---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-037703"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARE"
cik: "0001035443"
company_name: "ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC."
filed_at: "2026-03-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T08:05:15.791773+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ARE opts out of two-thirds director-removal vote, shifts to majority vote

## Summary
- Filed Articles Supplementary on March 31, 2026 to opt out of MGCL Section 3-804(a).
- Director removal now requires affirmative vote of majority of votes entitled to be cast.
- Change effective March 31, 2026, approved by Board after 2025 stockholder vote on Simple Majority proposal.
- No other amendments to charter or bylaws were made.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-037703
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARE
- cik: 0001035443
- company_name: ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-03-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035443/000110465926037703/0001104659-26-037703-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035443/000110465926037703/tm269829d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-037703.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 64c7b68929dc8543cc80d0021f45bce5acc1e93a
  claim: ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC.: Elected to opt out of MGCL Section 3-804(a) two-thirds vote requirement for director removal, now governed by charter providing for majority vote removal (effective 2026-03-31).
  evidence_excerpt: The Articles Supplementary reflect the Company’s election to opt out (the “opt out”) of Section 3-804(a) of the Maryland General Corporation Law (“MGCL”), the statutory provision that requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of all of the votes entitled to be cast by stockholders generally in the election of directors to remove directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035443/000110465926037703/0001104659-26-037703-index.htm

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