0001193805-11-000888.txt : 20110511 0001193805-11-000888.hdr.sgml : 20110511 20110511151716 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193805-11-000888 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110510 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20110511 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110511 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: 11831757 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 e608431_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 10, 2011
 
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
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o
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o
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Item 5.07  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
On May 10, 2011, Winthrop Realty Trust (“Winthrop”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders.  At the meeting, holders of Winthrop’s common shares of beneficial interest (“Shareholders”) voted on four proposals and cast their votes as described below.  The proposals are described in detail in Winthrop’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2011 On the record date of March 25, 2011, there were 27,088,347 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
18,179,551
467,101
--
5,993,501
Arthur Blasberg, Jr.
18,211,608
435,044
--
5,993,501
Howard Goldberg
18,219,470
427,182
--
5,993,501
Thomas McWilliams
18,209,933
436,719
--
5,993,501
Lee Seidler
18,215,598
431,054
--
5,993,501
Carolyn Tiffany
18,225,823
420,829
--
5,993,501
Steven Zalkind
18,220,841
425,811
--
5,993,501
 
Shareholders ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Winthrop's independent registered public accounting firm for 2011 by the following vote:
For
Against
Abstain
24,479,973
131,813
28,367
  
The Shareholders cast their votes with respect to the advisory vote on the narrative under Compensation Discussion and Analysis in the proxy statement as set forth below:
   
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
18,487,890
105,077
53,685
5,993,501
       
The Shareholders cast their votes with respect to the advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on the narrative under Compensation Discussion and Analysis in the proxy statement as set forth below:
               
1 Year
2 Years
3 Years
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
8,693,144
603,408
9,318,691
31,409
5,993,501

 
 
 
 
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, 2011.
 
  WINTHROP REALTY TRUST  
       
       
  
By:
/s/ Michael L. Ashner
  
   
Michael L. Ashner
  
   
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer