---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001562401-24-000055"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMH"
cik: "0001562401"
company_name: "American Homes 4 Rent"
filed_at: "2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T03:40:35.917972+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders elect all 12 director nominees, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected with majority support; Matthew R. Zaist received fewest votes (332M for, 39.4M against).
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY2024 with 377.1M for, 1.8M against, 76k abstentions.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved: 360.3M for, 11.1M against, 0.1M abstentions.
- Meeting held virtually on May 10, 2024; broker non-votes were 7.5M on director election and say-on-pay proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001562401-24-000055
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMH
- cik: 0001562401
- company_name: American Homes 4 Rent
- filed_at: 2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562401/000156240124000055/0001562401-24-000055-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562401/000156240124000055/amh-20240510.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  American Homes 4 Rent shareholders approved Election of twelve directors to hold office until the next annual meeting at the 2024-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-10
  source text: Proposal 1: The Company’s shareholders elected twelve individuals to the Board for the succeeding year or until their successors are duly qualified and elected as set forth below: Name Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Matthew J. Hart 360,977,868 9,271,982 1,238,839 7,490,946
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562401/000156240124000055/0001562401-24-000055-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  American Homes 4 Rent shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young, LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-10
  source text: Proposal 2: The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 as set forth below: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 377,106,232 1,797,266 76,137 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562401/000156240124000055/0001562401-24-000055-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  American Homes 4 Rent shareholders approved Advisory approval of named executive officer compensation at the 2024-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-10
  source text: Proposal 3: The Company’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the named executive officer compensation as set forth below: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 360,334,963 11,055,606 98,120 7,490,946
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562401/000156240124000055/0001562401-24-000055-index.htm

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