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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-052887"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RLJ"
cik: "0001511337"
company_name: "RLJ Lodging Trust"
filed_at: "2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:42:52.276209+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RLJ shareholders approve 2026 equity plan; say-on-pay passes with 14M votes against

## Summary
- 2026 Equity Incentive Plan approved; replaces 2021 Plan with up to 4,763,000 new shares plus rollover.
- All nine trustee nominees elected (e.g., Johnson 107.5M for; Hale 112M for; Davis 106.6M for).
- Ratification of PwC as auditor for FY2026 passed (112.4M for, 5.98M against).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 99.1M for, 14.0M against, 5.3M broker non-votes.
- 2026 Plan received 109.3M for, 3.8M against, 5.3M broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-052887
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RLJ
- cik: 0001511337
- company_name: RLJ Lodging Trust
- filed_at: 2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1511337/000110465926052887/0001104659-26-052887-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1511337/000110465926052887/tm2613128d1_8k.htm

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