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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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 12, 2022

 

 

Paramount Group, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maryland

 

001-36746

 

32-0439307

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1633 Broadway, Suite 1801

New York, New York

 

10019

(Address of Principal Executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 237-3100

 

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.):

 

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))

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 of Paramount Group, Inc., $0.01 par value per share

 

PGRE

 

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 3.03Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

Item 5.03Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

As described below in Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, on May 12, 2022, the stockholders of Paramount Group, Inc. (the “Company”) voted at the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to approve the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws.  The Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws amended Article XIII of the Company’s bylaws to permit the stockholders of the Company, to the extent permitted by law, to amend the bylaws by the affirmative vote of a majority of all votes entitled to be cast on the matter pursuant to a binding proposal submitted by certain qualifying stockholders. The right to amend the Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws is subject to certain eligibility, procedural and disclosure requirements set forth in Article XIII of the Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws.  The Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws became effective on May 12, 2022.

 

The foregoing summary of the Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

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

 

On May 12, 2022, the Company held its Annual Meeting in New York, New York. As of the record date, there were a total of 219,081,522 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The following is a brief description of each matter voted upon at the Annual Meeting and a statement of the number of votes cast for or against, and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter, as applicable.

 

 

Proposal 1. Votes regarding the election of the persons named below as directors for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2023 and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal, were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broker

 

Names of Directors

 

For

 

 

Against

 

 

Abstain

 

 

Non-Votes

 

Albert Behler

 

 

171,187,205

 

 

 

9,382,617

 

 

 

344,246

 

 

 

9,341,782

 

Thomas Armbrust

 

 

176,255,617

 

 

 

4,654,446

 

 

 

4,005

 

 

 

9,341,782

 

Martin Bussmann

 

 

159,812,164

 

 

 

7,028,167

 

 

 

14,073,737

 

 

 

9,341,782

 

Karin Klein

 

 

176,256,087

 

 

 

3,936,210

 

 

 

721,771

 

 

 

9,341,782

 

Peter Linneman

 

 

164,327,833

 

 

 

11,982,221

 

 

 

4,604,014

 

 

 

9,341,782

 

Katharina Otto-Bernstein

 

 

176,255,982

 

 

 

4,654,116

 

 

 

3,970

 

 

 

9,341,782

 

Mark Patterson

 

 

142,192,327

 

 

 

37,991,280

 

 

 

730,461

 

 

 

9,341,782

 

Hitoshi Saito

 

 

169,816,467

 

 

 

174,073

 

 

 

10,923,528

 

 

 

9,341,782

 

Greg Wright

 

 

159,020,578

 

 

 

7,295,948

 

 

 

14,597,542

 

 

 

9,341,782

 

 

Based on the votes set forth above, each of the foregoing persons was duly elected to serve as a director for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2023 and until the directors’ successors have been duly elected and qualified or until a given director’s earlier resignation or removal.

 

 

Proposal 2.Votes regarding a non-binding, advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broker

 

For

 

 

Against

 

 

Abstain

 

 

Non-Votes

 

 

141,500,939

 

 

 

27,140,552

 

 

 

12,272,577

 

 

 

9,341,782

 

 

Based on the votes set forth above, the non-binding, advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved by the Company’s stockholders.


 

 

 

Proposal 3.Votes regarding a non-binding, advisory proposal regarding the frequency of holding non-binding, advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, were as follows:

 

Every

 

 

Every

 

 

Every

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broker

 

Year

 

 

2 Years

 

 

3 Years

 

 

Abstain

 

 

Non-Votes

 

 

177,650,536

 

 

 

15,347

 

 

 

3,164,926

 

 

 

83,259

 

 

 

9,341,782

 

 

Based on the votes set forth above, the Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, a frequency of every year for the non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. As recommended by the Company’s board of directors and approved by the stockholders, the Company intends to hold a non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every year until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of holding the non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

 

Proposal 4.Votes regarding the approval of the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws to allow the Company’s bylaws to be amended by the Company’s stockholders, were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broker

 

For

 

 

Against

 

 

Abstain

 

 

Non-Votes

 

 

180,167,123

 

 

 

6,441

 

 

 

740,504

 

 

 

9,341,782

 

 

Based on the votes set forth above, the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws was approved by the Company’s stockholders.

 

 

Proposal 5.Votes regarding the ratification of the audit committee’s appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2022, were as follows:

 

For

 

 

Against

 

 

Abstain

 

 

189,959,923

 

 

 

291,343

 

 

 

4,584

 

 

Based on the votes set forth above, the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company to serve for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 was duly ratified by the Company’s stockholders.

 

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits:

 

Exhibit Number Description

3.1Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws of Paramount Group, Inc.

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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.

 

 

 

 

PARAMOUNT GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Gage Johnson

Name:

 

Gage Johnson

Title:

 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

Date: May 16, 2022