UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 20, 2015
Five Oaks Investment Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland | 001-35845 | 45-4966519 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
540 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor |
10022 (Zip Code) |
(212) 257 5073
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Five Oaks Investment Corp. (the “Company”) was held on May 20, 2015. At the Annual Meeting, the following proposals, which are described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement dated April 20, 2015, were submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders:
| 1. | Election of six directors to the Board of Directors; |
| 2. | Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. |
The matters submitted for a vote at the Annual Meeting and the related election results were as follows:
| 1. | Election of six directors, David C. Carroll, Neil A. Cummins, William Houlihan, Walter C. Keenan, David Oston and Thomas M. Pearce, Jr., to our Board of Directors. |
The six nominees were each elected to serve as a director until the next succeeding annual meeting and until their respective successor shall be duly elected and shall qualify. The voting results for each nominee were as follows:
| Nominee | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes |
| David C. Carroll | 6,866,981 | 93,428 | 5,851,872 |
| Neil A. Cummins | 6,876,926 | 83,483 | 5,851,872 |
| William Houlihan | 6,875,628 | 84,781 | 5,851,872 |
| Walter C. Keenan | 6,873,391 | 87,018 | 5,851,872 |
| David Oston | 6,861,312 | 99,097 | 5,851,872 |
| Thomas M. Pearce, Jr. | 6,876,739 | 83,670 | 5,851,872 |
| 2. | Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. |
Stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. The proposal received the following final voting results:
| For | Against | Abstain |
| 12,643,879 | 113,503 | 54,899 |
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.
| Five Oaks Investment Corp. | |||
| May 22, 2015 | By: | /s/ David Oston | |
| David Oston | |||
| Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer and Secretary |