{"url_path":"/sec/irt/8-k/2026-05-13/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":"2026-05-13","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1466085/0001437749-26-016730-index.html","accession_number":"0001437749-26-016730","cik":"0001466085","ticker":"IRT","issuer_name":"INDEPENDENCE REALTY TRUST, INC.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1466085/0001437749-26-016730-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001466085","primary_entity_name":"INDEPENDENCE REALTY TRUST, INC."},"word_count":404,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.07**         **Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**\n\n \n\nOn May 13, 2026, Independence Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Company’s stockholders voted on: (1) the election of nine directors to the Company's Board, each to serve for a term expiring at the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, (2) the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the calendar year ending December 31, 2026, (3) an advisory, non-binding resolution on the Company’s executive compensation and (4) an advisory, non-binding resolution on the frequency of future advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation. The tables below show the voting results.\n\n \n\n \n\n**Proposal 1:**\n\n**Election of Nine Directors.**\n\n \n\n**Director**\n\n \n\n**Votes For**\n\n \n \n\n**Votes Against**\n\n \n \n\n**Abstentions**\n\n \n \n\n**Broker Non-Votes**\n\n \n\nScott F. Schaeffer\n\n \n \n193,549,267\n \n \n \n4,869,915\n \n \n \n195,625\n \n \n \n13,470,761\n \n\nNed W. Brines\n\n \n \n196,073,881\n \n \n \n2,354,527\n \n \n \n186,400\n \n \n \n13,470,760\n \n\nRichard D. Gebert\n\n \n \n196,864,881\n \n \n \n1,510,629\n \n \n \n239,298\n \n \n \n13,470,760\n \n\nMelinda H. McClure\n\n \n \n194,087,833\n \n \n \n4,284,050\n \n \n \n242,924\n \n \n \n13,470,761\n \n\nJames J. Sebra\n\n \n \n186,995,992\n \n \n \n11,381,848\n \n \n \n236,969\n \n \n \n13,470,759\n \n\nAna Marie del Rio\n\n \n \n197,777,191\n \n \n \n653,316\n \n \n \n184,301\n \n \n \n13,470,760\n \n\nDeforest B. Soaries, Jr., D. Min.\n\n \n \n193,857,802\n \n \n \n4,512,877\n \n \n \n244,127\n \n \n \n13,470,762\n \n\nLisa Washington\n\n \n \n195,537,699\n \n \n \n1,481,332\n \n \n \n1,595,777\n \n \n \n13,470,760\n \n\nCraig Macnab\n\n \n \n197,749,072\n \n \n \n623,966\n \n \n \n241,770\n \n \n \n13,470,760\n \n\n \n\n**Proposal 2:**\n\n**Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company**’**s independent registered public accounting firm for the calendar year ending December 31, 2026.**\n\n \n\n**Votes For**\n\n \n \n\n**Votes Against**\n\n \n \n\n**Abstentions**\n\n \n \n\n**Broker Non-Votes**\n\n \n\n207,135,331\n \n \n \n4,765,876\n \n \n \n184,358\n \n \n \n0\n \n\n \n\n**Proposal 3:**\n\n**Advisory, non-binding resolution on the Company**’**s executive compensation program.**\n\n \n\n**Votes For**\n\n \n \n\n**Votes Against**\n\n \n \n\n**Abstentions**\n\n \n \n\n**Broker Non-Votes**\n\n \n\n193,704,256\n \n \n \n4,503,190\n \n \n \n407,362\n \n \n \n13,470,760\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**Proposal 4:**\n\n**Advisory, non-binding resolution on the frequency for future advisory votes on executive compensation.**\n\n \n\n**Every 1 Year**\n\n \n \n\n**Every 2 Years**\n\n \n \n\n**Every 3 Years**\n\n \n \n\n**Abstentions**\n\n \n \n\n**Broker Non-Votes**\n\n \n\n194,570,544\n \n \n \n48,578\n \n \n \n3,673,105\n \n \n \n322,577\n \n \n \n13,470,764\n \n\n \n\nThe Company has considered the stockholder vote regarding the frequency of stockholder advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation and intends to hold an advisory vote on the Company’s executive compensation every year until the next vote on frequency, which will be no later than the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2032.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**SIGNATURES**\n\n \n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\n \n\n \nIndependence Realty Trust, Inc.\n\n \n \n \n\nMay 13, 2026\n*By:*\n*/s/ James J. Sebra*\n\n \n*Name:*\n*James J. Sebra*\n\n \n*Title:*\n*President and Chief Financial Officer*"}