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
 
June 1, 2017
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
 

 
STORE Capital Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

 
Maryland
001-36739
45-2280254
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
 
8377 East Hartford Drive, Suite 100
Scottsdale, AZ
85255
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (480) 256-1100
 

 
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Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
STORE Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 1, 2017. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on three proposals. The proposals are described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A (the “Proxy Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2017. As of April 3, 2017, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 171,378,139 shares of the Company’s common stock issued, outstanding and entitled to vote on the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting. The voting results for each of the proposals are set forth below.

1.          Election of Directors. The Company’s stockholders elected, by the vote indicated below, the following eight persons as directors of the Company, each to serve as such until the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2018, or until his or her respective successor is duly elected and qualified:

Director
 
Votes For
 
Votes Withheld
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
Morton H. Fleischer
 
130,795,167
 
29,959,491
 
 
3,216,289
Christopher H. Volk
 
159,658,483
 
1,096,175
 
 
3,216,289
Joseph M. Donovan
 
159,656,522
 
1,098,136
 
 
3,216,289
Mary Fedewa
 
157,987,211
 
2,767,447
 
 
3,216,289
William F. Hipp
 
159,651,008
 
1,103,650
 
 
3,216,289
Einar A. Seadler
 
131,063,272
 
29,691,386
 
 
3,216,289
Mark N. Sklar
 
159,898,729
 
855,929
 
 
3,216,289
Quentin P. Smith, Jr.
 
131,090,169
 
29,664,489
 
 
3,216,289

2.          Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation. The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the non-binding resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, by the vote indicated below:

 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
 
152,454,665
 
7,545,729
 
754,264
 
3,216,289

3.          Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017, by the vote indicated below:

 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
 
163,718,149
 
129,086
 
123,712
 

No other proposals were submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual 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 hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
STORE Capital Corporation
 
 
Dated: June 2, 2017
 
 
By:
/s/ Michael T. Bennett
 
 
Michael T. Bennett
 
 
Executive Vice President-General Counsel