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Registrant | Trading Symbol | Title of Each Class | Name of Each Exchange on
Which Registered | |||
SL Green Realty Corp. | ||||||
SL Green Realty Corp. |
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Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
(a) SL Green Realty Corp. (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") on June 1, 2020.
(b) The Annual Meeting was held for the purpose of: (i) electing nine directors to serve on the Company's Board of Directors until its 2021 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify; (ii) approving, on an advisory basis, the Company's executive compensation; and (iii) ratifying the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. Further information regarding the foregoing proposals is contained in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2020. The total number of shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was 77,590,864, of which 70,113,981 shares, or approximately 90.36%, were present in person or by proxy. The results of the meeting are as follows:
Proposal 1
John H. Alschuler, Betsy Atkins, Edwin T. Burton, III, Lauren B. Dillard, Stephen L. Green, Craig M. Hatkoff, Marc Holliday, John S. Levy and Andrew W. Mathias were elected, with approximately 87.1%, 98.3%, 87.6%, 95.0%, 96.5%, 87.9%, 93.2%, 88.5% and 96.1%, respectively, of the votes cast voting in favor, as the directors of the Company for a one-year term and until their successors are duly elected and qualify.
Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstaining | Broker Non-Votes | |||||
John H. Alschuler | 59,076,701 | 8,745,528 | 13,599 | 2,278,153 | ||||
Betsy Atkins | 66,638,160 | 1,184,370 | 13,298 | 2,278,153 | ||||
Edwin T. Burton III | 59,408,970 | 8,413,161 | 13,697 | 2,278,153 | ||||
Lauren B. Dillard | 64,444,776 | 3,377,582 | 13,470 | 2,278,153 | ||||
Stephen L. Green | 65,433,117 | 2,389,531 | 13,180 | 2,278,153 | ||||
Craig M. Hatkoff | 59,616,917 | 8,204,870 | 14,041 | 2,278,153 | ||||
Marc Holliday | 63,146,680 | 4,642,851 | 46,297 | 2,278,153 | ||||
John S. Levy | 60,008,875 | 7,813,228 | 13,725 | 2,278,153 | ||||
Andrew W. Mathias | 65,186,984 | 2,635,144 | 13,700 | 2,278,153 |
Proposal 2
The Company's executive compensation was approved on an advisory basis, with approximately 89.1% of the votes cast voting in favor.
Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstaining | Broker Non-Votes | |||
60,400,429 | 7,417,687 | 17,712 | 2,278,153 |
Proposal 3
The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 was ratified, with approximately 97.0% of the votes cast voting in favor.
Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstaining | ||
67,964,351 | 2,134,888 | 14,742 |
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.
Date: June 2, 2020
SL GREEN REALTY CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Andrew S. Levine | |
Name: Andrew S. Levine | ||
Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel |