--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001600626-23-000026" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "PKST" cik: "0001600626" company_name: "Peakstone Realty Trust" filed_at: "2023-03-20T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-17T22:58:24.311499+00:00" event_type: "leadership" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.5 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Peakstone Realty Trust appoints Casey Wold and Carrie DeWees to board ahead of NYSE listing ## Summary - Five trustees (Shields, Briscoe, Kripalani, Risoleo, Sanders) resign effective immediately before NYSE listing. - Board appoints Casey Wold (non-executive Chair) and Carrie DeWees as independent trustees, effective after resignations. - Board size reduced to five members from prior larger board. - Bylaws amended to allow special meetings by majority shareholders, adopt plurality voting, and update proxy rules. - Resignations are not due to any disagreement; part of Board refreshment process for listing. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001600626-23-000026 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: PKST - cik: 0001600626 - company_name: Peakstone Realty Trust - filed_at: 2023-03-20T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: leadership - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.5 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600626/000160062623000026/0001600626-23-000026-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600626/000160062623000026/gcnl-20230314.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001600626-23-000026 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001600626-23-000026.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001600626-23-000026.txt ## Key facts - Executive change Casey Wold was appointed as Trustee and non-executive Chairman at Peakstone Realty Trust. - Action: appointed - Role: Trustee and non-executive Chairman source text: On March 14, 2023, the Board approved the appointments of Casey Wold and Carrie DeWees as trustees of the Company to fill two of the vacancies on the Board resulting from the Board resignations described above, subject to and effective immediately following the effectiveness of the above-described Board resignations and prior to the Listing. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600626/000160062623000026/0001600626-23-000026-index.htm - Executive change J. Grayson Sanders resigned as Trustee at Peakstone Realty Trust. - Action: resigned - Role: Trustee source text: Kevin A. Shields, Kathleen S. Briscoe, Ranjit M. Kripalani, James F. Risoleo and J. Grayson Sanders each communicated his or her intention to resign from the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Peakstone Realty Trust (the “Company”), subject to, and effective immediately prior to, the listing of the Company’s common shares on the New York Stock Exchange (the “Listing”). evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600626/000160062623000026/0001600626-23-000026-index.htm - Executive change Kathleen S. Briscoe resigned as Trustee at Peakstone Realty Trust. - Action: resigned - Role: Trustee source text: Kevin A. Shields, Kathleen S. Briscoe, Ranjit M. Kripalani, James F. Risoleo and J. Grayson Sanders each communicated his or her intention to resign from the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Peakstone Realty Trust (the “Company”), subject to, and effective immediately prior to, the listing of the Company’s common shares on the New York Stock Exchange (the “Listing”). evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600626/000160062623000026/0001600626-23-000026-index.htm - Executive change James F. Risoleo resigned as Trustee at Peakstone Realty Trust. - Action: resigned - Role: Trustee source text: Kevin A. Shields, Kathleen S. Briscoe, Ranjit M. Kripalani, James F. Risoleo and J. Grayson Sanders each communicated his or her intention to resign from the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Peakstone Realty Trust (the “Company”), subject to, and effective immediately prior to, the listing of the Company’s common shares on the New York Stock Exchange (the “Listing”). evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600626/000160062623000026/0001600626-23-000026-index.htm - Executive change Carrie DeWees was appointed as Trustee at Peakstone Realty Trust. - Action: appointed - Role: Trustee source text: On March 14, 2023, the Board approved the appointments of Casey Wold and Carrie DeWees as trustees of the Company to fill two of the vacancies on the Board resulting from the Board resignations described above, subject to and effective immediately following the effectiveness of the above-described Board resignations and prior to the Listing. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600626/000160062623000026/0001600626-23-000026-index.htm - Executive change Kevin A. Shields resigned as Trustee at Peakstone Realty Trust. - Action: resigned - Role: Trustee source text: Kevin A. Shields, Kathleen S. Briscoe, Ranjit M. Kripalani, James F. Risoleo and J. Grayson Sanders each communicated his or her intention to resign from the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Peakstone Realty Trust (the “Company”), subject to, and effective immediately prior to, the listing of the Company’s common shares on the New York Stock Exchange (the “Listing”). evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600626/000160062623000026/0001600626-23-000026-index.htm - Executive change Ranjit M. Kripalani resigned as Trustee at Peakstone Realty Trust. - Action: resigned - Role: Trustee source text: Kevin A. Shields, Kathleen S. Briscoe, Ranjit M. Kripalani, James F. Risoleo and J. Grayson Sanders each communicated his or her intention to resign from the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Peakstone Realty Trust (the “Company”), subject to, and effective immediately prior to, the listing of the Company’s common shares on the New York Stock Exchange (the “Listing”). evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600626/000160062623000026/0001600626-23-000026-index.htm - Governance Changes Peakstone Realty Trust: Amended and restated bylaws to modify provisions for special meetings, advance notice, voting standard, shareholder consents, trustee removal, etc (effective 2023-03-14). - Change: bylaw amendment - Effective: 2023-03-14 source text: On March 14, 2023, the Board amended and restated the existing bylaws of the Company (“Existing Bylaws”), effective as of, and subject to the occurrence of, the Listing. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600626/000160062623000026/0001600626-23-000026-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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