# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000766704
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-237176
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 6978
**Document Hash:** 5a95dcf0f2dd45b822142be8becd59a3
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-237176.hdr.sgml**: 20260522

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-237176

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260521

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260522

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260522

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** WELLTOWER INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000766704
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 05 Real Estate & Construction
- **EIN:** 341096634
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-08923
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261015050

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 4500 DORR STREET
- **CITY:** TOLEDO
- **STATE:** OH
- **ZIP:** 43615
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 419-247-2800

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 4500 DORR STREET
- **CITY:** TOLEDO
- **STATE:** OH
- **ZIP:** 43615

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** HEALTH CARE REIT INC /DE/
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### Washington, D.C. 20549

### FORM 8-K

#### CURRENT REPORT

#### Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)

#### of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

#### Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 21, 2026

## Welltower Inc.

#### (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Delaware** | **1-8923** | **34-1096634** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction<br>of incorporation)** | **(Commission<br>File Number)** | **(IRS Employer<br>Identification No.)** |

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|:---|:---|
| **4500 Dorr Street, Toledo, Ohio**  | **43615** |
| **(Address of principal executive offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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#### Registrants' telephone number, including area code: (419) 247-2800

#### Not Applicable

#### (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Title of each class** | **Trading<br>Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange<br>on which registered** |
| Common stock, $1.00 par value per share | WELL | New York Stock Exchange |
| Guarantee of 4.800% Notes due 2028 issued by Welltower OP LLC | WELL/28 | New York Stock Exchange |
| Guarantee of 4.500% Notes due 2034 issued by Welltower OP LLC | WELL/34 | New York Stock Exchange |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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

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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:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
|  |  |  |  |  |
| **Nominee** | For | Against | Abstentions | **Broker Non-Votes** |
|  Kenneth J. Bacon | 631897835 | 4414803 | 846305 | 25018794 |
|  Karen B. DeSalvo | 629928284 | 5185300 | 2045359 | 25018794 |
|  Andrew Gundlach | 633701857 | 2611078 | 846008 | 25018794 |
|  Dennis G. Lopez | 633775795 | 2538829 | 844319 | 25018794 |
|  Shankh Mitra | 627627820 | 8666635 | 864488 | 25018794 |
|  Ade J. Patton | 480229232 | 156084877 | 844834 | 25018794 |
|  Sergio D. Rivera | 480322774 | 155990543 | 845626 | 25018794 |
|  Johnese M. Spisso | 465929347 | 169190898 | 2038698 | 25018794 |
|  Kathryn M. Sullivan | 483895373 | 152434182 | 829388 | 25018794 |

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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:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **For** | **Against** | **Abstentions** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| 611182123 | 50179748 | 815866 | 0 |

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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:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **For** | **Against** | **Abstentions** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| 120364416 | 515585650 | 1208877 | 25018794 |

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This proposal was not approved at the Annual Meeting.

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#### SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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|:---|:---|:---|
|  | WELLTOWER INC. | WELLTOWER INC. |
| Date: May 22, 2026 | By: | /s/ MATTHEW MCQUEEN |
|  | Name: | Matthew McQueen |
|  | Title: | Chief Legal Officer – General Counsel & Corporate Secretary |

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