dea-8k_20190507.htm

 

 

 

 

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 7, 2019

 

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.)

 

 

 

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

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))

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.

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

 

 

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

 

On May 7, 2019, 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 seven 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

William C. Trimble, III

  

47,328,668

 

502,446

 

73,692

 

7,745,522

Darrell W. Crate

  

40,362,397

 

7,469,355

 

73,055

 

7,745,521

Michael P. Ibe

  

44,842,725

 

2,989,106

 

72,974

 

7,745,523

William H. Binnie

  

37,684,552

 

10,147,300

 

72,955

 

7,745,521

Cynthia A. Fisher

  

34,592,574

 

13,244,958

 

67,275

 

7,745,521

Emil W. Henry, Jr.

  

37,126,189

 

10,707,015

 

71,603

 

7,745,521

James E. Mead

  

46,921,679

 

911,221

 

71,906

 

7,745,522

 

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

46,913,404

 

830,320

 

161,080

 

 

7,745,524

 

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, 2019.

 

For

  

Against

 

Abstain

 

55,401,215

 

155,327

 

93,786

 

 

 


 

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 9, 2019