EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, INC. (NYSE:ESRT) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, INC. (NYSE:ESRT) 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.

(a) The 2018 Annual Stockholders Meeting of Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May17, 2018.
(b) The ClassA and ClassB common stockholders of the Company (i)elected all of the Company’s nominees for director, (ii)approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, and (iii)ratified the selection of Ernst& Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December31, 2018. The results of the meeting were as follows:
(i) Election of Directors:

Nominees

 For Withheld BrokerNon-Votes

Anthony E. Malkin

 177,973,722 4,381,277 8,099,736

William H. Berkman

 154,148,313 28,206,686 8,099,736

Leslie D. Biddle

 154,422,534 27,932,465 8,099,736

Thomas J. DeRosa

 181,492,432 862,567 8,099,736

Steven J. Gilbert

 152,306,714 30,048,285 8,099,736

S. Michael Giliberto

 154,136,435 28,218,564 8,099,736

James D. Robinson IV

 150,322,389 32,032,610 8,099,736
(ii) Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the named executive officers:

For

Against Abstained BrokerNon-Votes
178,430,295 3,398,696 526,007 8,099,736
(iii) Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst& Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December31, 2018:

For

 Against Abstained
189,438,487 573,981 442,266

With respect to the preceding matters, holders of ClassA common stock were entitled to one vote per share, and holders of ClassB common stock were entitled to 50 votes per share, so long as such ClassB common stockholder continued to own 49 operating partnership units in Empire State Realty OP, L.P. for each such share of ClassB common stock. Holders of ClassA common stock and ClassB common stock voted together as a single class on the matters covered at the meeting, and their votes were counted and totaled together.


About EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, INC. (NYSE:ESRT)

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. is a real estate investment trust. The Company owns, manages, operates, acquires and repositions office and retail properties in Manhattan and the greater New York metropolitan area. The Company’s segments include Real Estate, Observatory and Other. The Real Estate segment includes the Company’s activities related to the ownership, management, operation, acquisition, repositioning and disposition of its real estate assets. The Observatory segment operates the 86th and 102nd floor observatories at the Empire State Building. The Other segment includes the Company’s activities related to providing construction services to tenants and to other entities. The Company’s total portfolio contains approximately 10.1 million rentable square feet of office and retail space. The Company’s portfolio includes approximately 10 office properties and over six standalone retail properties.