---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-038171"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SUI"
cik: "0000912593"
company_name: "SUN COMMUNITIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T00:35:13.206942+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sun Communities appoints two directors, establishes capital allocation committee after activist pact

## Summary
- Appointed Jerry Ehlinger (ex-Heitman CIO) and Craig Leupold (GSI Capital Advisors CEO) to the Board, expanding from 9 to 11 directors.
- Board formed a Capital Allocation Committee to review use and investment of capital; Leupold to serve on it.
- Under cooperation agreement with Land & Buildings, two unnamed directors will not stand for re-election or resign by end-2024.
- Land & Buildings agreed to vote for Board nominees and abide by standstill restrictions through Dec 2025.
- Ehlinger and Leupold will receive standard non-employee director compensation; no related-party transactions disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-038171
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SUI
- cik: 0000912593
- company_name: SUN COMMUNITIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000119312524038171/0001193125-24-038171-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000119312524038171/d632334d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-038171
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-038171.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-038171.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Craig A. Leupold was appointed as director at SUN COMMUNITIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: effective immediately appointed Messrs. Jerry Ehlinger and Craig A. Leupold to serve as directors of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000119312524038171/0001193125-24-038171-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jerry Ehlinger was appointed as director at SUN COMMUNITIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: effective immediately appointed Messrs. Jerry Ehlinger and Craig A. Leupold to serve as directors of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000119312524038171/0001193125-24-038171-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  SUN COMMUNITIES INC entered into Cooperation Agreement with Land & Buildings Investment Management LLC (effective 2024-02-15).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: Land & Buildings Investment Management LLC
  - Effective: 2024-02-15
  source text: On February 15, 2024, Sun Communities, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a cooperation agreement (the “Cooperation Agreement”) with Land & Buildings Investment Management LLC, a Sun Communities stockholder (“Land & Buildings”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000119312524038171/0001193125-24-038171-index.htm

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