 810,753 against, 109,254 abstain.
- Shareholders ratified Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for 2024 with 10,679,808 for, 564,745 against.
- Jared Lewis appointed Vice President, effective immediately; he also serves as VP at RMR Group and Tremont Realty Capital.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-067492
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SEVN
- cik: 0001452477
- company_name: Seven Hills Realty Trust
- filed_at: 2024-06-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1452477/000110465924067492/0001104659-24-067492-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1452477/000110465924067492/tm2415996d1_8k.htm

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