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):  June 1, 2011

 


 

iStar Financial Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland

 

1-15371

 

95-6881527

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

 

(Commission File
Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

1114 Avenue of the Americas, 39th Floor
New York, New York

 

10036

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (212) 930-9400

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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 Instruction A.2. below):

 

o    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

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

 

On June 1, 2011, iStar Financial Inc. held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders in New York, New York for the purpose of: (i) electing seven directors to its board of directors, (ii) ratifying the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as its independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, (iii) approving, on an advisory basis, the compensation of its named executive officers and other named officers, and (iv) approving, on an advisory basis, the frequency of a shareholder vote to approve the compensation of its named executive officers and other named officers.  The final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of shareholders at the annual meeting are set forth below.

 

Proposal 1.  Election of Directors:  At the annual meeting, seven directors were elected for terms expiring in 2012.  For each nominee, the numbers of votes cast for, votes withheld and broker non-votes were as follows:

 

Name of Nominees

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Jay Sugarman

 

51,000,208

 

579,127

 

29,463,962

 

Glenn R. August

 

51,188,595

 

390,740

 

29,463,962

 

Robert W. Holman, Jr.

 

50,558,563

 

1,020,772

 

29,463,962

 

Robin Josephs

 

50,536,502

 

1,042,833

 

29,463,962

 

John G. McDonald

 

51,025,915

 

553,420

 

29,463,962

 

George R. Puskar

 

51,193,934

 

385,401

 

29,463,962

 

Dale Anne Reiss

 

51,213,951

 

365,384

 

29,463,962

 

 

Proposal 2.  Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:  At the annual meeting, the shareholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as iStar Financial Inc.’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2011.  The number of votes cast for and against the ratification of the selection of independent registered public accounting firm and the number of abstentions were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

 

 

 

80,528,409

 

388,251

 

126,637

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal 3. Shareholder Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote on Executive Compensation: Votes on a proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of iStar Financial Inc.’s named executive officers and other named officers were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

47,551,473

 

3,829,786

 

198,076

 

29,463,962

 

 

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Proposal 4.  Shareholder Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote on the Frequency of the Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation:  Votes on a proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of a shareholder vote to approve the compensation of iStar Financial Inc.’s named executive officers and other named officers were as follows:

 

Every 1 Year

 

Every 2 Years

 

Every 3 Years

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

28,679,082

 

518,805

 

22,173,187

 

208,261

 

29,463,962

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

iSTAR FINANCIAL INC.

 

 

 

 

Date:

June 3, 2011

By:

/s/ Jay Sugarman

 

Jay Sugarman

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

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