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Granite Real Estate Investment Trust 6-K, filed Jun 5, 2020

Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (GRTUF)

6-K 2020-06-05 For: 2020-06-04
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About this 6-K

Granite Real Estate Investment Trust filed this 6-K on June 5, 2020.

UNITED STATES

  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

  Washington, DC 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of: June, 2020

GRANITE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST

  \(Commission File Number:  001-35771\)

(Name of registrant)

GRANITE REIT INC.

  \(Commission File Number:  001-35772\)

(Name of registrant)

77 King Street West, Suite 4010, P.O. Box 159

  Toronto-Dominion Centre

  Toronto, Ontario

  M5K 1H1

   \(Address of Principal Executive Offices\)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F ☐   Form 40-F ☑

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):___

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):___

DOCUMENTS FILED AS PART OF THIS FORM 6-K

See the Exhibit Index to this Form 6-K.


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.

Date: June 4, 2020 GRANITE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST
By: /s/Kevan Gorrie
Name: Kevan Gorrie
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: June 4, 2020 GRANITE REIT INC.
By: /s/Kevan Gorrie
Name: Kevan Gorrie
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

FORM 6-K EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

99.1 Granite Announces Voting Results From Its 2020 Annual General Meeting of Stapled Unitholders
99.2 Report of Voting Results for Annual General Meetings of Stapled Unitholders
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Exhibit 99.1

Granite Announces Voting Results From Its 2020 Annual General Meeting of Stapled Unitholders

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2020--Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (“Granite REIT”) (TSX: GRT.UN / NYSE: GRP.U) and Granite REIT Inc. (“Granite GP”) announced today the results of the matters voted on at their joint annual general meetings of stapled unitholders held earlier today (the “Meetings”). Each of the individuals nominated for election as a trustee of Granite REIT and a director of Granite GP, as set out Granite’s Management Information Circular dated April 24, 2020, were elected as set out below.

A total of 42,173,861 stapled units (78.71% of outstanding stapled units) were represented in person or by proxy at the Meetings.

The detailed results of the votes held at the Meetings are as follows:

As Trustee of Granite REIT As Director of Granite GP
Nominee Votes For % Votes Withheld % Votes For % Votes Withheld %
Peter Aghar 41,825,429 99.98 8,995 0.02 41,825,748 99.98 8,676 0.02
Remco Daal 41,825,936 99.98 8,497 0.02 41,825.239 99.98 9,185 0.02
Kevan Gorrie 41,823,766 99.97 10,658 0.03 41,825,111 99.98 9,313 0.02
Fern Grodner 41,822,256 99.97 12,168 0.03 41,822,258 99.97 12,166 0.03
Kelly Marshall 41,826,820 99.98 7,604 0.02 41,827,370 99.98 7,054 0.02
Al Mawani 41,803,775 99.93 30,649 0.07 41,803,254 99.93 31,170 0.07
Gerald Miller 41,824,976 99.98 9,448 0.02 41,825,627 99.98 8,797 0.02
Sheila Murray 41,826,027 99.98 8,397 0.02 41,824,914 99.98 9,510 0.02
Jennifer Warren 41,728,539 99.75 105,885 0.25 41,729,288 99.75 105,136 0.25
Votes<br><br> <br>For % Votes<br><br> <br>Withheld %
--- --- --- --- ---
Re-appointment of Deloitte LLP as Auditors of Granite REIT 42,148,647 99.94 25,194 0.06
Re-appointment of Deloitte LLP as Auditors of Granite GP and authorization of the directors of Granite GP to fix the remuneration of Deloitte LP 42,149,412 99.94 24,429 0.06
Votes<br><br> <br>For % Votes Against %
--- --- --- --- ---
Non-binding advisory resolution on Granite’s approach to executive compensation 39,930,267 95.45 1,904,157 4.55

ABOUT GRANITE

Granite is a Canadian-based REIT engaged in the acquisition, development, ownership and management of logistics, warehouse and industrial properties in North America and Europe. Granite owns over 90 investment properties representing approximately 40.3 million square feet of leasable area.

