SLG 8-K
Sl Green Realty Corp (SLG)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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| 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 5, 2023.
(b) The Annual Meeting was held for the purpose of: (i) electing nine directors to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify; (ii) approving, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation; (iii) ratifying the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 and (iv) voting, on an advisory basis, on whether future advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation should be held every one, two or three years. 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 21, 2023. The total number of shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was 65,443,143 of which 44,360,498 shares, or approximately 67.78%, were present in person or by proxy. The results of the meeting are as follows:
Proposal 1
John H. Alschuler, Betsy S. Atkins, Carol N. Brown, Edwin T. Burton, III, Lauren B. Dillard, Stephen L. Green, Craig M. Hatkoff, Marc Holliday and Andrew W. Mathias were elected, with approximately 85.49%, 95.65%, 90.87%, 79.91%, 86.63%, 95.92%, 82.64%, 91.62% and 94.22%, 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 | 30,870,015 | 5,239,491 | 114,295 | 8,136,697 | ||||
| Betsy S. Atkins | 34,549,859 | 1,570,447 | 103,495 | 8,136,697 | ||||
| Carol N. Brown | 32,822,752 | 3,298,351 | 102,698 | 8,136,697 | ||||
| Edwin T. Burton III | 28,855,405 | 7,253,522 | 114,874 | 8,136,697 | ||||
| Lauren B. Dillard | 31,288,974 | 4,829,961 | 104,866 | 8,136,697 | ||||
| Stephen L. Green | 34,637,333 | 1,475,196 | 111,272 | 8,136,697 | ||||
| Craig M. Hatkoff | 29,838,736 | 6,270,339 | 114,726 | 8,136,697 | ||||
| Marc Holliday | 33,110,668 | 3,027,191 | 85,942 | 8,136,697 | ||||
| Andrew W. Mathias | 34,019,939 | 2,088,552 | 115,310 | 8,136,697 |
Proposal 2
The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation was approved, with approximately 63.90% of the votes cast voting in favor.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstaining | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 23,028,083 | 13,008,693 | 187,025 | 8,136,697 |
Proposal 3
The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified, with approximately 94.86% of the votes cast voting in favor.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstaining | ||
| 41,954,993 | 2,273,918 | 131,587 |
Proposal 4
The frequency of “one year” received the most votes on the proposal to vote, on an advisory basis, on whether future advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation should be held every one, two or three years. Consistent with the stockholders’ recommendation, the Board of Directors of the Company determined that it will include future advisory votes on executive compensation in the Company’s annual meeting proxy materials every year until the next advisory vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on executive compensation, which the Company expects will occur no later than the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2029.
| Votes For One Year | Votes For Two Years | Votes For Three Years | Votes Abstaining | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| 35,050,123 | 72,139 | 1,024,374 | 77,165 | 8,136,697 |
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 5, 2023
| SL GREEN REALTY CORP. | ||
| By: | /s/ Andrew S. Levine | |
| Name: Andrew S. Levine | ||
| Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel | ||