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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):  

May 3, 2022

 

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Maryland

001-36834

47-2047728

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

2001 K Street NW, Suite 775 North, Washington, D.C.

 

20006

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (202) 595-9500

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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 Instructions A.2. below):

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock

DEA

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
Emerging growth company    

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 

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

On May 3, 2022, Easterly Government Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders, at which the stockholders voted on the proposals as follows:

Proposal No. 1: The election of eight director nominees, each to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

Nominee

  

For

  

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

Darrell W. Crate

  

58,449,796

 

13,444,207

 

102,753

 

9,265,747

William C. Trimble, III

  

71,211,669

 

693,356

 

91,732

 

9,265,746

Michael P. Ibe

  

65,640,960

 

6,246,877

 

108,920

 

9,265,746

William H. Binnie

  

69,127,167

 

2,363,549

 

506,039

 

9,265,748

Cynthia A. Fisher

  

59,095,717

 

12,409,063

 

491,973

 

9,265,750

Scott D. Freeman

  

71,173,815

 

719,955

 

102,984

 

9,265,749

Emil W. Henry, Jr.

  

70,184,998

 

1,311,406

 

500,349

 

9,265,750

Tara S. Innes

 

71,181,802

 

724,291

 

90,661

 

9,265,749

 

Proposal No. 2: Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

For

  

Against

 

Abstain

 

  

Broker Non-Votes

69,410,091

 

2,300,336

 

286,322

 

 

9,265,754

 

Proposal No. 3: Ratification of the Audit Committee’s appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

 

For

  

Against

 

Abstain

 

80,757,671

 

394,443

 

110,389

 

 


 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

EASTERLY GOVERNMENT

PROPERTIES, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ William C. Trimble, III

 

Name:

 

William C. Trimble, III

 

Title:

 

Chief Executive Officer and President

Date: May 5, 2022