Welltower Inc.

05/22/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/22/2026 15:16

Proxy Results (Form 8-K)

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 21, 2026 (the "Annual Meeting"), the shareholders of Welltower Inc. (the "Company") elected the nine directors nominated by the board of directors of the Company to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified; ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026; and did not approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.

The proposals are further described in the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2026 (the "2026 Proxy Statement").

The tables below set forth the number of votes cast for and against, and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, for each matter voted upon by the Company's shareholders.

Proposal #1 - The election of nine director nominees named in the 2026 Proxy Statement to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified:

Nominee

For Against Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

Kenneth J. Bacon

631,897,835 4,414,803 846,305 25,018,794

Karen B. DeSalvo

629,928,284 5,185,300 2,045,359 25,018,794

Andrew Gundlach

633,701,857 2,611,078 846,008 25,018,794

Dennis G. Lopez

633,775,795 2,538,829 844,319 25,018,794

Shankh Mitra

627,627,820 8,666,635 864,488 25,018,794

Ade J. Patton

480,229,232 156,084,877 844,834 25,018,794

Sergio D. Rivera

480,322,774 155,990,543 845,626 25,018,794

Johnese M. Spisso

465,929,347 169,190,898 2,038,698 25,018,794

Kathryn M. Sullivan

483,895,373 152,434,182 829,388 25,018,794

Each of the directors was elected at the Annual Meeting.

Proposal #2 - The ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026:

For

Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

611,182,123 50,179,748 815,866 0

This proposal was approved at the Annual Meeting.

Proposal #3 - The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the 2026 Proxy Statement:

For

Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

120,364,416 515,585,650 1,208,877 25,018,794

This proposal was not approved at the Annual Meeting.

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