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 1, 2017
Douglas Emmett, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland | 001-33106 | 20-3073047 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | Commission file number | (I.R.S. Employer identification No.) |
808 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 200, Santa Monica, California 90401
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (310) 255-7700
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Presented below are the voting results for the proposals (described in detail in our proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2017) submitted to our stockholders at our Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 1, 2017:
Proposal 1. The following nominees were elected to serve on the board of directors until the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders with the following vote:
Nominee | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
Dan A. Emmett | 135,395,435 | 6,661,653 | 4,500,801 | |||
Jordan L. Kaplan | 140,921,389 | 1,135,699 | 4,500,801 | |||
Kenneth M. Panzer | 135,328,442 | 6,728,646 | 4,500,801 | |||
Christopher H. Anderson | 139,529,385 | 2,527,703 | 4,500,801 | |||
Leslie E. Bider | 139,116,005 | 2,941,083 | 4,500,801 | |||
Dr. David T. Feinberg | 139,530,304 | 2,526,784 | 4,500,801 | |||
Virginia A. McFerran | 112,998,365 | 29,058,723 | 4,500,801 | |||
Thomas E. O'Hern | 112,655,307 | 29,401,781 | 4,500,801 | |||
William E. Simon, Jr. | 112,387,388 | 29,669,700 | 4,500,801 | |||
Proposal 2. The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2017 was ratified with the following vote:
For | Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
144,969,386 | 1,579,817 | 8,686 | — | |||
Proposal 3. Our 2016 executive compensation was approved with the following non-binding advisory vote:
For | Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
120,675,971 | 21,359,828 | 21,288 | 4,500,802 | |||
Proposal 4. The following preferences were recorded with respect to the non-binding advisory vote on the period for future advisory votes on executive compensation:
One Year | Two Years | Three Years | Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
115,015,330 | 12,252 | 26,630,993 | 398,510 | 4,500,804 | ||||
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 thereunto duly authorized.
DOUGLAS EMMETT, INC. | |||
Dated: | June 2, 2017 | By: | /s/ MONA M. GISLER |
Mona M. Gisler | |||
Chief Financial Officer | |||