Current Report Filing (8-k)
May 15 2015 - 1:07PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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 14, 2015
Franklin Street Properties Corp. |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
Maryland |
001-32470 |
04-3578653 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) |
(Commission
File Number) |
(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
401 Edgewater Place, Suite 200, Wakefield, Massachusetts |
01880-6210 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
(Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code: (781) 557-1300
|
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) |
Check the appropriate box below if the Form
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(see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 14, 2015, Franklin Street Properties
Corp. (“our” or the “Registrant”) held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2015 Annual
Meeting”). The 2015 Annual Meeting was called for the following purposes: (1) to elect one Class II director to serve until
the 2018 annual meeting, (2) to ratify the Audit Committee’s appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015, and (3) to approve, by non-binding vote, executive compensation.
(1) The following table sets forth the name
of the director elected at the 2015 Annual Meeting for a new three-year term and the final number of votes cast for and withheld
from the director.
Name |
For |
Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes |
|
|
|
|
John N. Burke |
78,118,177 |
1,055,850 |
11,324,873 |
(2) The proposal to ratify the Audit Committee’s
appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the fiscal year ending December 31,
2015 was approved. The final number of votes cast for or against or abstaining from voting on that proposal are listed below.
For |
Against |
Abstain |
|
|
|
89,994,625 |
486,560 |
17,715 |
(3) The proposal to approve,
by non-binding vote, executive compensation was approved. The final number of votes cast for or against or abstaining from voting
on that proposal are listed below.
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
|
|
|
|
77,309,588 |
1,711,648 |
152,791 |
11,324,873 |
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: May 15, 2015 |
FRANKLIN STREET PROPERTIES CORP. |
|
|
By: |
/s/ George J. Carter |
|
George J. Carter
President and Chief Executive Officer |
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