ThZeal - The Zeal

Maryland

1-07094

13-2711135

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

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Title of each class	Trading symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share	EGP	New York Stock Exchange

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On May 27, 2021, EastGroup Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted, among other things, to approve the amendment and restatement of the Company’s charter (the “Articles of Amendment and Restatement”) and bylaws (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”) to allow the Company’s bylaws to be amended by a majority of shareholder votes, which right will be concurrent with the right of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) to amend the bylaws.

The Articles of Amendment and Restatement amend Section 7 of Article VI of the Company’s charter so that shareholders can amend the bylaws by the affirmative vote of a majority of all votes entitled to be cast on the matter and amend Article IX(b) of the charter so that the future amendment or repeal of the bylaw amendment provision in Article IX of the charter does not require the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 80% of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. The Articles of Amendment and Restatement also contain certain other conforming changes and minor updates.

The Amended and Restated Bylaws amend Article XV of the Company’s bylaws to permit the shareholders of the Company to amend the bylaws by the affirmative vote of a majority of all votes entitled to be cast on the matter pursuant to a binding proposal submitted by certain qualifying shareholders. The right to amend the Amended and Restated Bylaws is subject to additional eligibility, procedural and disclosure requirements set forth in Article XV of the Amended and Restated Bylaws. The Amended and Restated Bylaws also contain certain other conforming changes and minor updates.

The Articles of Amendment and Restatement became effective upon the filing with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation on May 28, 2021, and the Amended and Restated Bylaws were effective concurrently with the acceptance for record of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement.

The summaries of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement and the Amended and Restated Bylaws above are qualified in their entirety by the Articles of Amendment and Restatement and the Amended and Restated Bylaws filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1 and 3.2 to this report, which are incorporated herein by reference.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders (i) elected each of D. Pike Aloian, H. Eric Bolton, Jr., Donald F. Colleran, Hayden C. Eaves, III, David H. Hoster II, Marshall A. Loeb, Mary E. McCormick and Katherine M. Sandstrom to the Board, (ii) ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, (iii) approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, and (iv) approved the amendment and restatement of the Company's charter and bylaws to allow the bylaws to be amended by a majority of stockholder votes.


Name	Affirmative	Negative	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
D. Pike Aloian	31,571,136	4,246,509	27,738	1,910,913
H. Eric Bolton, Jr.	35,521,410	299,022	24,951	1,910,913
Donald F. Colleran	28,664,540	7,155,893	24,950	1,910,913
Hayden C. Eaves, III	34,029,672	1,790,394	25,317	1,910,913
David H. Hoster II	34,389,886	1,430,514	24,983	1,910,913
Marshall A. Loeb	35,318,157	505,318	21,908	1,910,913
Mary E. McCormick	33,714,335	2,109,180	21,868	1,910,913
Katherine M. Sandstrom	35,688,841	134,671	21,871	1,910,913

The results of the voting for the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 were as follows:

The results of the voting for the amendment and restatement of the Company's charter and bylaws to allow the bylaws to be amended by a majority of stockholder votes were as follows:


Exhibit No.						Description
3.1						Articles of Amendment and Restatement of EastGroup Properties, Inc.
3.2						Amended and Restated Bylaws of EastGroup Properties, Inc.
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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


			EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.

			By: /s/ BRENT W. WOOD
			Brent W. Wood Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer


Affirmative	Negative	Abstentions
36,959,332	772,243	24,721