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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001541401-23-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESRT"
cik: "0001541401"
company_name: "Empire State Realty Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T14:21:53.327098+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ESRT amends bylaws: majority voting for director elections, universal proxy rule updates

## Summary
- Adopted majority voting standard for uncontested director elections; plurality retained for contested elections.
- Updated advance notice procedures for director nominations to comply with SEC Rule 14a-19 (universal proxy).
- Stockholders must nominate candidates 120-150 days before anniversary of prior year's proxy statement; limit to number of directors.
- Other changes: proxy card color other than white required, stockholders must appear at meeting, no substitute nominations after deadline.
- Technical amendments also permit remote stockholder meetings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001541401-23-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESRT
- cik: 0001541401
- company_name: Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000154140123000045/0001541401-23-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000154140123000045/esrt-20230808.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.: Adopted majority voting standard for uncontested director elections; updated advance notice procedures for Rule 14a-19; made other technical and conforming changes (effective 2023-08-08).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-08-08
  source text: On August 8, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (the “ Company ”) approved and adopted the Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (as so amended and restated, the “ Amended Bylaws ”), effective as of such date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000154140123000045/0001541401-23-000045-index.htm

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