---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001474098-26-000046"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PEB"
cik: "0001474098"
company_name: "Pebblebrook Hotel Trust"
filed_at: "2026-06-02T20:15:22+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T20:16:16.844307+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pebblebrook Hotel Trust: Trustee Jackson retires; shareholders approve removal of trustee without cause

## Summary
- Ron E. Jackson retired from Board effective May 29, 2026; Board size reduced to 7 trustees.
- All seven trustees were elected with votes ranging from 97.3M to 103.3M for each.
- Say-on-pay proposal passed with 93.7M votes for (9.6M against; 3.4M broker non-votes).
- Amendment to Declaration to allow removal of trustee without cause approved (103.1M for, 0.2M against) and filed June 2, 2026.
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor passed with 104.7M votes for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001474098-26-000046
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PEB
- cik: 0001474098
- company_name: Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
- filed_at: 2026-06-02T20:15:22+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474098/000147409826000046/0001474098-26-000046-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474098/000147409826000046/peb-20260529.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 1f6ed2b260
  claim: Ron E. Jackson retired as Trustee at Pebblebrook Hotel Trust.
  evidence_excerpt: As previously disclosed, on February 6, 2026, Ron E. Jackson notified the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (the “Company”) that he had decided to retire from the Board effective as of the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474098/000147409826000046/0001474098-26-000046-index.htm
- claim_id: 2e62e37d112c6dfe88806a47899fcfc790e26da8
  claim: Pebblebrook Hotel Trust shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accountants at the 2026-05-29 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 2 - ratification of the appointment of independent registered public accountants: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 104,704,688 1,999,237 42,026 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474098/000147409826000046/0001474098-26-000046-index.htm
- claim_id: 4d88cdc835b73fae9ad35b3300c19ef5ebe7de61
  claim: Pebblebrook Hotel Trust shareholders approved Approval of an amendment to the Company's declaration of trust at the 2026-05-29 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 4 - approval of an amendment to the Declaration: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 103,146,732 202,008 42,837 3,354,374
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474098/000147409826000046/0001474098-26-000046-index.htm
- claim_id: 73d700517bc0027905a5b5e08f7b0f7edfada296
  claim: Pebblebrook Hotel Trust shareholders approved Approval, in an advisory and non-binding vote, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2026-05-29 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 3 - approval of compensation of named executive officers ("Say-On-Pay"): Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 93,732,941 9,616,289 42,347 3,354,374
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474098/000147409826000046/0001474098-26-000046-index.htm
- claim_id: cf55f9249042a669a323f5d9ac6135801f33bd0c
  claim: Pebblebrook Hotel Trust shareholders approved Election of trustees at the 2026-05-29 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 1 - election of trustees: Trustee Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Jon E. Bortz 98,013,143 5,338,482 39,952 3,354,374 Cydney C. Donnell 98,545,019 4,806,562 39,996 3,354,374 Nine P. Jones 103,264,078 87,503 39,996 3,354,374 Phillip M. Miller 98,488,738 4,862,852 39,987 3,354,374 Michael J. Schall 97,254,611 6,096,979 39,987 3,354,374 Bonny W. Simi 99,909,981 3,441,610 39,986 3,354,374 Earl E. Webb 97,905,656 5,445,933 39,988 3,354,374
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474098/000147409826000046/0001474098-26-000046-index.htm

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