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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): May 5, 2016

 

 

Welltower Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-8923   34-1096634

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

4500 Dorr Street, Toledo, Ohio   43615
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (419) 247-2800

Not Applicable

(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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Welltower Inc. (the “Company”) held on May 5, 2016 in New York, New York, the Company’s shareholders approved the Welltower Inc. 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”), which had been previously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors subject to approval by the Company’s shareholders. The aggregate number of shares of the Company’s common stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2016 Plan is 10,000,000. A description of the terms of the 2016 Plan was included in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2016.

The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2016 Plan, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

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

The Annual Meeting was held on May 5, 2016 in New York, New York. The voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the shareholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

Proposal #1 — Election of ten directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified:

 

Nominee

   For    Against      Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes

Kenneth J. Bacon

   282,896,775      1,067,267       648,388    39,628,327

Thomas J. DeRosa

   282,474,577      1,669,798       468,055    39,628,327

Jeffrey H. Donahue

   274,231,320      9,911,173       469,937    39,628,327

Fred S. Klipsch

   283,358,520      783,052       470,858    39,628,327

Geoffrey G. Meyers

   282,559,923      1,570,136       482,371    39,628,327

Timothy J. Naughton

   282,571,073      1,574,379       466,978    39,628,327

Sharon M. Oster

   274,259,946      9,906,319       446,165    39,628,327

Judith C. Pelham

   283,051,559      1,102,853       458,018    39,628,327

Sergio D. Rivera

   283,603,668      535,641       473,121    39,628,327

R. Scott Trumbull

   270,179,953      13,967,366       465,111    39,628,327

Proposal #2 — Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2016:

 

For    Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes
319,570,679    3,950,987    719,091    0

Proposal #3 — Approval of the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company as disclosed in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission:

 

For    Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes
266,821,054    16,678,959    1,112,417    39,628,327

Proposal #4 — Approval of the Welltower Inc. 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan:

 

For    Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes
266,176,693    17,459,843    975,894    39,628,327

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

10.1    Welltower Inc. 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan


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.

 

WELLTOWER INC.
By:   /s/ THOMAS J. DEROSA
Name:   Thomas J. DeRosa
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

Dated: May 10, 2016


Exhibit Index

 

10.1    Welltower Inc. 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan