---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001631569-23-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHCT"
cik: "0001631569"
company_name: "Community Healthcare Trust Inc"
filed_at: "2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T22:11:02.177304+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CHCT shareholders elect six directors, approve say-on-pay and BDO as auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- Six director nominees elected with votes ranging from 21.1M to 22.1M; broker non-votes 1.96M.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 16.9M for, 5.2M against, 27k abstain.
- Ratification of BDO USA as independent auditor for 2023 passed: 23.75M for, 347.6k against, 4.5k abstain.
- Meeting held May 4, 2023; 24.1M shares present (92.43% of outstanding).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001631569-23-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHCT
- cik: 0001631569
- company_name: Community Healthcare Trust Inc
- filed_at: 2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1631569/000163156923000043/0001631569-23-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1631569/000163156923000043/chct-20230504.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001631569-23-000043.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Community Healthcare Trust Inc shareholders approved Election of six directors to serve until 2024. at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: The election of six directors to the Board of Directors of the Company, each to serve a one-year term expiring in 2024. The following six directors were elected based on the following vote total: Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Cathrine Cotman 21,797,484 345,276 1,961,675 David Dupuy 22,064,991 77,769 1,961,675 Alan Gardner 21,143,703 999,057 1,961,675 Claire Gulmi 21,313,988 828,772 1,961,675 Robert Hensley 21,956,562 186,198 1,961,675 Lawrence Van Horn 21,075,287 1,067,473 1,961,675
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1631569/000163156923000043/0001631569-23-000043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Community Healthcare Trust Inc shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation. at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: The shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the Company’s compensation of its executive officers by the following vote: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 16,905,388 5,210,378 26,994 1,961,675
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1631569/000163156923000043/0001631569-23-000043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Community Healthcare Trust Inc shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of BDO USA, LLP as independent auditor. at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: The ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2023. The shareholders ratified the appointment of BDO USA, LLP based on the following vote totals: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 23,752,270 347,647 4,518 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1631569/000163156923000043/0001631569-23-000043-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.