---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001541401-23-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESRT"
cik: "0001541401"
company_name: "Empire State Realty Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T23:39:10.194065+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ESRT shareholders elect all 8 director nominees, approve say-on-pay, ratify Ernst & Young

## Summary
- All 8 director nominees elected with 145.7M to 165.8M 'for' votes; broker non-votes of 7.2M.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 159.5M for, 8.7M against.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor passed: 174.8M for, 0.7M against.
- Class A common stock 1 vote per share; Class B common 50 votes per share (subject to OP unit ownership).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001541401-23-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESRT
- cik: 0001541401
- company_name: Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000154140123000023/0001541401-23-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000154140123000023/esrt-20230511.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001541401-23-000023
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001541401-23-000023.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. shareholders approved Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the named executive officers at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: (ii) Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the named executive officers: For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 159,466,287 8,699,158 180,496 7,202,968
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000154140123000023/0001541401-23-000023-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: (i) Election of Directors: Nominees For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Anthony E. Malkin 164,236,902 4,109,039 7,202,968 Thomas J. DeRosa 163,397,201 4,948,740 7,202,968 Steven J. Gilbert 157,811,126 10,534,815 7,202,968 S. Michael Giliberto 165,279,723 3,066,218 7,202,968 Patricia S. Han 165,760,385 2,585,556 7,202,968 Grant H. Hill 164,627,164 3,718,777 7,202,968 R. Paige Hood 165,800,057 2,545,884 7,202,968 James D. Robinson IV 145,713,477 22,632,464 7,202,968
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000154140123000023/0001541401-23-000023-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: (iii) Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023: For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 174,830,923 652,037 65,949 N/A
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000154140123000023/0001541401-23-000023-index.htm

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