UNITED STATES
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Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. | |
On November 30, 2020, Griffin Industrial Realty, Inc. (“Registrant” or the “Company”) closed its consent solicitation, as detailed in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 28, 2020 (the “Proxy Statement”). | ||
Pursuant to the Proxy Statement, the Company requested that the holders of common stock of the Company provide their consent to and approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Griffin Industrial Maryland, Inc., a Maryland corporation and the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary (“Griffin Maryland”), and Griffin Industrial Maryland, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Griffin Maryland (“Griffin Maryland Sub”), pursuant to which the Company will merge with and into Griffin Maryland Sub (the “Merger”), with Griffin Maryland Sub surviving as the surviving entity and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Griffin Maryland, and all of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger (collectively, the “Reincorporation Proposal”). The Reincorporation Proposal was approved with 3,206,746 consents for, 507,447 consents withheld and 83 abstentions. There were no broker non-votes. | ||
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.
GRIFFIN INDUSTRIAL REALTY, INC. |
By: | /s/ Anthony J. Galici | |
Anthony J. Galici | ||
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | ||
and Secretary | ||
Dated: December 2, 2020 |
Document and Entity Information |
Nov. 30, 2020 |
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| Document and Entity Information [Abstract] | |
| Document Type | 8-K |
| Document Period End Date | Nov. 30, 2020 |
| Entity File Number | 1-12879 |
| Entity Registrant Name | GRIFFIN INDUSTRIAL REALTY, INC. |
| Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code | DE |
| Entity Tax Identification Number | 06-0868496 |
| Entity Address, Address Line One | 641 Lexington Avenue |
| Entity Address, City or Town | New York |
| Entity Address, State or Province | NY |
| Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 10022 |
| City Area Code | 212 |
| Local Phone Number | 218-7910 |
| Written Communications | false |
| Soliciting Material | false |
| Pre-commencement Tender Offer | false |
| Pre-commencement Issuer Tender Offer | false |
| Title of 12(b) Security | Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share |
| Trading Symbol | GRIF |
| Security Exchange Name | NASDAQ |
| Entity Emerging Growth Company | false |
| Entity Central Index Key | 0001037390 |
| Amendment Flag | false |