Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;


            Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
            Officers.



On March 22, 2022, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K regarding the election of Phyllis M. Hollis to the Board of Trustees (the "Board"). On May 26, 2022, the Board appointed Ms. Hollis to serve on the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee of the Board.

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Company's annual meeting of shareholders held on May 26, 2022 (the "Annual Meeting"), the Company's shareholders voted on the election of two Independent Trustees in Class III of the Board each for a three year term of office continuing until the Company's 2025 annual meeting of shareholders and until her or his respective successor is duly elected and qualifies. The following persons were elected as Independent Trustees and received the following votes:





                                                       Broker
Nominee               Votes For       Withhold        Non-Votes
Barbara D. Gilmore     5,941,941       1,454,853       4,565,425
Joseph L. Morea        6,986,223        410,571        4,565,425



The Company's shareholders also ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent auditors to serve for the 2022 fiscal year. This proposal received the following votes:





   For          Against       Abstain      Broker Non-Votes
11,447,559       218,890       295,770           N/A



The results reported above are final voting results.




 Item 8.01. Other Events.




Trustee Compensation


Also on May 26, 2022, the Company updated its Trustee compensation arrangements. A summary of the Company's currently effective Trustee compensation arrangements is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Consistent with the Company's Trustee compensation arrangements, on May 26, 2022, the Company awarded each of the Company's Trustees 6,000 of the Company's common shares of beneficial interest, $0.001 par value.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.






(d) Exhibits



Exhibit
 Number      Description
  10.1         Summary of Trustee Compensation
104          Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).




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