---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-284727"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SOHOO"
cik: "0001301236"
company_name: "Sotherly Hotels Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T19:08:34.182446+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sotherly Hotels 2025 annual meeting results: all director nominees elected, say-on-pay approved

## Summary
- Six directors elected: Caldwell, Folsom, Gibson, Robertson, Sims, Zinni with over 6.7M votes for each.
- Ratification of Cherry Bekaert as auditor: 14.68M for, 454k against, 63.5k abstain.
- Advisory vote on exec compensation passed: 6.83M for, 1.72M against, 22.9k abstain.
- Advisory vote on frequency set to one year (6.35M votes); company will hold annual say-on-pay votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-284727
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SOHOO
- cik: 0001301236
- company_name: Sotherly Hotels Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1301236/000119312525284727/0001193125-25-284727-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1301236/000119312525284727/soho-20251117.htm

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