0001157523-22-000761.txt : 20220610 0001157523-22-000761.hdr.sgml : 20220610 20220610060052 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001157523-22-000761 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220609 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220610 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220610 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GRANITE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001564538 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 986068269 STATE OF INCORPORATION: A6 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35771 FILM NUMBER: 221007541 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 77 KING ST. WEST, SUITE 4010 STREET 2: P.O. BOX 159, TD CENTRE CITY: TORONTO STATE: A6 ZIP: M5K 1H1 BUSINESS PHONE: 647-925-7522 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 77 KING ST. WEST, SUITE 4010 STREET 2: P.O. BOX 159, TD CENTRE CITY: TORONTO STATE: A6 ZIP: M5K 1H1 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GRANITE REIT INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001564540 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: A1 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35772 FILM NUMBER: 221007540 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 77 KING ST. WEST, SUITE 4010 STREET 2: P.O. BOX 159, TD CENTRE CITY: TORONTO STATE: A6 ZIP: M5K 1H1 BUSINESS PHONE: 647-925-7522 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 77 KING ST. WEST, SUITE 4010 STREET 2: P.O. BOX 159, TD CENTRE CITY: TORONTO STATE: A6 ZIP: M5K 1H1 6-K 1 a52745329.htm GRANITE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST / GRANITE REIT INC. 6-K


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 2022
 
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 9, 2022
GRANITE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST
   
   
   
 
By:
 /s/Teresa Neto
   
Name:
Teresa Neto
   
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
       
Date:  June 9, 2022
GRANITE REIT INC.
   
   
   
 
By:
 /s/Teresa Neto
   
Name:
Teresa Neto
   
Title:
Chief Financial Officer

 

FORM 6-K EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.


99.1
 
99.2
 
 
 EX-99.1 2 a52745329ex99_1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1
Exhibit 99.1

Granite Announces Voting Results From Its 2022 Joint Annual General and Special Meetings of Stapled Unitholders

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2022--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 and special 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 13, 2022, were elected as set out below.

A total of 50,891,925 stapled units (77.4% of outstanding stapled units) were represented in person or by proxy at the Meetings.

The votes were conducted by show of hands in respect of all matters other than the special resolution approving certain amendments to the articles of Granite GP, which was conducted by ballot. Proxies received by management in advance of the Meetings, and the ballot in respect of the special resolution approving certain amendments to the articles of Granite GP, indicated the following:


As Trustee of Granite REIT

As Director of Granite GP

Nominee

Votes For

%

Votes Withheld

%

Votes For

%

Votes Withheld

%

Peter Aghar

50,631,279

99.95

26,837

0.05

50,620,806

99.93

37,310

0.07

Remco Daal

50,636,293

99.96

21,823

0.04

50,625,129

99.93

32,987

0.07

Kevan Gorrie

50,631,291

99.95

26,825

0.05

50,610,667

99.91

47,449

0.09

Fern Grodner

50,632,944

99.95

25,172

0.05

50,613,030

99.91

45,086

0.09

Kelly Marshall

49,458,355

97.63

1,199,761

2.37

49,530,542

97.77

1,127,574

2.23

Al Mawani

50,602,217

99.89

55,899

0.11

50,602,659

99.89

55,457

0.11

Gerald Miller

50,472,383

99.63

185,733

0.37

50,449,538

99.59

208,578

0.41

Sheila A. Murray

49,983,708

98.67

674,408

1.33

49,953,473

98.61

704,643

1.39

Emily Pang

50,633,965

99.95

24,151

0.05

50,612,887

99.91

45,229

0.09

Jennifer Warren

50,633,684

99.95

24,432

0.05

50,613,910

99.91

44,206

0.09

 

Votes For

%

Votes Withheld

%

Re-appointment of Deloitte LLP as Auditors of Granite REIT

50,807,355

99.85

78,353

0.15

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

50,807,795

99.85

77,914

0.15

 

Votes For

%

Votes Against

%

Non-binding advisory resolution on Granite’s approach to executive compensation

48,906,250

96.54

1,751,865

3.46

 

Votes For

%

Votes Against

%

Ordinary resolution approving certain amendments to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of Granite REIT dated December 20, 2017

50,630,873

99.95

27,243

0.05

 

Votes For

%

Votes Against

%

Special resolution approving an amendment to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of Granite REIT dated December 20, 2017

50,568,591

99.82

89,525

0.18

 

Votes For

%

Votes Against

%

Special resolution approving certain amendments to the Articles of Granite GP

14,697,668

29.01

35,966,663

70.99

 

Votes For

%

Votes Against

%

Ordinary resolution approving the Non-Employee Directors’ Deferred Share Unit Plan of Granite GP (as amended)

50,034,027

98.77

624,089

1.23

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 137 investment properties representing approximately 57.3 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’ System 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, Associate Director, Legal & Investor Services, at 647-925-7504.

