0001193125-15-230445.txt : 20150622 0001193125-15-230445.hdr.sgml : 20150622 20150622161400 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-15-230445 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150617 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20150622 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150622 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001541401 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 371645259 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36105 FILM NUMBER: 15944944 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE GRAND CENTRAL PLACE STREET 2: 60 EAST 42ND STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10165 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-953-0888 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE GRAND CENTRAL PLACE STREET 2: 60 EAST 42ND STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10165 8-K 1 d947020d8k.htm FORM 8-K 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): June 17, 2015

 

 

EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   001-36105   37-1645259

(State or other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

One Grand Central Place

60 East 42nd Street

New York, New York

   10165
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 687-8700

n/a

(Former name or former address, if changed from 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:

 

¨ 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))

 

 

 

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

 

(a) The 2015 Annual Stockholders Meeting of Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 17, 2015.

 

(b) The Class A and Class B Common Stockholders of the Company (i) elected all of the Company’s nominees for director, (ii) approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, and (iii) ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. The results of the meeting were as follows:

 

  (i) Election of Directors:

 

Nominees

    For      Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Anthony E. Malkin

      132,919,432         1,668,833         7,110,874   

William H. Berkman

      127,671,681         6,916,584         7,110,874   

Alice M. Connell

      133,707,723         880,542         7,110,874   

Thomas J. DeRosa

      133,373,808         1,214,457         7,110,874   

Steven J. Gilbert

      132,458,152         2,130,113         7,110,874   

S. Michael Giliberto

      133,690,708         897,557         7,110,874   

James D. Robinson IV

      133,066,469         1,521,796         7,110,874   

 

  (ii) Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the named executive officers:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstained

  

Broker Non-Votes

130,479,044   3,014,104   1,095,117   7,110,874

 

  (iii) Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstained

141,423,151   171,391   104,597

With respect to the preceding matters, holders of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote per share, and holders of Class B common stock are entitled to 50 votes per share, so long as such Class B common stockholder continues to own 49 operating partnership units in Empire State Realty OP, L.P. for each such share of Class B common stock. Holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock vote together as a single class on the matters covered at the meeting, and their votes are counted and totaled together.

 

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SIGNATURE

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.

 

EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, INC.

(Registrant)

Date: June 22, 2015 By:

/s/ Thomas N. Keltner, Jr.

Name: Thomas N. Keltner, Jr.
Title: Executive Vice President & General Counsel

 

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