---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001728951-23-000051"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EPRT"
cik: "0001728951"
company_name: "ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES REALTY TRUST, INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T23:53:12.023182+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# EPRT annual meeting elects directors, passes say-on-pay and 2023 incentive plan

## Summary
- All eight director nominees elected with over 130M votes for each.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 91.3M for, 45.9M against (~33% dissent).
- 2023 Incentive Plan approved: 102.3M for, 34.9M against.
- Grant Thornton LLP ratified as auditor for 2023 with 133.9M for, 7.1M against.
- 94.8% of outstanding shares voted; total shares outstanding 148.8M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001728951-23-000051
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EPRT
- cik: 0001728951
- company_name: ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES REALTY TRUST, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1728951/000172895123000051/0001728951-23-000051-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1728951/000172895123000051/eprt-20230515.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES REALTY TRUST, INC. shareholders approved Approval of the Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. 2023 Incentive Plan. at the 2023-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-15
  source text: At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. 2023 Incentive Plan by the vote indicated below: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 102,285,512 34,869,274 112,211 3,778,530
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1728951/000172895123000051/0001728951-23-000051-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES REALTY TRUST, INC. shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. at the 2023-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-15
  source text: At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, by the vote indicated below: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 91,343,147 45,879,084 44,766 3,778,530
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1728951/000172895123000051/0001728951-23-000051-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES REALTY TRUST, INC. shareholders approved Election of eight director nominees to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualify. at the 2023-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-15
  source text: At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders elected, by the vote indicated below, the following eight persons as directors of the Company, each to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualify: Name Votes For Votes Against Withheld Broker Non-Votes Paul T. Bossidy 133,727,376 0 3,539,621 3,778,530 Joyce DeLucca 134,823,959 0 2,443,038 3,778,530 Scott A. Estes 135,860,302 0 1,406,695 3,778,530 Peter M. Mavoides 136,800,103 0 466,894 3,778,530 Lawrence J. Minich 131,775,578 0 5,480,782 3,789,167 Heather L. Neary 131,757,703 0 5,509,294 3,778,530 Steven D. Sautel 130,866,139 0 6,400,858 3,778,530 Janaki Sivanesan 131,890,901 0 5,376,096 3,778,530
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1728951/000172895123000051/0001728951-23-000051-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES REALTY TRUST, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023. at the 2023-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-15
  source text: At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023, by the vote indicated below: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 133,918,934 7,109,046 17,547 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1728951/000172895123000051/0001728951-23-000051-index.htm

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