Contacts

Teresa Neto
Chief Financial Officer
647-925-7560

Andrea Sanelli
Associate Director, Legal & Investor Services
647-925-7504

EX-99.2 3 a52745329ex99_2.htm EXHIBIT 99.2
Exhibit 99.2

GRANITE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST
(“Granite REIT”)
and
GRANITE REIT INC.
(“Granite GP”)

Report of Voting Results for Annual General and Special 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 and meetings (the “Meetings”) of holders of stapled units (“Stapled Units”) of Granite REIT and Granite GP (together, “Granite”) held on June 9, 2022.
 
A total of 50,891,925 stapled units (77.4% of outstanding stapled units) were represented in person or by proxy at the Meetings. The votes were conducted by show of hands in respect of all matters other than the special resolution approving certain amendments to the articles of Granite GP, which was conducted by ballot.
 
1.
Each of the nominees listed in Granite’s Management Information Circular dated April 13, 2022 were elected as trustees of Granite REIT and directors of Granite GP to hold office until the next annual general meeting or until their successors are duly elected or appointed. Proxies received by management in advance of the Meetings indicated the following:

 
As Trustee of Granite REIT
As Director of Granite GP
 Nominee
Votes For
%
Votes Withheld
%
Votes For
%
Votes Withheld
%
Peter Aghar
50,631,279
99.95
26,837
0.05
50,620,806
99.93
37,310
0.07
Remco Daal
50,636,293
99.96
21,823
0.04
50,625,129
99.93
32,987
0.07
Kevan Gorrie
50,631,291
99.95
26,825
0.05
50,610,667
99.91
47,449
0.09
Fern Grodner
50,632,944
99.95
25,172
0.05
50,613,030
99.91
45,086
0.09
Kelly Marshall
49,458,355
97.63
1,199,761
2.37
49,530,542
97.77
1,127,574
2.23
Al Mawani
50,602,217
99.89
55,899
0.11
50,602,659
99.89
55,457
0.11
Gerald Miller
50,472,383
99.63
185,733
0.37
50,449,538
99.59
208,578
0.41
Sheila A. Murray
49,983,708
98.67
674,408
1.33
49,953,473
98.61
704,643
1.39
Emily Pang
50,633,965
99.95
24,151
0.05
50,612,887
99.91
45,229
0.09
Jennifer Warren
50,633,684
99.95
24,432
0.05
50,613,910
99.91
44,206
0.09

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 appointed, and the board of directors of Granite GP was authorized to fix the remuneration of the auditor of Granite GP. Proxies received by management in advance of the Meetings indicated the following:

 
Votes
For
%
 
Votes
Withheld
%
Re-appointment of Deloitte LLP as Auditors of Granite REIT
 
50,807,355
99.85
78,353
0.15
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
50,807,795
99.85
77,914
0.15

3.
The resolutions set out below, other than the special resolution approving certain amendments to the articles of Granite GP, were passed at the Meetings. Proxies received by management in advance of the Meetings, and the ballot in respect of the special resolution approving certain amendments to the articles of Granite GP, indicated the following:

 
Votes
For
 
%
Votes Against
%
Non-binding advisory resolution on Granite’s approach to executive compensation
48,906,250
96.54
1,751,865
3.46


 
Votes
For
 
%
Votes Against
%
Ordinary resolution approving certain amendments to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of Granite REIT dated December 20, 2017
50,630,873
99.95
27,243
0.05


 
Votes
For
 
%
Votes Against
%
Special resolution approving an amendment to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of Granite REIT dated December 20, 2017
50,568,591
99.82
89,525
0.18


 
Votes
For
 
%
Votes Against
%
Special resolution approving certain amendments to the Articles of Granite GP
14,697,668
29.01
35,966,663
70.99


 
Votes
For
 
%
Votes Against
%
Ordinary resolution approving the Non-Employee Directors’ Deferred Share Unit Plan of Granite GP (as amended)
50,034,027
98.77
624,089
1.23




 
DATED as of this 9th day of June, 2022.
   
  GRANITE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST
   
 
By:
(signed) "Kevan Gorrie"
    Kevan Gorrie
   
President and Chief Executive Officer
     
     
     
 
GRANITE REIT INC.
   
 
By:
(signed) "Kevan Gorrie"
   
Kevan GorrieTeresa Neto
   
President and Chief Executive Officer