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 15, 2017

 

 

 

UMH Properties, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   001-12690   22-1890929
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)

 

Juniper Business Plaza, 3499 Route 9 North, Suite 3-C, Freehold, NJ   07728
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (732) 577-9997

 

Not Applicable

(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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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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

The annual meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) of UMH Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 15, 2017. There were 30,843,635 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the meeting and a total of 27,762,427 shares (90.01%) were represented in person or by proxy at the meeting. The proposals submitted to the vote of the shareholders and the results of the vote were as follows:

 

Proposal 1 – The election of three Class II Directors, each to hold office until the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders in 2020 and until his successor is duly elected and qualifies:

 

Director  For   Withheld   Broker Non-Votes 
             
Jeffrey A. Carus   15,369,897    4,015,576    8,376,954 
Matthew I. Hirsch   13,463,192    5,922,281    8,376,954 
Kenneth K. Quigley, Jr.   15,365,942    4,019,531    8,376,954 

 

Proposal 2 – To ratify the appointment of PKF O’Connor Davies, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017:

 

   Number of Votes 
     
For   27,607,130 
Against   123,313 
Abstain   31,984 
Broker Non-Votes   -0- 

 

Proposal 3 – An advisory resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s executive officers, as more particularly described in the Proxy Statement with respect to the Meeting:

 

   Number of Votes 
     
For   17,587,175 
Against   1,622,723 
Abstain   175,575 
Broker Non-Votes   8,376,954 

 

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Proposal 4 – An advisory resolution to approve the frequency of advisory votes on executive compensation:

 

   Number of Votes 
     
One Year   8,208,150 
Two Years   139,485 
Three Years   10,879,457 
Abstain   158,381 
Broker Non-Votes   8,376,954 

 

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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.

 

  UMH Properties, Inc.
     
Date: June 16, 2017 By: /s/ Anna T. Chew
  Name: Anna T. Chew
  Title: Vice President and
    Chief Financial Officer

 

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