---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001476045-24-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLDT"
cik: "0001476045"
company_name: "Chatham Lodging Trust"
filed_at: "2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T22:56:10.716173+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chatham Lodging Trust shareholders elect all trustee nominees, ratify PwC, approve say-on-pay at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- All seven trustees elected: Edwin B. Brewer Jr., Jeffrey H. Fisher, David Grissen, Mary Beth Higgins, Robert Perlmutter, Rolf E. Ruhfus, Ethel Isaacs Williams; each received >93% of votes cast.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor for FY2024 approved with 97.74% of votes cast (44.1M for, 1.0M against).
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved with 98.37% of votes cast (41.2M for, 0.6M against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001476045-24-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLDT
- cik: 0001476045
- company_name: Chatham Lodging Trust
- filed_at: 2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476045/000147604524000037/0001476045-24-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476045/000147604524000037/cldt-20240515.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001476045-24-000037.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Chatham Lodging Trust shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of independent registered public accountants at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-15
  source text: Ratification of the selection of independent registered public accountants: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions % For/Against 44,141,165 1,012,450 10,274 97.74%
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476045/000147604524000037/0001476045-24-000037-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Chatham Lodging Trust shareholders approved Election of Trustees at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-15
  source text: Trustee Votes For Votes Against/Withheld Abstain Broker Non-Votes % For/Against Edwin B. Brewer, Jr. 39,401,375 2,530,933 0 3,231,582 93.96%
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476045/000147604524000037/0001476045-24-000037-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Chatham Lodging Trust shareholders approved Approval of compensation of named executive officers at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-15
  source text: Approval of compensation of named executive officers: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes % For/Against 41,249,803 626,714 55,790 3,231,582 98.37%
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476045/000147604524000037/0001476045-24-000037-index.htm

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