UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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 17, 2017
NorthStar Realty Europe Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | 001-37597 (Commission File Number) | 32-0468861 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
399 Park Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY | 10022 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |
(212) 547-2600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(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.
(a) NorthStar Realty Europe Corp. (the “Company”) held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on August 17, 2017 (the “Meeting”). At the close of business on July 17, 2017, the record date for the Meeting, there were 55,258,084 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. Holders of 48,127,658 shares of common stock, representing a like number of votes, were present at the Meeting, either in person or by proxy.
(b) Matters voted upon by stockholders at the Meeting were:
Proposal 1. At the Meeting, the following individuals were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors, each to serve until the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, by the following vote:
Director Nominees | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Vote | |||
David T. Hamamoto | 35,168,799 | 5,140,059 | 7,818,800 | |||
Richard Saltzman | 35,805,364 | 4,503,494 | 7,818,800 | |||
Mario Chisholm | 39,430,157 | 878,701 | 7,818,800 | |||
Judith A. Hannaway | 24,337,163 | 15,971,695 | 7,818,800 | |||
Dianne Hurley | 33,091,821 | 7,217,037 | 7,818,800 | |||
Oscar Junquera | 39,428,988 | 879,870 | 7,818,800 | |||
Wesley D. Minami | 24,467,302 | 15,841,556 | 7,818,800 | |||
Proposal 2. At the Meeting, stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Société coopérative as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017, by the following vote:
For | Against | Abstained | ||
47,508,991 | 582,461 | 36,206 | ||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
NorthStar Realty Europe Corp. (Registrant) | ||
Date: August 17, 2017 | By: | /s/ Trevor K. Ross |
Trevor K. Ross General Counsel and Secretary | ||