Barbara D. Gilmore and Barry M. Portnoy were re-elected as independent director and managing director at Newton-based Five Star Quality Care Inc.’s annual meeting.

Five Star’s shareholders also approved a nonbinding advisory resolution approving the compensation paid to the company’s named executive officers, according to a statement. None of the three alternatives required by the Dodd-Frank Law and applicable SEC rules to be presented to shareholders regarding the frequency of future advisory votes by shareholders on named executives officers’ compensation received a majority vote of shareholders.

Shareholders also approved the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Five Star’s independent registered public accounting firm.

Five Star Quality Care is a senior living and healthcare services company.