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 18, 2015

 

 

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.)

 

 

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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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 June 18, 2015, at which 27,375,037 shares of the Company’s common stock were represented in person or by proxy representing approximately 85.29% 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 2016; (ii) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 and (iii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s 2015 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  

Mark C. Biderman

     16,452,754         473,771         10,448,512   

Thomas D. Christopoul

     16,590,544         335,981         10,448,512   

Michael A. Commaroto

     16,694,449         232,076         10,448,512   

James E. Galowski

     15,972,680         953,845         10,448,512   

Frederick N. Khedouri

     15,963,665         962,860         10,448,512   

Frederick J. Kleisner

     16,580,801         345,724         10,448,512   

Hope S. Taitz

     15,257,378         1,669,147         10,448,512   

(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, 2015 were as follows:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

26,853,164

  486,692   35,181   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

16,087,951

  681,341   157,230   10,448,515


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/ Michael A. Commaroto

Name: Michael A. Commaroto
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: June 23, 2015