---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001466085-23-000070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IRT"
cik: "0001466085"
company_name: "INDEPENDENCE REALTY TRUST, INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T06:12:54.081374+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "low"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IRT annual meeting votes passed; investor presentation furnished, no specific figures in filing

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected with strong majority (over 160M votes for each).
- KPMG ratified as independent auditor for 2023: 184.8M for, 2.0M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay resolution passed with ~160.0M for, 5.1M against.
- Furnished May 2023 investor presentation; detailed financial/operational data not included in 8-K text.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001466085-23-000070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IRT
- cik: 0001466085
- company_name: INDEPENDENCE REALTY TRUST, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: low
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1466085/000146608523000070/0001466085-23-000070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1466085/000146608523000070/irt-20230510.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001466085-23-000070.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  INDEPENDENCE REALTY TRUST, INC. shareholders approved Election of nine directors to serve until 2024 annual meeting at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Nine Directors. Director Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Scott F. Schaeffer 157,068,198 8,045,761 534,677 21,384,377 Stephen R. Bowie 163,771,752 1,394,474 482,410 21,384,377 Ned W. Brines 162,469,457 2,690,599 488,580 21,384,377 Richard D. Gebert 162,477,686 2,640,342 530,608 21,384,377 Melinda H. McClure 160,797,210 4,333,552 517,874 21,384,377 Thomas H. Purcell 163,693,756 1,468,557 486,323 21,384,377 Ana Marie del Rio 163,772,435 1,392,127 484,074 21,384,377 Deforest B. Soaries, Jr., D. Min. 160,259,626 4,854,660 534,350 21,384,377 Lisa Washington 163,740,580 1,372,497 535,559 21,384,377
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1466085/000146608523000070/0001466085-23-000070-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  INDEPENDENCE REALTY TRUST, INC. shareholders approved Advisory, non-binding resolution on executive compensation program at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: Proposal 3: Advisory, non-binding resolution on the Company’s executive compensation program. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 159,956,684 5,089,991 601,961 21,384,377
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1466085/000146608523000070/0001466085-23-000070-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  INDEPENDENCE REALTY TRUST, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for FY 2023 at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: Proposal 2: Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 184,760,962 1,981,497 290,554 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1466085/000146608523000070/0001466085-23-000070-index.htm

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