U.S. 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 10, 2017
 
Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
 
MARYLAND
 
814-01162
 
47-3919702
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
104 La Mesa Drive, Suite 102, Portola Valley, CA 94028
(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 234-4300

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report): N/A

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

The annual shareholder meeting (the “Meeting”) of Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. (the “Fund”) was held on May 10, 2017, to consider and vote on the election of five members of the Board of Directors of the Fund (Spiro C. Lazarakis, Arthur C. Spinner, William R. Miller, Ronald W. Swenson and Maurice C. Werdegar) and the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2017.

On March 27, 2017, the record date for the Meeting, there were 100,000 shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value (“Shares”) of the Fund outstanding and entitled to vote. 100% of the Shares are owned by Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, LLC (the “LLC”). The LLC in turn is owned by its members (the “LLC Members”). The Operating Agreement of the LLC grants the LLC Members pass-through voting rights, meaning that the LLC, as the sole shareholder of the Fund, may take no action as shareholder of the Fund without first securing the approval of the LLC Members, with the same vote required of the LLC Members as is required of the shareholder of the Fund. Accordingly, the election of each of the nominated directors of the Fund required the prior approval of the holders of at least a plurality of the outstanding shares of membership interest of the LLC (the “LLC Shares”) and ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2017 required the prior approval of at least a majority of the outstanding LLC Shares.

112,151.875 out of 116,496.875 total outstanding LLC Shares, or 96.27% of the LLC Shares, were cast in favor of the election of each of the five members of the Board of Directors and in favor of the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2017. No LLC Shares were cast against or withheld for either of the proposals presented at the Meeting. Consequently, the LLC cast 100% of the Shares in favor of approval of both of the proposals presented at the Meeting.



 



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 duly authorized.

VENTURE LENDING & LEASING VIII, INC.
(Registrant)

By:    /s/ Maurice C. Werdegar
By:    /s/ Martin D. Eng    
Maurice C. Werdegar    
Martin D. Eng
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
Date: May 12, 2017
Date: May 12, 2017