DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, INC. (NYSE:DFT) 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.
held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, at which six
proposals were submitted to its stockholders.
elected to the Board of Directors of the Company for a one-year
term expiring at the Companys 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
and until their successors are elected and qualified. The
following table reflects the voting results for each nominee:
|
Nominee
|
For
|
Withheld
|
Broker
Non-Votes
|
|
Michael A. Coke
|
65,731,166
|
295,166
|
6,287,916
|
|
Lammot J. du Pont
|
64,667,248
|
1,359,084
|
6,287,916
|
|
Thomas D. Eckert
|
65,040,306
|
986,026
|
6,287,916
|
|
Christopher P. Eldredge
|
65,893,890
|
132,442
|
6,287,916
|
|
Frederic V. Malek
|
65,704,162
|
322,170
|
6,287,916
|
|
John T. Roberts, Jr.
|
65,885,316
|
141,016
|
6,287,916
|
|
Mary M. Styer
|
65,882,474
|
143,858
|
6,287,916
|
|
John H. Toole
|
65,705,053
|
321,279
|
6,287,916
|
approved an amendment to the Companys Articles of Incorporation
to allow stockholders to amend the Companys Bylaws by the
following vote:
|
For
|
Against
|
Abstain
|
Broker Non-Votes
|
|
65,957,403
|
26,323
|
42,606
|
6,287,916
|
stockholders approved the Amended and Restated 2011 Equity
Incentive Plan by the following vote:
|
For
|
Against
|
Abstain
|
Broker Non-Votes
|
|
61,749,920
|
4,197,632
|
78,780
|
6,287,916
|
stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of
the Companys named executive officers as disclosed in the
Companys proxy statement for the 2017 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders by the following vote:
|
For
|
Against
|
Abstain
|
Broker Non-Votes
|
|
63,884,690
|
2,056,013
|
85,629
|
6,287,916
|
stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, having an advisory
vote on executive compensation every year by the following vote:
|
1 Year
|
2 Years
|
3 Years
|
Abstain
|
Broker Non-Votes
|
|
59,225,528
|
66,495
|
6,615,398
|
118,911
|
6,287,916
|
Accounting Firm. The appointment of Ernst Young LLP as the
Companys independent registered public accounting firm for 2017
was ratified by the following vote:
|
For
|
Against
|
Abstain
|
Broker Non-Votes
|
|
71,606,128
|
656,293
|
51,827
|
About DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, INC. (NYSE:DFT)
DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (DFT) is a real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company is a self-administered and self-managed company that owns, acquires, develops and operates wholesale data centers. The Company’s customers outsource their applications, and include national and international enterprises across various industries, such as technology, Internet content providers, media, communications, cloud providers, healthcare and financial services. Its data centers are located in four population centers: Northern Virginia; suburban Chicago, Illinois; Piscataway, New Jersey, and Santa Clara, California. The Company owns various properties, including approximately 10 operating data centers facilities; over three phases of existing data center facilities under development; approximately two data center facilities with phases that are available for future development, and over three parcels of land held for future development of data centers.
