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): August 19, 2016
Realty Finance Trust, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Maryland | 000-55188 | 46-1406086 | ||
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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405 Park Avenue, 14th Floor New York, New York 10022 |
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(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 415-6500 |
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Realty Finance Trust, Inc.’s (the “Company”) 2016 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) was initially called to order on June 9, 2016 and was adjourned for lack of quorum. The Annual Meeting was reconvened on June 17, 2016, June 24, 2016, June 29, 2016, July 15, 2016, July 29, 2016, August 11, 2016, August 16, 2016 and August 19, 2016.
At the reconvened Annual Meeting held on June 29, 2016, as previously disclosed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2016, the Company’s stockholders approved Proposals Nos. 1 and 2 and the Company subsequently adjourned the Annual Meeting with respect to Proposals Nos. 3 – 8 to permit stockholders of record as of April 22, 2016 additional time to consider Proposals Nos. 3 – 8, and to enable the Company’s proxy solicitor, Broadridge Investor Communication Solutions, Inc., more time to solicit stockholder votes.
At the reconvened Annual Meeting held on August 19, 2016, there were present, in person or by proxy, stockholders holding an aggregate of 19,483,531 shares of the Company’s common stock, out of a total number of 31,731,862 shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the reconvened Annual Meeting.
Proposals Nos. 3 – 8
At the reconvened Annual Meeting held on August 19, 2016, stockholders were asked to consider and act upon the following proposals, each of which received the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the proposal to be adopted: (i) Proposal No. 3 (to amend the Company’s charter to remove or revise provisions regarding the Company’s stock); (ii) Proposal No. 4 (to amend the Company’s charter to remove or revise provisions regarding the composition of the Company’s board of directors); (iii) Proposal No. 5 (to amend the Company’s charter to remove or revise provisions regarding the conduct of the Company’s board of directors); (iv) Proposal No. 6 (to amend the Company’s charter to remove or revise provisions regarding the conduct of company business); (v) Proposal No. 7 (to amend the Company’s charter to remove or add provisions restricting transfer and ownership of shares); and (vi) Proposal No. 8 (to amend the Company’s charter to remove or revise provisions stating that the NASAA REIT guidelines control interpretation of the Company’s charter).
The full results of the votes for, votes against, abstentions and broker non-votes relating to Proposals Nos. 3 – 8 are set forth below:
| Proposal | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| Proposal No. 3 | 16,093,114 | 1,513,150 | 1,877,267 | * |
| Proposal No. 4 | 16,103,055 | 1,565,148 | 1,815,328 | * |
| Proposal No. 5 | 16,239,593 | 1,529,041 | 1,714,897 | * |
| Proposal No. 6 | 16,361,198 | 1,402,505 | 1,719,828 | * |
| Proposal No. 7 | 16,101,260 | 1,510,876 | 1,871,395 | * |
| Proposal No. 8 | 16,048,249 | 1,539,481 |
1,895,801 |
* |
| * | No broker non-votes were recorded in connection with Proposals Nos. 3 – 8. |
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.
| REALTY FINANCE TRUST, INC. | |||
| Date: August 19, 2016 | By: | /s/ Peter M. Budko | |
| Peter M. Budko | |||
| Chief Executive Officer and Interim President | |||