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 9, 2015
CNL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Maryland | 000-54686 | 26-3859644 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
450 South Orange Avenue
Orlando, Florida 32801
(Address of Principal Executive Offices; Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (407) 650-1000
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On June 9, 2015, CNL Growth Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) at its principal offices in Orlando, Florida. Of the 22,526,171 shares of the Company’s common stock that were issued and outstanding as of the record date and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, a total of 13,552,252 shares (approximately 60%) were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum for the transaction of business.
At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders (i) elected all three (3) of the nominees, as listed below, to serve on the board of directors of the Company until the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified, and (ii) ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered certified public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.
Under the Company’s charter and bylaws, the vote necessary for the election of directors and the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is a majority of the votes cast at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Broker non-votes are not counted as votes cast, and accordingly, for the election of directors, broker non-votes had no effect on the results of the election. With respect to the vote on the proposal to ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, abstentions are not counted as votes cast, and accordingly, had no effect on the results of the vote to ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
The voting results, as certified in the Final Report of the Inspectors of Election, are as follows:
| I. | The vote to elect three directors of the Company, for a term expiring at the 2016 Annual Meeting of stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, was: |
| Director Nominees: |
For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||
| James M. Seneff, Jr. |
4,090,106 | 181,456 | 9,280,690 | |||||||
| Stephen P. Elker |
4,095,455 | 176,107 | 9,280,690 | |||||||
| James P. Dietz |
4,088,774 | 182,788 | 9,280,690 | |||||||
| II. | The vote on the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, as the Company’s independent registered certified public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015, was: |
| For |
Against |
Abstained |
||||||||
| 13,407,956 | 42,672 | 101,624 | ||||||||
No other business was transacted at the Annual Meeting.
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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.
| Date: June 9, 2015 | CNL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC. a Maryland corporation | |||||
| By: | /s/ Scott C. Hall | |||||
| Scott C. Hall | ||||||
| Senior Vice President of Operations | ||||||