Form 8-K

 

 

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 9, 2016

 

 

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   001-36834   47-2047728

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

   
   
2101 L Street NW, Suite 650, Washington, D.C.   20037
(Address of Principal Executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (202) 595-9500

 

 

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.):

 

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

On May 9, 2016, Easterly Government Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders, in which the stockholders voted on proposals as follows:

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

 

Nominee

   Votes For    Votes Withheld    Abstentions

William C. Trimble, III

   21,331,451    323,282    86,645

Darrell W. Crate

   20,823,611    831,122    86,645

Michael P. Ibe

   20,744,164    910,569    86,645

William H. Binnie

   21,339,188    315,545    86,645

Cynthia A. Fisher

   21,338,805    314,978    87,595

Emil W. Henry, Jr.

   21,419,097    235,386    86,895

James E. Mead

   21,338,688    316,045    86,645

There were 1,656,721 broker non-votes for each director nominee in connection with Proposal No. 1.

Proposal No. 2: The ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016.

 

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

23,253,232

   3,290    141,577


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 12, 2016