---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001286043-23-000060"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KRG"
cik: "0001286043"
company_name: "KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST"
filed_at: "2023-05-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T02:13:51.833986+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kite Realty Group Trust shareholders elect 13 trustees, approve say-on-pay, ratify KPMG

## Summary
- All 13 director nominees elected; Steven P. Grimes received 107.6M for vs 84.7M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 178.9M for, 13.4M against.
- Shareholders voted 186.6M for annual frequency of say-on-pay; Board to continue annual votes.
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor for FY2023 approved with 195.0M for, 5.3M against.
- No broker non-votes on auditor ratification; all proposals carried.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001286043-23-000060
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KRG
- cik: 0001286043
- company_name: KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST
- filed_at: 2023-05-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1286043/000128604323000060/0001286043-23-000060-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1286043/000128604323000060/krg-20230510.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: shareholders voted to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1286043/000128604323000060/0001286043-23-000060-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST shareholders approved Non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: shareholders voted on a non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1286043/000128604323000060/0001286043-23-000060-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST shareholders approved Election of 13 nominees to the Board of Trustees for one-year terms expiring at the 2024 annual meeting at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: On May 10, 2023, Kite Realty Group Trust (the “Company”) held its 2023 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, shareholders voted on the election of 13 nominees for the Company’s Board of Trustees to serve one-year terms expiring at the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1286043/000128604323000060/0001286043-23-000060-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST shareholders approved Non-binding resolution regarding the frequency with which the shareholder advisory vote on executive compensation should be held at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: shareholders voted on a non-binding resolution regarding the frequency with which the shareholder advisory vote on executive compensation should be held.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1286043/000128604323000060/0001286043-23-000060-index.htm

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