Digital Realty Trust, Inc 8-K, filed Jun 13, 2023
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR)
About this 8-K
Digital Realty Trust, Inc filed this 8-K on June 13, 2023, reporting on events of June 8, 2023.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 8, 2023, Digital Realty Trust, Inc. held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders, at which the stockholders voted on proposals as follows:
Proposal 1. Election of directors, each to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until a successor for each has been duly elected and qualifies.
Nominees | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
Alexis Black Bjorlin | 228,068,628 | 26,839,272 | 860,432 | 13,096,624 |
VeraLinn Jamieson | 248,708,777 | 3,440,633 | 3,618,922 | 13,096,624 |
Kevin J. Kennedy | 243,904,657 | 8,241,132 | 3,622,543 | 13,096,624 |
William G. LaPerch | 246,581,037 | 5,563,327 | 3,623,968 | 13,096,624 |
Jean F.H.P. Mandeville | 253,830,091 | 1,504,226 | 434,015 | 13,096,624 |
Afshin Mohebbi | 252,877,692 | 2,451,824 | 438,816 | 13,096,624 |
Mark R. Patterson | 242,155,679 | 9,988,467 | 3,624,186 | 13,096,624 |
Mary Hogan Preusse | 243,223,252 | 8,840,807 | 3,704,273 | 13,096,624 |
Andrew P. Power | 253,897,536 | 1,440,981 | 429,815 | 13,096,624 |
Proposal 2. Ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023.
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
266,457,532 | 2,278,159 | 129,265 | None |
Proposal 3. Resolution to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers (a “say-on-pay vote”).
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
225,909,341 | 29,250,936 | 608,055 | 13,096,624 |
Proposal 4. On a non-binding, advisory basis, the frequency of holding future say-on-pay votes (every one, two or three years).
1 Year | 2 Years | 3 Years | | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
247,433,143 | 188,160 | 7,707,301 | | 439,728 | 13,096,624 |
Proposal 5. A stockholder proposal regarding inclusion in the workplace.
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
32,345,996 | 219,976,312 | 3,446,024 | 13,096,624 |
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.
| | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. |
| By: | /s/ Jeannie Lee |
| | Jeannie Lee |
| | Executive Vice President, General Counsel |
Date: June 13, 2023