---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001466085-24-000060"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IRT"
cik: "0001466085"
company_name: "INDEPENDENCE REALTY TRUST, INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T22:54:51.069103+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Independence Realty Trust shareholders elect ten directors, ratify KPMG, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- Ten director nominees elected, each receiving >97% of votes cast (excluding broker non-votes).
- KPMG LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY 2024 with 196.3M votes for, 2.2M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay resolution approved with 175.8M for, 4.7M against.
- All three proposals passed at May 15, 2024 Annual Meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001466085-24-000060
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IRT
- cik: 0001466085
- company_name: INDEPENDENCE REALTY TRUST, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1466085/000146608524000060/0001466085-24-000060-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1466085/000146608524000060/irt-20240515.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  INDEPENDENCE REALTY TRUST, INC. shareholders approved Advisory, non-binding resolution on the Company's executive compensation program at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-15
  source text: Proposal 3: Advisory, non-binding resolution on the Company's executive compensation program. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 175,754,683 4,667,062 545,901 17,984,907
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1466085/000146608524000060/0001466085-24-000060-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  INDEPENDENCE REALTY TRUST, INC. shareholders approved Election of ten directors, each to serve for a term expiring at the Company's 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-15
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Ten Directors. Director Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Scott F. Schaeffer 171,875,325 8,724,531 367,789 17,984,908 Stephen R. Bowie 179,717,058 946,027 304,560 17,984,908 Ned W. Brines 178,485,653 2,184,416 297,578 17,984,906 Richard D. Gebert 179,572,584 1,036,747 358,315 17,984,907 Melinda H. McClure 174,902,248 5,711,066 354,331 17,984,908 Thomas H. Purcell 176,438,818 4,231,202 297,625 17,984,908 Ana Marie del Rio 179,654,088 1,021,506 292,052 17,984,907 Deforest B. Soaries, Jr., D. Min. 177,658,128 2,952,178 357,340 17,984,907 Lisa Washington 179,394,119 1,216,902 356,624 17,984,908 Craig Macnab 180,352,779 249,741 365,125 17,984,908
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1466085/000146608524000060/0001466085-24-000060-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  INDEPENDENCE REALTY TRUST, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-15
  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, 2024. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 196,323,763 2,226,092 402,698 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1466085/000146608524000060/0001466085-24-000060-index.htm

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