UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K/A
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 11, 2017
Whitestone REIT
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Maryland | 001-34855 | 76-0594970 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
2600 South Gessner, Suite 500 | ||
Houston, TX | 77063 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
(713) 827-9595 |
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) |
Not Applicable |
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) |
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Explanatory Note
This Current Report on Form 8-K/A (the “Amendment”) is being filed as an amendment to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Whitestone REIT (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2017 (the “Original 8-K”). The purpose of this Amendment is to confirm the Company’s intentions with regard to the frequency of future non-binding shareholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. Except as expressly stated herein, this Form 8-K/A does not amend or update any other information contained in the Original 8-K, which remains unchanged.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 12, 2017, the Company filed the Original 8-K to report, among other things, the voting results for each proposal presented to the Company’s shareholders at the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 11, 2017. As previously disclosed, regarding Proposal 4, Advisory Vote on the Frequency of the Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation, the Company’s shareholders voted to approve an advisory resolution on the frequency of advisory votes on executive compensation to be once every year.
Consistent with the recommendation of the vote of the shareholders at its Annual Meeting, the Company confirms that, pursuant to the determination of its Board of Trustees, it will include a non-binding shareholder advisory vote on executive compensation in the Company’s proxy materials every year, until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on executive compensation, which will occur no later than its annual shareholders meeting in 2023.
SIGNATURE
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.
Whitestone REIT | ||||
Date: September 6, 2017 | By: | /s/ David K. Holeman | ||
David K. Holeman | ||||
Chief Financial Officer | ||||