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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-016450"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLDT"
cik: "0001476045"
company_name: "Chatham Lodging Trust"
filed_at: "2026-05-12T20:35:02+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-12T20:36:32.867319+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chatham Lodging Trust shareholders elect all six trustee nominees at May 12 annual meeting

## Summary
- All six nominees elected with >98% for: Brewer, Fisher, Grissen, Higgins, Ruhfus, Williams.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor approved: 43,200,054 for (98.85%), 501,149 against.
- Advisory say-on-pay vote approved: 40,237,015 for (98.21%), 732,587 against.
- Broker non-votes of 2,701,705 on trustee and compensation matters.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-016450
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLDT
- cik: 0001476045
- company_name: Chatham Lodging Trust
- filed_at: 2026-05-12T20:35:02+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476045/000143774926016450/0001437749-26-016450-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476045/000143774926016450/cldt20260512_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Chatham Lodging Trust shareholders approved Advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: Approval of compensation of named executive officers: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes %For/Against 40,237,015 732,587 36,163 2,701,705 98.21%
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476045/000143774926016450/0001437749-26-016450-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Chatham Lodging Trust shareholders approved Ratification of selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for year ending December 31, 2026 at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: Ratification of the selection of independent registered public accounting firm: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions %For/Against 43,200,054 501,149 6,268 98.85%
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476045/000143774926016450/0001437749-26-016450-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Chatham Lodging Trust shareholders approved Election of trustees: Edwin B. Brewer, Jr., Jeffrey H. Fisher, David Grissen, Mary Beth Higgins, Rolf E. Ruhfus, and Ethel Isaacs Williams at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: Trustee Votes For Votes Against/Withheld Abstain Broker Non-Votes %For/Against Edwin B. Brewer, Jr. 40,502,571 503,194 0 2,701,705 98.77% Jeffrey H. Fisher 40,547,694 458,071 0 2,701,705 98.88% David Grissen 40,780,150 225,615 0 2,701,705 99.45% Mary Beth Higgins 40,757,764 248,001 0 2,701,705 99.40% Rolf E. Ruhfus 40,748,500 257,265 0 2,701,705 99.37% Ethel Isaacs Williams 40,614,281 391,484 0 2,701,705 99.05%
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476045/000143774926016450/0001437749-26-016450-index.htm

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