---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001175535-21-000100"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSR"
cik: "0001175535"
company_name: "Whitestone REIT"
filed_at: "2021-07-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T03:59:58.151033+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Whitestone REIT board declines trustee Mahaffey's resignation; Mahaffey will not seek re-election in 2022

## Summary
- Jack L. Mahaffey reelected with more withheld votes than for votes at May 13, 2021 annual meeting; tendered conditional resignation.
- Board on July 15, 2021 unanimously declined resignation, citing 21 years of service and institutional knowledge.
- Mahaffey notified board he will not stand for re-election at end of his term (2022 annual meeting); no disagreement cited.
- David F. Taylor appointed chairman of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee effective July 15, 2021.
- Board plans shareholder outreach program to address governance concerns raised by vote results.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001175535-21-000100
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSR
- cik: 0001175535
- company_name: Whitestone REIT
- filed_at: 2021-07-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000117553521000100/0001175535-21-000100-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000117553521000100/wsr-20210715.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001175535-21-000100
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001175535-21-000100.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001175535-21-000100.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jack L. Mahaffey departed as Trustee at Whitestone REIT.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Trustee
  source text: Jack L. Mahaffey’s decision not to stand for re-election to the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Whitestone REIT (the “Company”) at the conclusion of his present term
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000117553521000100/0001175535-21-000100-index.htm

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