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 8, 2012

 

 

Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   001-35246    45-0679215

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

   (IRS Employer

Identification No.)

c/o Apollo Global Management, LLC

9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor

New York, New York

  10019
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 515-3200

n/a

(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.

(a) Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) was held on May 8, 2012, at which 9,094,179 shares of the Company’s common stock were represented in person or by proxy representing approximately 88.52% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock entitled to vote.

(b) At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders (i) elected the seven directors named below for a term expiring in 2013; (ii) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012, (iii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers and (iv) approved, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s 2012 Proxy Statement. The final results for the votes regarding each proposal are set forth below.

 

(i) The voting results with respect to the election of each director were as follows:

  

    

Name

   Votes For      Votes Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  
 

Marc E. Becker

     4,855,881         220,761         4,017,537   
 

Mark C. Biderman

     4,991,667         84,975         4,017,537   
 

Frederick N. Khedouri

     4,840,881         235,761         4,017,537   
 

Justin Stevens

     4,850,651         225,991         4,017,537   
 

Hope S. Taitz

     5,000,249         76,393         4,017,537   
 

Frederick J. Kleisner

     5,014,380         62,262         4,017,537   
 

Thomas D. Christopoul

     5,014,380         62,262         4,017,537   

(ii) The voting results with respect to the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 were as follows:

   

    

Votes For

   Votes Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  
 

9,035,381

     48,235         10,563         -0-   

(iii) The voting results with respect to the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers were as follows:

   

    

Votes For

   Votes Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  
 

4,974,327

     95,770         6,545         4,017,537   

(iv) The voting results with respect to the approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of holding future stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers were as follows:

 

1 Year

  2 Years     3 Years     Abstain     Broker Non-Votes  
4,307,898     33,700        721,275        13,769        4,017,537   

 

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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.

 

Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc.
By:   /s/ Stuart A. Rothstein
Name:   Stuart A. Rothstein
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Date: May 11, 2012

 

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