0001193805-15-000824.txt : 20150529 0001193805-15-000824.hdr.sgml : 20150529 20150529122543 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193805-15-000824 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150528 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20150529 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150529 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: 15898232 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 e613718_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 28, 2015
 
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))
     
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Item 5.07                      Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
On May 28, 2015, 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 the two proposals described in detail in Winthrop’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2015.  On the record date of April 2, 2015, there were 36,425,084 common shares of beneficial interest of Winthrop (“Common Shares”) issued and outstanding and eligible to vote and a total of 31,064,616 Common Shares were present at the meeting, in person or by proxy, representing approximately 85.3% of the outstanding Common Shares entitled to vote at such meeting.  The results of the meeting were as follows:
 
1.  
Election of Trustees
 
Nominee
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
         
Michael L. Ashner
22,529,928
2,907,590
-
5,627,098
Arthur Blasberg, Jr.
22,530,221
2,907,297
-
5,627,098
Howard Goldberg
22,035,872
3,401,646
-
5,627,098
Thomas McWilliams
22,122,294
3,315,224
-
5,627,098
Lee Seidler
22,527,453
2,910,065
-
5,627,098
Carolyn Tiffany
22,534,842
2,902,676
-
5,627,098
Steven Zalkind
22,122,274
3,315,244
-
5,627,098
 
2.  
Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Trust’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2015:
 
For
Against
Abstain
31,048,940
12,252
3,424
 
 
 
 
 
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 29th day of May, 2015.
 
 
WINTHROP REALTY TRUST
  
       
 
By:
/s/ Michael L. Ashner  
   
Michael L. Ashner
  
   
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer