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 23, 2020 (June 19, 2020)

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Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
 
 DELAWARE
(STATE OF INCORPORATION) 
001-35543   27-0298092
(COMMISSION FILE NUMBER)   (IRS EMPLOYER ID. NUMBER)
 
385 East Colorado Boulevard   91101
Pasadena, California   (ZIP CODE)
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)    
       (626) 844-9400
(REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)

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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class Trading Symbol(s)   Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value WMC   New York Stock Exchange

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 Stockholders for Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation (the “Company”) was held on June 19, 2020. Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders.

1.The nominees for election of Directors, each for a one-year term, were elected based upon the following votes:

Nominees Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes
Edward D. Fox 20,940,935 914,228 23,199,698
James W. Hirschmann III 20,932,777 922,386 23,199,698
Ranjit M. Kripalani 20,917,299 937,864 23,199,698
M. Christian Mitchell 20,953,396 901,767 23,199,698
Jennifer W. Murphy 20,931,319 923,844 23,199,698
Lisa G. Quateman 20,205,170 1,649,993 23,199,698
Richard W. Roll 18,284,288 3,570,875 23,199,698

2.The advisory, non-binding proposal on the Company's executive compensation for 2019 was approved based on the following votes:

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
19,326,026 1,808,085 724,936 23,195,814

3.The advisory, non-binding proposal on the frequency of future advisory votes on the Company's executive compensation received the following votes:

Every Year Every 2 Years Every 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes
14,959,244 457,412 5,979,489 459,018 23,199,698

4.The proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 was approved based upon the following votes:

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
43,063,352 1,532,377 455,248 3,884







SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereto duly authorized.
 
  WESTERN ASSET MORTGAGE CAPITAL CORPORATION
     
 Date:  June 23, 2020 By: /s/ Adam C. E. Wright  
    Name: Adam C. E. Wright  
    Title: Assistant Secretary  
 
 
 


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