8-K 1 wpg20190519_8k.htm FORM 8-K wpg20190519_8k.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 16, 2019

 

 

Washington Prime Group Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

 

Indiana

 

001-36252

 

046-4323686

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

180 East Broad Street

Columbus, Ohio

 

43215

(Address of principal executive
offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (614) 621-9000

 

N/A

 


(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 Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

Title of Each Class of Security

Trading Symbols

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share

WPG

New York Stock Exchange

7.5% Series H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

WPGPRH

New York Stock Exchange

6.875% Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

WPGPRI

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 (§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. [ ]

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01.  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Washington Prime Group Inc. (the “Registrant,” “Company” or “WPG”) and Joshua P. Lindimore executed a First Amendment to Employment Agreement (the “Amendment”), dated and effective as of May 16, 2019. The Amendment amends that certain Employment Agreement, entered into on August 6, 2018 and effective as of August 3, 2018 (the “Agreement”), between the Company and Mr. Lindimore. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved the same on May 16, 2019.

 

The Amendment modifies the Agreement to: (i) reflect Mr. Lindimore’s title change from Senior Vice President, Head of Leasing to Executive Vice President, Head of Leasing, (ii) evidence his current base salary in effect as of the effective date of the Amendment, and (iii) modify and increase Mr. Lindimore’s target bonus opportunity under the Company’s annual cash incentive (bonus) plan. All other terms of the Agreement remain unaltered and of full force and effect. The disclosure under this Item 1.01 is qualified in its entirety by the Amendment attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.

 

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

 

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders for the Registrant was held on Thursday, May 16, 2019 (the “Annual Meeting”) in New York, NY. Proxies for the Meeting were solicited by the Registrant pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Four proposals were submitted to a vote of the holders of the Registrant’s common shares. The four proposals are described below.

 

 

the election of the seven (7) persons named in the Company’s Annual Meeting proxy statement as director and to hold office until the 2020 annual meeting of shareholders;

     
 

a non-binding advisory vote to approve executive compensation as described in the Company’s Annual Meeting proxy statement;

     
 

the approval and adoption of the 2019 Washington Prime Group, L.P. Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”); and

     
 

ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019.

 

At the Annual Meeting, each of the nominees for election as a director was re-elected and the common shareholders also voted in favor of each of the three other proposals. There was no solicitation in opposition to the Company’s voting recommendation for each proposal that was contained in the Annual Meeting proxy statement.

 

The final vote tally on each of the proposals is set forth below.

 

1.

Election of Directors

 

Nominee

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

i.   J. Taggart (“Tag”) Birge

123,590,101

742,113

540,627

38,112,355

ii.  Louis G. Conforti

123,644,157

851,734

376,950

38,112,355

iii. John J. Dillon III

123,720,211

751,978

400,652

38,112,355

iv.  Robert J. Laikin

123,657,664

816,745

398,432

38,112,355

v.   John F. Levy

123,463,383

986,218

423,240

38,112,355

vi.  Jacquelyn R. Soffer

122,436,371

2,075,708

360,762

38,112,355

vii. Sheryl G. von Blucher

123,596,867

718,267

557,707

38,112,355

 

   

For

   

Against

   

Abstain

   

Broker
Non-

Votes

 

2. Non-binding advisory vote to approve executive compensation as described in the Company’s proxy statement.

  120,894,616     3,248,086     730,139     38,112,355  

 

 

 

 

   

For

   

Against

   

Abstain

   

Broker
Non-
Votes

 

3. Approval and adoption of the Plan.

  121,274,679     3,028,103     570,059     38,112,355  

 

   

For

   

Against

   

Abstain

   

Broker
Non-

Votes

 

4.    Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.

  161,598,327     901,417     485,452     0  

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)   Exhibits.

 

4.1   2019 Washington Prime Group, L.P. Stock Incentive Plan.
     
10.1

 

First Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated and effective as of May 16, 2019, by and between Washington Prime Group Inc. and Joshua P. Lindimore.

 

 

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.

 

 

Washington Prime Group Inc.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

  /s/ Robert P. Demchak  

Date: May 20, 2019

Robert P. Demchak

Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary