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 24, 2016
Diamond Resorts International, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


 
 
 
Delaware
001-35967
46-1750895
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
 
 
 
10600 West Charleston Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada
 
89135
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 702-684-8000
 
 
Not Applicable                 
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 2016 annual meeting of the stockholders of Diamond Resorts International, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 24, 2016. Items of business set forth in the Company’s proxy statement dated April 15, 2016 that were voted on and approved at the annual meeting are as follows:

(1)    Re-election of each of Stephen J. Cloobeck and Robert Wolf and election of Frankie Sue Del Papa to the Company’s Board of Directors, each for a three-year term expiring at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: 

Nominee
 
For
 
Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
Stephen J. Cloobeck
 
54,743,339
 
4,560,960
 
3,411,735
Robert Wolf
 
58,096,987
 
1,207,312
 
3,411,735
Frankie Sue Del Papa
 
58,933,363
 
370,936
 
3,411,735


(2)    Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement:

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
53,532,551
 
5,378,618
 
393,130
 
3,411,735


(3)     Ratification of the appointment of independent registered public accounting firm BDO USA, LLP as the independent auditors of the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016:

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
62,626,290
 
8,594
 
81,150
 
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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.
 
Diamond Resorts International, Inc.


May 26, 2016


By: /s/ Jared T. Finkelstein___________ 
Name: Jared T. Finkelstein
Title: Senior Vice President-General Counsel and Secretary