0001444838-12-000044.txt : 20120515 0001444838-12-000044.hdr.sgml : 20120515 20120515163215 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001444838-12-000044 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120515 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20120515 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120515 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LEXINGTON REALTY TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000910108 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 133717318 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12386 FILM NUMBER: 12845258 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE PENN PLAZA STREET 2: SUITE 4015 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10119 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 692-7200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE PENN PLAZA STREET 2: SUITE 4015 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10119 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LEXINGTON CORPORATE PROPERTIES TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980625 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LEXINGTON CORPORATE PROPERTIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930816 8-K 1 form8-k5152012.htm LXP FORM 8-K FORM 8-K 5.15.2012


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 15, 2012

LEXINGTON REALTY TRUST
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
Maryland
1-12386
13-3717318
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
One Penn Plaza, Suite 4015, New York, New York
10119-4015
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

(212) 692-7200
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
                    
(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 (see General Instruction A.2.):

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Item 5.07.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 15, 2012, Lexington Realty Trust, which we refer to as the Trust, held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which we refer to as the Annual Meeting. As of March 16, 2012, the record date for shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, there were 155,418,945 shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.0001 per share, classified as common stock, which we refer to as Common Shares, outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Of the Common Shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, 124,607,869, or approximately 80.2% of the Common Shares were present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting. There were four matters presented and voted on at the Annual Meeting. Set forth below is a brief description of each matter voted on at the Annual Meeting and the voting results with respect to each matter:

Proposal No. 1. Election of seven trustees to serve until the Trust's 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or their earlier removal or resignation and until their respective successors, if any, are elected and qualify. The seven trustees elected, and the number of votes cast for, withheld and broker non-votes, with respect to each of them, follows:
Nominee for Trustee
 
For
 
Withhold
Broker
Non-Votes
E. Robert Roskind
 
90,068,786
 
5,715,863
28,823,220
T. Wilson Eglin
 
93,918,176
 
1,866,473
28,823,220
Clifford Broser
 
88,357,822
 
7,426,827
28,823,220
Harold First
 
94,652,741
 
1,131,908
28,823,220
Richard S. Frary
 
94,662,889
 
1,121,760
28,823,220
James Grosfeld
 
94,639,300
 
1,145,349
28,823,220
Kevin W. Lynch
 
94,766,350
 
1,018,299
28,823,220

Proposal No. 2. To vote upon an advisory resolution to approve, on a non-binding basis, the compensation of the named executive officers of the Trust, as disclosed in the related proxy statement. The number of votes cast for, against, abstained and broker non-votes, with respect to Proposal No. 2 follows:
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
92,725,225
 
1,018,148
 
2,041,276
 
28,823,220

Proposal No. 3. To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Trust's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012. The number of votes cast for, against, or abstained, with respect to Proposal No. 3 follows:
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
123,301,567
 
1,065,029
 
241,273
 

Proposal No. 4. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Following the voting on the foregoing proposals and there being no other business, Proposal No. 4 was determined to be moot.





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.


Lexington Realty Trust

Date: May 15, 2012
By:
/s/ Patrick Carroll
 
 
Patrick Carroll
 
 
Chief Financial Officer