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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

June 28, 2019

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL REIT, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

MARYLAND   001-38106   27-5466153

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

   

260 Franklin Street, 7th Floor

Boston, MA 02110

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(617) 340-3814

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

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

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 Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share PLYM NYSE American
7.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, PLYM-PrA NYSE American
par value $0.01 per share    

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

 

VOTING RESULTS OF 2019 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

The 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company was held on June 28, 2019. For more information about the proposals set forth below, please see the Company's definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on April 29, 2019. A total of 4,711,526 (or approximately 89.6%) of the Company's shares issued, outstanding and entitled to vote at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders were represented in person or by proxy at the meeting. Set forth below are the final voting results for the proposals voted on at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

 

(1)           Proposal 1 - Election of Directors: Election of six nominees to the Company's Board of Directors for a one-year term expiring at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or until their successors are elected and qualified:

 

   Number of Shares 
Nominee  For   Withhold   Broker Non-Votes 
Martin Barber   1,316,037    311,506    3,083,983 
Philip S. Cottone   1,313,717    313,826    3,083,983 
Richard J. DeAgazio   1,097,852    529,691    3,083,983 
David G. Gaw   1,602,489     25,054    3,083,983 
Pendleton P. White, Jr.   1,604,809    22,734    3,083,983 
Jeffrey E. Witherell   1,603,089    24,454    3,083,983 

Each nominee was elected by the Company's stockholders, as recommended by the Company's Board of Directors.

 

(2)           Proposal 2 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm: Ratification of the Audit Committee's appointment of Marcum, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2019:

 

·For: 4,646,640
·Against: 21,379
·Abstain: 43,507

  

Proposal 2 was approved by the Company's stockholders, as recommended by the Company's Board of Directors.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

             
        PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL REIT, INC.
       
Date: July 1, 2019       By:  

/s/ Jeffrey E. Witherell

            Jeffrey E. Witherell
            Chief Executive Officer