---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001574085-23-000066"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BHR"
cik: "0001574085"
company_name: "Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T06:22:08.420626+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders approve 1.2M share increase to equity plan, elect 8 directors

## Summary
- Equity plan amendment approved: 1.2M new shares authorized; 37.5M for, 2.3M against.
- Eight directors elected: Bennett, Carter, Evans, Fearn, Odino-Johnson, Rinaldi, Stockton, Vaziri.
- Advisory 'say-on-pay' passed: 36.5M for, 3.3M against, 1.7M abstain.
- BDO USA ratified as FY2023 auditor: 58.8M for, 0.9M against, 1.5M abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001574085-23-000066
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BHR
- cik: 0001574085
- company_name: Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1574085/000157408523000066/0001574085-23-000066-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1574085/000157408523000066/bhr-20230510.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. shareholders approved Advisory approval of the Company’s executive compensation at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: To obtain advisory approval of the Company’s executive compensation. This proposal was approved by the votes indicated below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1574085/000157408523000066/0001574085-23-000066-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: To ratify the appointment of BDO USA, LLP, a national public accounting firm, as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. This proposal was approved by the votes indicated below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1574085/000157408523000066/0001574085-23-000066-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. shareholders approved Election of eight nominees to the Board of Directors at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: The following nominees were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors (constituting the entire Board of Directors), with the voting results for each nominee as shown:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1574085/000157408523000066/0001574085-23-000066-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. shareholders approved Approval of Amendment No. 4 to the Company’s Second Amended and Restated 2013 Equity Incentive Plan at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: To approve Amendment No. 4 to the Company’s Second Amended and Restated 2013 Equity Incentive Plan. This proposal was approved by the votes indicated below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1574085/000157408523000066/0001574085-23-000066-index.htm

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