---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001500217-26-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AAT"
cik: "0001500217"
company_name: "American Assets Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-01T20:15:22+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T20:28:20.571119+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AAT stockholders elect all five director nominees, ratify EY as auditor at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- Ernest S. Rady re-elected with 54,216,994 votes for; 2,102,205 withheld.
- Joy L. Schaefer received 35,305,627 votes for; 21,013,572 withheld.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor passed with 57,349,229 votes for.
- Advisory say-on-pay resolution approved with 55,480,484 votes for (98.6% of votes cast).
- No other proposals were submitted; broker non-votes were 1,310,343 for director and say-on-pay items.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001500217-26-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AAT
- cik: 0001500217
- company_name: American Assets Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-01T20:15:22+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/1500217/000150021726000038/0001500217-26-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1500217/000150021726000038/aat-20260601.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 34f18ec3714475a9f61fb98e6fedeef8a27a0664
  claim: American Assets Trust, Inc. shareholders approved The ratification of the appointment Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026. at the 2026-06-01 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal No. 2: The ratification of the appointment Erns t & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1500217/000150021726000038/0001500217-26-000038-index.htm
- claim_id: 353e0e59ae39c04f5420eb0299d5392e37fc8e06
  claim: American Assets Trust, Inc. shareholders approved Election of five directors, each to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders in 2027 or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. at the 2026-06-01 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders On June 1, 2026, American Assets Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, in which the stockholders voted on proposals as follows: Proposal No. 1: The election of five directors, each to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders in 2027 or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1500217/000150021726000038/0001500217-26-000038-index.htm
- claim_id: d7e900b90c3bfb5963c5eef3f0f3592508fc82c7
  claim: American Assets Trust, Inc. shareholders approved An advisory resolution to approve the Company's executive compensation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. at the 2026-06-01 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal No. 3: An advisory resolution to approve the Company's executive compensation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1500217/000150021726000038/0001500217-26-000038-index.htm

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