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 2017 Annual Stockholders Meeting of Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (the Company) was held on May11, 2017. |
| (b) |
The ClassA and ClassB Common Stockholders of the Company (i)elected all of the Companys nominees for director, (ii)approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Companys named executive officers, and (iii)ratified the selection of Ernst Young LLP as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December31, 2017. The results of the meeting were as follows: |
| (i) | Election of Directors: |
|
Nominees |
For | Withheld | BrokerNon-Votes | |||||||||
|
Anthony E. Malkin |
174,043,998 | 4,508,853 | 7,821,520 | |||||||||
|
William H. Berkman |
177,408,383 | 1,144,468 | 7,821,520 | |||||||||
|
Leslie D. Biddle |
177,266,271 | 1,286,580 | 7,821,520 | |||||||||
|
Thomas J. DeRosa |
176,949,529 | 1,603,322 | 7,821,520 | |||||||||
|
Steven J. Gilbert |
155,838,776 | 22,714,075 | 7,821,520 | |||||||||
|
S. Michael Giliberto |
176,947,955 | 1,604,896 | 7,821,520 | |||||||||
|
James D. Robinson IV |
156,270,554 | 22,282,297 | 7,821,520 |
| (ii) |
Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the named executive officers: |
| For | Against | Abstained | BrokerNon-Votes | |||
| 123,210,020 | 34,231,055 | 280,935 | 7,821,520 |
| (iii) |
Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December31, 2017: |
| For | Against | Abstained | ||
| 185,224,500 | 1,093,235 | 56,636 |
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. EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, INC. (NYSE:ESRT) Recent Trading Information
EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, INC. (NYSE:ESRT) closed its last trading session down -0.01 at 20.52 with 523,503 shares trading hands.