UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) 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
The annual meeting of shareholders (the Meeting) of UMH
Properties, Inc. (the Company) was held on June 15, 2017. There
were 30,843,635 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the
meeting and a total of 27,762,427 shares (90.01%) were
represented in person or by proxy at the meeting. The proposals
submitted to the vote of the shareholders and the results of the
vote were as follows:
Proposal 1 The election of three Class II Directors, each
to hold office until the Companys annual meeting of shareholders
in 2020 and until his successor is duly elected and qualifies:
| Director | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Jeffrey A. Carus | 15,369,897 | 4,015,576 | 8,376,954 | |||||||||
| Matthew I. Hirsch | 13,463,192 | 5,922,281 | 8,376,954 | |||||||||
| Kenneth K. Quigley, Jr. | 15,365,942 | 4,019,531 | 8,376,954 | |||||||||
Proposal 2 To ratify the appointment of PKF OConnor
Davies, LLP as the Companys independent registered public
accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017:
| Number of Votes | ||||
| For | 27,607,130 | |||
| Against | 123,313 | |||
| Abstain | 31,984 | |||
| Broker Non-Votes | -0- | |||
Proposal 3 An advisory resolution to approve the
compensation of the Companys executive officers, as more
particularly described in the Proxy Statement with respect to the
Meeting:
| Number of Votes | ||||
| For | 17,587,175 | |||
| Against | 1,622,723 | |||
| Abstain | 175,575 | |||
| Broker Non-Votes | 8,376,954 | |||
Proposal 4 An advisory resolution to approve the frequency
of advisory votes on executive compensation:
| Number of Votes | ||||
| One Year | 8,208,150 | |||
| Two Years | 139,485 | |||
| Three Years | 10,879,457 | |||
| Abstain | 158,381 | |||
| Broker Non-Votes | 8,376,954 | |||
About UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH)
UMH Properties, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company’s primary business is the ownership and operation of manufactured home communities, including leasing manufactured home sites to private manufactured home owners. It also leases homes to residents, and through its REIT subsidiary, UMH Sales and Finance, Inc. (S&F), the Company sells and finances the sale of manufactured homes in its communities. The Company owns and operates approximately 100 manufactured home communities containing over 17,800 developed sites. The communities are located in New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Indiana and Michigan. Its focus is on real estate investments. The Company invests in rental homes and owns approximately 3,700 rental homes. It engages in the rental of manufactured homes primarily in areas where the communities have existing vacancies. The Company also has approximately 1,300 additional sites in various stages of engineering/construction.