UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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 24, 2011 (May 18, 2011)

 


AmREIT, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Maryland

000-53841

20-8857707

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File
Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

8 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, Texas

 

77046

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(713) 850-1400

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 


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

 

AmREIT, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 18, 2011.  The Company’s stockholders approved each of the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting, which are described in detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12, 2011. Holders of 11,921,408 shares of the Company’s common stock were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

 

The following are the voting results of each matter submitted to the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting:   

 

·          Proposal 1:  To elect seven directors to serve until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

Director

For

Withheld

H. Kerr Taylor

11,208,577

712,831

Robert S. Cartwright, Jr.

11,206,533

714,875

Philip Taggart

11,211,560

709,848

H. L. “Hank” Rush, Jr.

11,200,497

720,911

Mack D. Pridgen III

11,219,303

702,105

Brent M. Longnecker

11,216,996

704,412

Scot J. Luther

11,214,447

706,961

 

No broker non-votes were cast in the election of directors.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

AmREIT, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: May 24, 2011

By: 

 /s/ Chad C. Braun

 

 

Chad C. Braun
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer