8-K 1 c01542e8vk.htm FORM 8-K 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 19, 2010

 

Morgans Hotel Group Co.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   001-33738   16-1736884
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
475 Tenth Avenue
New York, NY
   10018
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 277-4100
 
Not applicable
(Former name or former address if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing 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 Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholder held on May 19, 2010, two proposals were submitted to a vote of our stockholders. The final voting results were as follows:

  1.   Election of Directors—Nine directors were elected to service on our Board of Directors for a term that ends at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The number of votes cast in favor and withheld for each nominee, as well as the number of broker non-votes, were as follows:
                         
 
               Broker  
Nominee
   In Favor     Withheld     Non-Vote  
                   
David T. Hamamoto   12,187,669     6,960,200     5,043,958  
Fred J. Kleisner   12,180,335     6,967,534     5,043,958  
Robert Friedman   12,113,744     7,034,125     5,043,958  
Jeffrey M. Gault   11,815,075     7,332,794     5,043,958  
Marc Gordon   12,187,669     6,960,200     5,043,958  
Michael Gross   12,660,648     6,487,221     5,043,958  
Thomas L. Harrison   12,187,669     6,960,200     5,043,958  
Edwin L. Knetzger, III   12,186,669     6,961,200     5,043,958  
Michael D. Malone   12,113,744     7,034,125     5,043,958  

  2.   Ratification of Auditors—The stockholders ratified the appointment of BDO Seidman, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2010. The number of votes cast in favor and against the proposal, as well as the number of abstentions, were as follows:
         
In Favor   Against   Abstained
         
23,370,931   820,596   300

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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.  

MORGANS HOTEL GROUP CO.

Date: May 21, 2010

By: /s/ Richard Szymanski                                                  
Richard Szymanski
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

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