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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE)

Apple Hospitality REIT shareholders re-elect nine directors, approve employee stock plan

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 shareholder Written later

At its May 19, 2025 annual meeting, Apple Hospitality REIT shareholders re-elected all nine director nominees, ratified KPMG LLP as auditor for 2025, approved a non-binding say-on-pay vote, and approved an Employee Stock Purchase Plan reserving 600,000 common shares. The board also extended the share repurchase program to July 2026 with up to $262.6 million of repurchase capacity.

Key points

  • All nine directors were elected, each with a one-year term expiring at the 2026 annual meeting
  • The employee stock purchase plan reserves 600,000 common shares and received 196,687,212 votes for
  • The share repurchase program was extended until July 2026 and permits up to $262.6 million in repurchases
  • KPMG LLP was ratified as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025

The filing

CompanyApple Hospitality REIT (APLE)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMay 21, 2025, 4:15 PM ET
Accession number0000950170-25-075787

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change5.07 Shareholder Vote Results8.01 Other Events

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 12:59 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on May 21, 2025.

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