{"url_path":"/sec/nly/8-k/2026-06-11/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":"2026-06-11","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043219/0001043219-26-000034-index.html","accession_number":"0001043219-26-000034","cik":"0001043219","ticker":"NLY","issuer_name":"ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043219/0001043219-26-000034-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001043219","primary_entity_name":"ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC"},"word_count":294,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders\n\nOn June 10, 2026, Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, stockholders elected nine directors to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2027 Annual Meeting”) and their successors are duly elected and qualify; approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation; ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026; and rejected the advisory stockholder proposal to adopt the right to act by written consent.\n\nThe total number of shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was 732,480,706, of which 577,469,072 shares, or 78.83%, were present in person or by proxy.\n\nThe final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.\n\nProposal 1. The election of nine directors to serve on the Board until the 2027 Annual Meeting and their successors are duly elected and qualify.\n\nDirector\nForAgainstAbstentionsBroker Non-Votes\n\nDavid L. Finkelstein417,436,5032,578,3271,585,670155,868,572\n\nThomas Hamilton415,335,1204,665,6071,599,773155,868,572\n\nKathy Hopinkah Hannan414,192,8945,788,2671,619,339155,868,572\n\nMartin Laguerre414,855,7334,992,7761,751,991155,868,572\n\nManon Laroche416,733,2863,224,9301,642,284155,868,572\n\nEric A. Reeves410,568,2839,337,8931,694,324155,868,572\n\nGlenn A. Votek416,490,3453,440,4891,669,666155,868,572\n\nScott Wede414,954,8114,999,4391,646,250155,868,572\n\nVicki Williams412,748,8807,163,7541,687,866155,868,572\n\nProposal 2. Advisory approval of the Company’s executive compensation.\n\nForAgainstAbstentionsBroker Non-Votes\n\n389,682,34428,637,5613,280,595155,868,572\n\nProposal 3. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.\n\nForAgainstAbstentions\n\n560,444,01514,398,7882,626,269\n\nProposal 4. Advisory approval of a stockholder proposal to adopt the right to act by written consent.\n\nForAgainstAbstentionsBroker Non-Votes\n\n125,082,555291,896,4844,621,461155,868,572\n\nFurther information regarding these proposals is set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement."}