OTHER INFORMATION

Copies of financial data and other publicly filed documents about Granite are available through the internet on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ Systems for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) which can be accessed at www.sedar.com and on the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR) which can be accessed at www.sec.gov.

For further information, please see our website at www.granitereit.com or contact Teresa Neto, Chief Financial Officer, at 647-925-7560 or Andrea Sanelli, Manager, Legal & Investor Services, at 647-925-7504.

Contacts

Teresa Neto

        Chief Financial Officer 

        647-925-7560

or

Andrea Sanelli

        Manager, Legal & Investor Services 

        647-925-7504

Exhibit 99.2

GRANITE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST

  \(“Granite REIT”\)

and

GRANITE REIT INC.

(“Granite GP”)

Report of Voting Results for Annual General Meetings of Stapled Unitholders

This report is being filed pursuant to section 11.3 of National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations and discloses the voting results for each matter voted upon at the joint annual general meetings (the “Meetings”) of holders of stapled units (“Stapled Units”) of Granite REIT and Granite GP held on June 4, 2020.

A total of 42,173,861 Stapled Units (78.71% of outstanding Stapled Units) were represented in person or by proxy at the Meetings.

1. Each of the nominees listed in Granite REIT’s Management Information Circular dated April 24, 2020 were elected as Trustees of Granite REIT and<br> directors of Granite GP to hold office until the next annual general meeting or until their successors are duly elected or appointed. The outcome of the vote was as follows:
As Trustee of Granite REIT As Director of Granite GP
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Nominee Votes For % Votes<br><br> <br>Withheld % Votes For % Votes<br><br> <br>Withheld %
Peter Aghar 41,825,429 99.98 8,995 0.02 41,825,748 99.98 8,676 0.02
Remco Daal 41,825,936 99.98 8,497 0.02 41,825.239 99.98 9,185 0.02
Kevan Gorrie 41,823,766 99.97 10,658 0.03 41,825,111 99.98 9,313 0.02
Fern Grodner 41,822,256 99.97 12,168 0.03 41,822,258 99.97 12,166 0.03
Kelly Marshall 41,826,820 99.98 7,604 0.02 41,827,370 99.98 7,054 0.02
Al Mawani 41,803,775 99.93 30,649 0.07 41,803,254 99.93 31,170 0.07
Gerald Miller 41,824,976 99.98 9,448 0.02 41,825,627 99.98 8,797 0.02
Sheila Murray 41,826,027 99.98 8,397 0.02 41,824,914 99.98 9,510 0.02
Jennifer Warren 41,728,539 99.75 105,885 0.25 41,729,288 99.75 105,136 0.25
2. Deloitte LLP was re-appointed as auditor of each of Granite REIT and Granite GP until the next annual general meeting or until a successor is<br> appointed, and the board of directors of Granite GP was authorized to fix the remuneration of the auditor of Granite GP. The outcome of the vote was as follows:
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Votes<br><br> <br>For % Votes<br><br> <br>Withheld %
--- --- --- --- ---
Re-appointment of Deloitte LLP as Auditors of Granite REIT 42,148,647 99.94 25,194 0.06
Re-appointment of Deloitte LLP as Auditors of Granite GP and authorization<br><br> <br>of the directors of Granite GP to fix the remuneration of Deloitte LP 42,149,412 99.94 24,429 0.06

3. The non-binding advisory resolution on<br> Granite’s approach to executive compensation was passed as follows:
Votes<br><br> <br>For % Votes<br><br> <br>Against %
--- --- --- --- ---
Non-binding advisory resolution on Granite’s approach to executive compensation 39,930,267 95.45 1,904,157 4.55
DATED as of this 4^th^ day of June, 2020.
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GRANITE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST
By: (signed) Kevan Gorrie
Kevan Gorrie
President and Chief Executive Officer
GRANITE REIT INC.
By: (signed) Kevan Gorrie
Kevan Gorrie
President and Chief Executive Officer