---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-017498"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSR"
cik: "0001175535"
company_name: "Whitestone REIT"
filed_at: "2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T14:34:21.874161+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Whitestone REIT shareholders elect board; two nominees receive high withhold votes

## Summary
- All six company-nominated trustees elected; Nandita V. Berry (24.996M for, 12.640M withhold) and David F. Taylor (23.840M for, 13.801M withhold) had significant opposition.
- Dissident nominees Catherine Clark and Bruce Schanzer received 6.8M and 19.3M votes for, respectively; failed to win board seats.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 32.95M for, 4.27M against, 0.53M abstentions.
- Ratification of Pannell Kerr Forster as independent auditor for FY2024 passed with 35.26M for, 2.22M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-017498
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSR
- cik: 0001175535
- company_name: Whitestone REIT
- filed_at: 2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000143774924017498/0001437749-24-017498-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000143774924017498/wstr20240517_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: cd415c48eb74a1eb9e51ca1e1d2a92449a9b7548
  claim: Whitestone REIT shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 3: Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The proposal to ratify the appointment of Pannell Kerr Forster of Texas, P.C. as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 was approved, based on the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000143774924017498/0001437749-24-017498-index.htm

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