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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

 

VORNADO REALTY TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Maryland

 

No. 001-11954

 

No. 22-1657560

(State or Other

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

Jurisdiction of

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

Incorporation)

 

 

 

 

 

VORNADO REALTY L.P.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

No. 001-34482

 

No. 13-3925979

(State or Other

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

Jurisdiction of

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

Incorporation)

 

 

 

 

 

888 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York

 

10019

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 894-7000

Former name or former address, if changed since last report: N/A

 

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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o

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

 

                On May 19, 2016, Vornado Realty Trust (the “Company”) held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”).  As of March 21, 2016, the record date for shareholders entitled to vote at the Meeting, there were 188,770,163 common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.04 per share (the “Shares”), outstanding and entitled to vote.  Of the Shares entitled to vote at the Meeting, 175,626,061, or approximately 93% of the Shares were present or represented by proxy.  There were four matters presented and voted on.  Set forth below is a brief description of each matter voted on and the voting results with respect to each such matter.

 

 

Proposal 1 – Election of three nominees to serve on the Board of Trustees for a three-year term and until their respective successors are duly elected.

 

Nominee

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

Candace K. Beinecke

 

116,870,754

 

51,258,616

 

7,496,691

Robert P. Kogod

 

162,558,343

 

5,571,027

 

7,496,691

Richard R. West

 

155,399,376

 

12,729,994

 

7,496,691

 

 

Proposal 2 – Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2016.

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

Votes Cast

174,003,163

 

1,528,189

 

94,709

 

 

Proposal 3 – Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Declaration of Trust to eliminate the classification of the Company’s Board of Trustees.

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

Votes Cast

167,955,074

 

64,286

 

110,010

 

7,496,691

 

 

 

Proposal 4 – Non-binding advisory resolution on executive compensation.

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

Votes Cast

147,644,184

 

20,179,568

 

305,618

 

7,496,691

 

 

 

In addition to the three nominees who were re-elected at the Meeting to serve on the Company’s Board of Trustees, Michael D. Fascitelli, Michael Lynne, David Mandelbaum, Steven Roth, Daniel R. Tisch, and Russell B. Wight, Jr. continue to serve as Trustees after the Meeting.

 

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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.

 

 

VORNADO REALTY TRUST

(Registrant)

 

 

By:

/s/ Stephen W. Theriot

Name:

Stephen W. Theriot

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: May 24, 2016

 

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.

 

 

VORNADO REALTY L.P.

(Registrant)

By:

VORNADO REALTY TRUST,

 

Sole General Partner

 

 

By:

/s/ Stephen W. Theriot

Name:

Stephen W. Theriot

Title:

Chief Financial Officer of Vornado Realty Trust,
sole general partner of Vornado Realty L.P.

 

Date: May 24, 2016

 

 

 

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