---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001476045-23-000049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLDT"
cik: "0001476045"
company_name: "Chatham Lodging Trust"
filed_at: "2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T19:40:28.644395+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chatham Lodging Trust shareholders elect trustees, ratify auditor, approve executive compensation at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Elected seven trustees including Edwin B. Brewer, Jr., Jeffrey H. Fisher, David Grissen, and others all with >93% approval.
- Ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor for 2023 with 98.73% of votes cast in favor.
- Approved advisory (non-binding) executive compensation proposal with 95.90% of votes cast in favor.
- Set frequency of future advisory executive compensation votes at one year (38.4M votes for one year).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001476045-23-000049
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLDT
- cik: 0001476045
- company_name: Chatham Lodging Trust
- filed_at: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476045/000147604523000049/0001476045-23-000049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476045/000147604523000049/cldt-20230518.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Chatham Lodging Trust shareholders approved Advisory approval of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: Approval of compensation of named executive officers: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes % For/Against 37,899,814 1,621,545 46,038 4,007,887 95.90%
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476045/000147604523000049/0001476045-23-000049-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Chatham Lodging Trust shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: Ratification of the selection of independent registered public accountants: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions % For/Against 43,004,030 554,874 16,381 98.73%
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476045/000147604523000049/0001476045-23-000049-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Chatham Lodging Trust shareholders approved Election of trustees to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: Trustee Votes For Votes Against/Withheld Abstain Broker Non-Votes % For/Against Edwin B. Brewer, Jr. 37,121,064 2,446,333 0 4,007,887 93.82% Jeffrey H. Fisher 38,636,854 930,543 0 4,007,887 97.65% David Grissen 39,186,694 380,703 0 4,007,887 99.04% Mary Beth Higgins 39,141,788 425,610 0 4,007,887 98.92% Robert Perlmutter 38,440,445 1,126,952 0 4,007,887 97.15% Rolf E. Ruhfus 39,025,936 541,461 0 4,007,887 98.63% Ethel Isaacs Williams 38,603,357 964,041 0 4,007,887 97.56%
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476045/000147604523000049/0001476045-23-000049-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Chatham Lodging Trust shareholders approved Amendment to the Company's Declaration of Trust to provide shareholders with the ability to amend the Company's Bylaws at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: for the approval of a proposal to amend the Company's Declaration of Trust to provide shareholders with the ability to amend the Company's Bylaws
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476045/000147604523000049/0001476045-23-000049-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Chatham Lodging Trust shareholders voted on Advisory vote on the frequency of holding future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: Approval of the advisory vote on the frequency of holding future advisory votes on executive compensation: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 38,441,380 54,827 1,041,326 29,865 4,007,887
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476045/000147604523000049/0001476045-23-000049-index.htm

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