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): April 24, 2017
WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Texas | 1-9876 | 74-1464203 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
2600 Citadel Plaza Drive, Suite 125, Houston, Texas 77008
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 866-6000
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.
On April 24, 2017, Weingarten Realty Investors (“the Company”) held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). A total of 128,320,984 shares of the Company’s common shares of beneficial interest (“common shares”) were entitled to vote as of March 3, 2017, the record date for the Annual Meeting. There were 121,406,288 common shares present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, at which the shareholders were asked to vote on four proposals. Set forth below are the matters acted upon by the shareholders of the Company at the Annual Meeting, and the final voting results of each proposal.
(1) The shareholders elected each of the nine nominees to the Board of Trust Managers to serve until their successors have been elected and qualified, as follows:
TRUST MANAGER | FOR | WITHHELD | ||
Andrew M. Alexander | 103,784,678 | 808,584 | ||
Stanford Alexander | 102,490,105 | 2,103,157 | ||
Shelaghmichael Brown | 98,663,516 | 5,929,746 | ||
James W. Crownover | 102,202,928 | 2,390,334 | ||
Stephen A. Lasher | 97,851,869 | 6,741,393 | ||
Thomas L. Ryan | 94,855,326 | 9,737,936 | ||
Douglas W. Schnitzer | 97,855,367 | 6,737,895 | ||
C. Park Shaper | 102,857,757 | 1,735,505 | ||
Marc J. Shapiro | 97,730,799 | 6,862,463 | ||
There were 16,813,026 broker non-votes with respect to the election of the Board of Trust Managers.
(2) The shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm, as follows:
FOR | 119,756,995 | |
AGAINST | 1,509,401 | |
ABSTAIN | 139,892 | |
(3) The shareholders approved, by non-binding vote, the compensation awarded to the Company’s executives named in the Summary Compensation Table, as disclosed in the Company’s 2017 Proxy Statement, as follows:
FOR | 97,907,427 | |
AGAINST | 6,438,928 | |
ABSTAIN | 246,907 | |
BROKER NON-VOTES | 16,813,026 | |
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(4) The shareholders recommended, by non-binding vote, having an annual advisory vote on executive compensation, as follows:
ONE YEAR | 86,715,732 | |
TWO YEARS | 160,109 | |
THREE YEARS | 17,509,491 | |
ABSTAIN | 207,930 | |
The Company's Board of Trust Managers has determined that the Company will conduct advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company's executive officers on an annual basis. Accordingly, the Company will include an advisory vote on executive compensation in its proxy materials every year until the next shareholder vote on the frequency of such votes is held, which will be no later than the Company's 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
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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.
Date: April 25, 2017
WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS | ||
By: | /s/ Joe D. Shafer | |
Joe D. Shafer | ||
Senior Vice President/ Chief Accounting Officer | ||
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