REALTY INCOME CORPORATION (NYSE:O) 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) On May 16, 2017, Realty Income Corporation (the Company) held
its 2017 annual meeting of stockholders (the Annual Meeting). As
of March 9, 2017, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there
were 271,111,850 common shares issued and outstanding and
entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Proxies for the Annual
Meeting were solicited to Section 14(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
(b) The results of the matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting
were as follows:
Proposal 1 considered at the Annual Meeting was the election of
eight directors to serve until the 2018 annual meeting of
stockholders and until their respective successors are duly
elected and qualified.
All of managements nominees for directors as listed in the proxy
statement were elected with the following share vote:
|
Voted For |
Voted Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes |
|
|
Kathleen R. Allen, Ph.D. |
161,740,547 |
6,251,935 |
501,068 |
75,913,886 |
|
John P. Case |
165,880,078 |
2,068,850 |
544,622 |
75,913,886 |
|
A. Larry Chapman |
166,608,475 |
1,364,471 |
520,604 |
75,913,886 |
|
Priya Cherian Huskins |
139,425,849 |
28,537,572 |
530,129 |
75,913,886 |
|
Michael D. McKee |
133,610,101 |
34,358,351 |
525,098 |
75,913,886 |
|
Gregory T. McLaughlin |
165,964,177 |
2,002,552 |
526,821 |
75,913,886 |
|
Ronald L. Merriman |
139,281,667 |
28,682,721 |
529,162 |
75,913,886 |
|
Stephen E. Sterrett |
166,765,191 |
1,209,196 |
519,163 |
75,913,886 |
Proposal 2 considered at the Annual Meeting was the ratification
of the appointment of KPMGLLP as the Company’s independent
registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31,
2017.This proposal was approved, with 241,179,707 shares voted
for, 2,245,094 shares voted against, and 982,635 shares
representing abstentions. No broker non-votes resulted from the
vote on this proposal.
Proposal 3 considered at the Annual Meeting was the approval, on
an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Companys named
executive officers. This proposal was approved, with 157,575,823
shares voted for, 9,408,644 shares voted against, 1,509,083
shares representing abstentions and 75,913,886 shares
representing broker non-votes.
Proposal 4 considered at the Annual Meeting was the approval, on
an advisory basis, of the frequency of future advisory votes by
stockholders on the compensation of the Companys named executive
officers. The frequency of the advisory vote on executive
compensation was approved at one year with the following share
vote:
|
One Year |
Two Years |
Three Years |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes |
|
142,189,405 |
1,369,928 |
23,927,378 |
1,006,839 |
75,915,458 |
(c) Not applicable.
(d) Not applicable.
About REALTY INCOME CORPORATION (NYSE:O)
Realty Income Corporation is a real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company is engaged in in-house acquisition, portfolio management, asset management, credit research, real estate research, legal, finance and accounting, information technology and capital markets capabilities. Its portfolio includes approximately 4,540 properties, of which over 4,519 are single-tenant properties, and the remaining are multi-tenant properties. The Company has over 280 lease expirations and re-leased approximately 250 properties. It sold over 30 vacant properties. The Company has grouped its tenants into 48 activity segments, including Apparel, Automotive tire services, Beverages, Child care, Convenience stores, Dollar stores, Drug stores, Financial services, Food processing, Grocery stores, Health and fitness, Health care, Home improvement, Restaurants-casual dining, Restaurants-quick service, Sporting goods, Theaters, Transportation services, Wholesale club and 30 other non-reportable segments. REALTY INCOME CORPORATION (NYSE:O) Recent Trading Information
REALTY INCOME CORPORATION (NYSE:O) closed its last trading session up +0.55 at 53.76 with 2,394,920 shares trading hands.
