UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

April 28, 2011

 

 

DCT INDUSTRIAL TRUST INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   001-33201   82-0538520

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

518 17th Street, Suite 800

Denver, CO

  80202
(Address of Principal Executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 597-2400

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2.):

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On April 28, 2011, DCT Industrial Trust Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders in Denver, Colorado (the “Annual Meeting”). As of the record date, there were a total of 245,422,372 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The following is a brief description of each matter voted upon at the Annual Meeting and a statement of the number of votes cast for, against or withheld and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter, as applicable, and with respect to the non-binding, advisory vote on the frequency of holding non-binding, advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, the number of votes cast for a frequency of every year, every two years and every three years and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes.

(a) Votes regarding the election of the persons named below as directors for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2012 and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal, were as follows:

 

    Total Number of   Total Number of   Broker

Names of Directors

 

Votes Cast For

 

Votes Withheld

 

Non-Votes

Thomas G. Wattles   184,915,401   908,977   27,342,284
Philip L. Hawkins   185,252,955   571,423   27,342,284
Phillip R. Altinger   181,640,388   4,183,990   27,342,284
Thomas F. August   181,641,396   4,182,982   27,342,284
John S. Gates, Jr.   179,960,741   5,863,637   27,342,284
Raymond B. Greer   184,595,316   1,229,062   27,342,284
Tripp H. Hardin   184,720,569   1,103,809   27,342,284
John C. O’Keeffe   184,732,727   1,091,651   27,342,284
Bruce L. Warwick   181,631,353   4,193,025   27,342,284

Based on the votes set forth above, each of the foregoing persons was duly elected to serve as a director for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2012 and until his respective successor has been duly elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation or removal.

(b) Votes regarding a non-binding, advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

150,697,650

 

33,535,387

 

1,591,341

 

27,342,284

Based on the votes set forth above, the non-binding, advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved by the Company’s stockholders.

(c) Votes regarding a non-binding, advisory proposal regarding the frequency of holding non-binding, advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, were as follows:

 

Every Year

 

Every 2 Years

 

Every 3 Years

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

163,275,844

 

1,753,873

 

19,256,970

 

1,537,691

 

27,342,284

Based on the votes set forth above, the Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, a frequency of every year for the non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

(d) Votes regarding the ratification of the audit committee’s appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2011, were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

212,467,695

 

203,220

 

495,747

Based on the votes set forth above, the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company to serve for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011 was duly ratified by the Company’s stockholders.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    DCT INDUSTRIAL TRUST INC.
Dated: May 3, 2011    
   

        /s/ Philip L. Hawkins

    Name:   Philip L. Hawkins
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer