Form 8-K

 

 

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 9, 2016 (May 4, 2016)

 

 

AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc.

 

 

 

Maryland   001-35151   27-5254382

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

245 Park Avenue, 26th floor

New York, New York 10167

(212) 692-2000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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

At the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) held on May 4, 2016, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following matters which were set forth in the notice for the meeting:

 

  1. election of the board of directors, with each director serving a one-year term and until his successor is elected and qualified;

 

  2. ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016; and

 

  3. approval, on an advisory basis, of the Company’s executive compensation.

Each of the seven director nominees was elected, the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm was ratified, and the Company’s executive compensation was approved on an advisory basis.

The vote tabulation for each proposal is as follows:

 

  1. Election of Directors:

 

Director

   Votes For      Votes Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Arthur Ainsberg

     15,353,440         405,595         7,950,928   

Andrew L. Berger

     15,147,193         611,842         7,950,928   

Joseph LaManna

     15,158,665         600,370         7,950,928   

Jonathan Lieberman

     14,249,702         1,509,333         7,950,928   

Peter Linneman

     12,749,642         3,009,393         7,950,928   

David N. Roberts

     14,821,678         937,357         7,950,928   

Frank Stadelmaier

     13,396,553         2,362,482         7,950,928   

 

  2. Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016:

 

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

22,909,372

   234,309    566,282    -0-

 

  3. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the Company’s executive compensation:

 

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

15,113,182

   395,779    250,074    7,950,928


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.

 

    AG MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
Date: May 9, 2016         By:  

/s/ Raul E. Moreno

      Name: Raul E. Moreno
      Title:   General Counsel and Secretary