{"url_path":"/sec/esrt/8-k/2026-05-19/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-19","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/0001541401-26-000023-index.html","accession_number":"0001541401-26-000023","cik":"0001541401","ticker":"ESRT","issuer_name":"Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/0001541401-26-000023-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001541401","primary_entity_name":"Empire State Realty Trust, Inc."},"word_count":415,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.\n\n(a) The 2026 annual shareholders meeting of Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 14, 2026.                        \n\n(b) The Class A and Class B common stockholders of the Company (i) elected all of the Company’s nominees for director, (ii) approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, (iii) approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, that future advisory votes on NEO compensation will occur on an annual basis, (iv) approved the Empire Realty Trust, Inc. Empire State Realty OP, L.P. 2026 Equity Incentive Plan, and (v) ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. The results of the meeting were as follows:\n\n(i) Election of Directors:\n\nNomineesForAgainstAbstainedBroker Non-Votes\n\nAnthony E. Malkin179,453,9817,974,05492,2665,796,161\n\nSteven J. Gilbert176,229,64211,194,02496,6355,796,161\n\nS. Michael Giliberto180,951,4096,471,99496,8985,796,161\n\nPatricia S. Han184,360,2442,551,178608,8795,796,161\n\nGrant H. Hill184,670,6912,215,569634,0415,796,161\n\nR. Paige Hood184,702,3902,749,92567,9865,796,161\n\nGeorge L. W. Malkin185,429,0702,009,63681,5955,796,161\n\nJames D. Robinson IV181,360,6046,042,326117,3715,796,161\n\nChristina Van Tassell184,688,2792,208,037623,9855,796,161\n\nHannah Y. Yang184,702,7142,192,245625,3425,796,161\n\n(ii) Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the named executive officers:\n\nForAgainstAbstainedBroker Non-Votes\n\n174,613,72812,332,472574,1015,796,161\n\n(iii) Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, whether future advisory votes on NEO compensation should occur every one, two, or three years:\n\n1 Year2 Years3 YearsAbstainedBroker Non-Votes\n\n184,617,40455,5962,552,044295,2575,796,161\n\n(iv) Approval of the Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. Empire State Realty Trust OP, L.P. 2026 Equity Incentive Plan:\n\nForAgainstAbstainedBroker Non-Votes\n\n147,323,71140,103,41293,1785,796,161\n\n(v) Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting                                      firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026:\n\nForAgainstAbstainedBroker Non-Votes\n\n192,208,0501,039,98268,430n/a\n\nWith respect to the preceding matters, holders of Class A common stock were entitled to one vote per share, and holders of Class B common stock were entitled to 50 votes per share, so long as such Class B common stockholder continued to own 49 operating partnership units in Empire State Realty OP, L.P. for each such share of Class B common stock. Holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock voted together as a single class on the matters covered at the meeting, and their votes were counted and totaled together.\n\nSIGNATURE\n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\nEMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, INC.\n\n(Registrant)\n\nDate: May 19, 2026By:/s/ Stephen V. Horn\n\nName:Stephen V. Horn\n\nTitle:Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer"}