WPC 2015 Q2 8-K (Annual Meeting)




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 18, 2015
 
W. P. Carey Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
Maryland
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
 
001-13779
45-4549771
 
 
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
10020
 
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
 
 
 
 
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 492-1100
 
(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:
o
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o
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o
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Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

An annual meeting of stockholders of W. P. Carey Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 18, 2015 (the “Annual Meeting”). Set forth below are the final voting results from the Annual Meeting.

Proposal One
To elect thirteen Directors for 2015:
Name of Director
For
Withheld
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
Trevor P. Bond
59,836,247
373,832
-
31,439,273
Nathaniel S. Coolidge
59,497,989
712,090
-
31,439,273
Mark J. DeCesaris
59,761,706
448,373
-
31,439,273
Benjamin H. Griswold, IV
59,715,682
494,397
-
31,439,273
Axel K.A. Hansing
59,742,323
467,756
-
31,439,273
Jean Hoysradt
59,825,859
384,220
-
31,439,273
Dr. Richard C. Marston
59,496,634
713,445
-
31,439,273
Robert E. Mittelstaedt, Jr.
59,744,842
465,237
-
31,439,273
Charles E. Parente
59,549,281
660,798
-
31,439,273
Mary M. VanDeWeghe
59,527,797
682,282
-
31,439,273
Nick J.M. van Ommen
59,496,540
713,539
-
31,439,273
Dr. Karsten von Köller
59,458,922
751,157
-
31,439,273
Reginald Winssinger
59,702,132
507,947
-
31,439,273

For Proposal One, each of the directors received a plurality of the votes cast, in person or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting and, as a result, each was elected to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders.






Proposal Two
 
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
A proposal to approve, in an advisory vote, the compensation for the Company’s named executive officers
58,532,525
1,048,822
628,732
31,439,273
                                                           
Proposal Two was approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, after receiving more than a majority of the votes cast, in person or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting.

Proposal Three
 
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2015
90,477,791
917,494
254,067
-

Proposal Three was approved after receiving more than a majority of the votes cast, in person or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting.







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, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
W. P. Carey Inc.
 
 
 
 
Date: June 24, 2015
 
By:
/s/ Susan C. Hyde
 
 
 
Susan C. Hyde
 
 
 
Managing Director