8-K

 

 

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 19, 2016

 

 

PARAMOUNT GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   001-36746   32-0439307

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1633 Broadway, Suite 1801

New York, New York

  10019
(Address of Principal Executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 237-3100

 

 

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 Instructions A.2.):

 

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

On May 19, 2016, Paramount Group, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders in New York, New York (the “Annual Meeting”). As of the record date, there were a total of 213,036,508 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The following is a brief description of each matter voted upon at the Annual Meeting and a statement of the number of votes cast for or against, and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter, as applicable.

Proposal 1. Votes regarding the election of the persons named below as directors for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2017 and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal, were as follows:

 

Names of Directors

   For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Albert Behler

     177,316,592         1,192,931         1,200,610         2,312,432   

Thomas Armbrust

     176,638,939         1,870,585         1,200,609         2,312,432   

Martin Bussmann

     178,157,906         350,516         1,201,711         2,312,432   

Dan Emmett

     178,006,213         503,310         1,200,610         2,312,432   

Lizanne Galbreath

     176,472,339         2,036,286         1,201,508         2,312,432   

Karin Klein

     178,157,023         351,399         1,201,711         2,312,432   

Peter Linneman

     161,120,355         17,389,172         1,200,606         2,312,432   

David O’Connor

     178,100,755         408,774         1,200,604         2,312,432   

Katharina Otto-Bernstein

     176,006,699         2,502,824         1,200,610         2,312,432   

Based on the votes set forth above, each of the foregoing persons was duly elected to serve as a director for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2017 and until the directors’ successors have been duly elected and qualified or until a given director’s earlier resignation or removal.

Proposal 2. Votes regarding a non-binding, advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, were as follows:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

  

Broker Non-Votes

173,609,142

   4,680,445    1,420,546    2,312,432

Based on the votes set forth above, the non-binding, advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved by the Company’s stockholders.

Proposal 3. Votes regarding a non-binding, advisory proposal regarding the frequency of holding non-binding, advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, were as follows:

 

Every Year

  

Every 2 Years

  

Every 3 Years

  

Abstain

  

Broker Non-Votes

166,829,802

   5,305    12,661,074    213,952    2,312,432

Based on the votes set forth above, the Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, a frequency of every year for the non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. As recommended by the Company’s board of directors and approved by the stockholders, the Company intends to hold a non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every year until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of holding the non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

Proposal 4. Votes regarding the ratification of the audit committee’s appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2016, were as follows:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

179,173,083

   1,646,216    1,203,266


Based on the votes set forth above, the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company to serve for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 was duly ratified by the Company’s stockholders.


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.

 

PARAMOUNT GROUP, INC.
By:  

/s/ Gage Johnson

Name:   Gage Johnson
Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Dated: May 20, 2016