-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Vi1c1Pto9/shR2XyeaMebvX1NBjGKXJP3yKjL8MqkNnsaTV9PB5kkvzmm9joCftw mB3d90hHpoCV+gp99vHHEA== 0001193805-10-001336.txt : 20100511 0001193805-10-001336.hdr.sgml : 20100511 20100511170038 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193805-10-001336 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100511 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20100511 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100511 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Winthrop Realty Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000037008 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 346513657 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06249 FILM NUMBER: 10821715 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7 BULFINCH PLACE STREET 2: SUITE 500 PO BOX 9507 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02114 BUSINESS PHONE: 6175704614 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7 BULFINCH PLACE STREET 2: SUITE 500 PO BOX 9507 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02114 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST UNION REAL ESTATE EQUITY & MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST UNION REALTY DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19691012 8-K 1 e606954_8k-wrt.htm Unassociated Document
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC  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 11, 2010
 
WINTHROP REALTY TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
  Ohio  
                                           (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)                                          
 
     
001-06249
  
34-6513657
(Commission File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
7 Bulfinch Place, Suite 500, P.O. Box 9507, Boston, Massachusetts
02114
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
     
   (617) 570-4614  
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
     
 
  n/a
(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 obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions
 
o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFT|R 230.425)
 
o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 
Item 5.07  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
On May 11, 2010, Winthrop Realty Trust (“Winthrop”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders for the purpose of:
 
 
1.
Electing seven Trustees to our Board of Trustees to serve for a term of one year and until their respective successors shall be elected and shall qualify;
 
 
2.
Ratifying the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2010 fiscal year;
 
Winthrop previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission the proxy statement and related materials pertaining to this meeting.  On the record date of March 31, 2010, there were 21,137,268 common shares of beneficial interest of Winthrop issued and outstanding and eligible to vote.
 
The following persons were elected as Trustees by the following vote
 
Nominee
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
         
Michael L. Ashner
13,042,889.95
179,072.79
--
4,936,496
Arthur Blasberg, Jr.
13,041,878.95
180,083.79
--
4,936,496
Howard Goldberg
13,043,196.95
178,765.79
--
4,936,496
Tom McWilliams
13,031,593.49
190,369.25
--
4,936,496
Lee Seidler
13,017,564.95
204,397.79
--
4,936,496
Carolyn Tiffany
13,044,178.95
177,430.79
--
4,936,496
Steven Zalkind
13,044,178.95
177,783.79
--
4,936,496

 
Shareholders ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Trust’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2010 by the following vote
 
For
Against
Abstain
18,124,531.15
18,041.59
15,866
 
 
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 on this 11th day of May, 2010.
 
  WINTHROP REALTY TRUST  
       
       
  
By:
/s/ Michael L. Ashner  
   
Michael L. Ashner
  
   
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  
       
 
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