City Office REIT, Inc. (NYSE:CIO-A) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
City Office REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2018 Annual Meeting”) at the Company’s corporate offices in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Thursday, May3, 2018. The proposals considered and approved by stockholders at the 2018 Annual Meeting were the following:
• | the election of six directors to the board of directors; and |
• | the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December31, 2018. |
Election of Directors
Each of the individuals listed below was duly elected as a director of the Company to serve until the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Set forth below are the results of the vote for the election of directors:
Name |
VotesFor | VotesAgainst | Abstentions | BrokerNon- Votes |
John McLernon |
23,449,730 | 617,912 | 48,163 | 8,682,564 |
James Farrar |
23,732,305 | 334,836 | 48,664 | 8,682,564 |
William Flatt |
23,628,490 | 440,456 | 46,859 | 8,682,564 |
Mark Murski |
23,664,571 | 402,822 | 48,411 | 8,682,565 |
Stephen Shraiberg |
23,285,937 | 780,943 | 48,924 | 8,682,565 |
John Sweet |
23,725,586 | 341,554 | 48,664 | 8,682,565 |
Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
A proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ending December31, 2018 was also presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting. Set forth below are the results of the vote for the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent auditor:
VotesFor |
VotesAgainst |
Abstentions |
32,680,926 | 68,090 | 49,353 |