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

At the Company's annual meeting of shareholders held on March 11, 2021, the Company's shareholders voted on the election of six Directors to the Company's Board each for a term of office continuing until the Company's 2022 annual meeting of shareholders and until his, her or their respective successor is duly elected and qualifies. The following persons were elected as Directors and received the following votes:





                                                             Broker
Nominee                    Votes For        Withhold        Non-Votes
Jennifer B. Clark          171,651,756         477,005       1,087,888
Ann Logan                  169,979,979       2,148,782       1,087,888
Rosen Plevneliev           169,701,113       2,427,648       1,087,888
Adam D. Portnoy            171,447,923         680,838       1,087,888
Jonathan Veitch            171,974,603         154,158       1,087,888
Walter C. Watkins, Jr.     169,974,528       2,154,233       1,087,888

The Company's shareholders also ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent auditors to serve for the 2021 fiscal year. This proposal received the following votes:





    For       Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
173,174,695   19,183    22,771           -


Item 8.01. Other Events.

Consistent with the Company's Director compensation arrangements, on March 11, 2021, the Company awarded each of the Company's Directors 3,000 shares of Class A common stock of the Company ("Common Shares"), valued at $42.85 per share, the closing price of the Common Shares on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on that date.

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