---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-036159"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IRT"
cik: "0001466085"
company_name: "INDEPENDENCE REALTY TRUST, INC."
filed_at: "2026-11-10T21:05:18+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-11-10T21:07:22.156819+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IRT and Centerspace shareholders approve merger; 3.800 IRT shares per CSR share

## Summary
- IRT stockholders approved issuing shares for the merger: 182,074,892 votes for, 24,519,307 against, 185,757 abstentions; about 88.1% of votes cast in favor.
- Centerspace shareholders approved the merger with roughly 99.6% of votes cast in favor, representing 80.4% of Centerspace's outstanding common shares.
- Exchange ratio: 3.800 IRT common shares per Centerspace common share; Centerspace OP unitholders receive 3.800 IRT OP units, with cash in lieu of fractional shares.
- Merger agreement dated September 8, 2026, amended September 22, 2026; both special meetings held November 10, 2026, closing still subject to remaining conditions.
- IRT may defer closing until lenders consent on unrepaid Centerspace mortgage loans, or at latest the tenth business day before June 30, 2027.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-036159
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IRT
- cik: 0001466085
- company_name: INDEPENDENCE REALTY TRUST, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-11-10T21:05:18+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1466085/000143774926036159/0001437749-26-036159-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1466085/000143774926036159/irt20261110c_8k.htm

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