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): September 9, 2011
 
Manhattan Bridge Capital, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
New York
000-25991
11-3474831
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

60 Cutter Mill Road, Great Neck, NY
11021
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
 
(516) 444-3400
(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code)

Not applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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

On September 9, 2011, Manhattan Bridge Capital, Inc (the “Company”) held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”).  At the Meeting, stockholders:

·
Re-elected incumbent directors to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and their successors are elected and qualified;
·
Approved an amendment to the Company’s 2009 Stock Option Plan to increase the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance from 350,000 to 400,000;
·
Approved a grant of 1,000,000 Restricted Shares of Common Stock to Assaf Ran, our President and Chief Executive Officer; and
·
Ratified the appointment of Hoberman, Miller, Goldstein & Lesser, P.C.as the Company’s independent auditors for the 2011 fiscal year.

The specific votes with respect to aforementioned were as follows:

1. 
Election of directors:
 
   
VOTES
NAME
 
FOR
 
WITHHELD
Assaf Ran
 
1,867,624
 
215,485
Michael J. Jackson
 
1,874,224
 
208,885
Phillip Michals
 
1,874,624
 
208,485
Eran Goldshmid
 
1,873,924
 
209,185
Mark Alhadeff
 
1,915,822
 
167,287
Lyron Bentovim
 
1,874,224
 
208,885
 
2. Approval of an amendment to the Company’s 2009 Stock Option Plan:
 
VOTES
FOR
 
AGAINST
 
ABSTAIN
 
BROKER NON-
VOTE
1,864,890
 
217,434
 
785
 
1,199,285
 
 
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3. Approval of a grant of 1,000,000 Restricted Shares of Common Stock to Assaf Ran*:
 
VOTES
FOR
 
AGAINST
 
ABSTAIN
 
BROKER NON-
VOTE
1,693,528
 
381,596
 
7,985
 
1,199,285
 
*In discussions on the vote of this proposal at the Meeting, members of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company disclosed to shareholders that Mr. Ran had advised the Committee that if the grant was approved he would not seek future stock option grants and the Committee indicated that it had no present intention of continuing its prior practice of annually awarding stock options to Mr. Ran as CEO.
 
4. The ratification of Hoberman, Miller, Goldstein & Lesser, P.C.:
 
VOTES
FOR
 
AGAINST
 
ABSTAIN
3,082,002
 
173,701
 
26,691

* * * * *
 
 
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SIGNATURE
 
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.
 
 
MANHATTAN BRIDGE CAPITAL, INC.
   
Dated: September 14, 2011
By:
/s/ Assaf Ran
 
Name: Assaf Ran
 
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
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