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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

______________________________________________________________________________________________________
FORM 8-K
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Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
May 7, 2020 (May 6, 2020)
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
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FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.:
 
 
 
 
Maryland
 
1-13102
 
36-3935116
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 
First Industrial, L.P.:
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
333-21873
 
36-3924586
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

1 North Wacker Drive, Suite 4200
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)
(312344-4300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Title of each class:
 
Trading Symbol(s):
 
Name of each exchange on which registered:
Common Stock
 
FR
 
New York Stock Exchange






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Item 5.02: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
At the Annual Meeting held by the Company on May 6, 2020, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s 2014 Stock Incentive Plan (“2014 SIP”) that increases the total number of shares of the Company’s common stock reserved for issuance under the plan by 2,750,000 shares, or from 3,600,000 shares to 6,350,000 shares (the “Plan Amendment”). The Board of Directors of the Company adopted the Plan Amendment on February 27, 2020, subject to stockholder approval. The Plan Amendment became effective upon receipt of stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting.
The 2014 SIP, as amended by the Plan Amendment, is described in greater detail in Proposal 2 of the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2020. This summary of the 2014 SIP, as amended by the Plan Amendment, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2014 SIP and the Plan Amendment, which are attached as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
On May 6, 2020, W. Ed Tyler retired from our board. We thank Mr. Tyler for his service to our Company over the years.


Item 5.07: Submission of Matters to vote of Security Holders
The Company held its Annual Meeting on May 6, 2020. Of the 127,194,462 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote on the March 12, 2020 record date for the Annual Meeting, a total of 116,872,922 shares of common stock were represented in person or by proxy. Results of votes with respect to proposals submitted at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

a.
To elect the eight directors listed below to the Board of Directors to serve until the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The company's stockholders voted to elect the eight nominees to serve as directors. Votes recorded, by nominee, were as follows:
NOMINEE
For
Against
Abstain
Peter E. Baccile
111,384,923
467,471
93,521
Teresa Bryce Bazemore
111,081,522
769,637
94,756
Matthew S. Dominski
111,143,654
709,004
93,257
Bruce W. Duncan
104,214,335
7,408,404
323,176
H. Patrick Hackett, Jr.
111,139,284
713,344
93,287
Denise A. Olsen
111,399,839
452,428
93,648
John Rau
108,882,749
2,969,708
93,458
L. Peter Sharpe
104,717,752
7,133,066
95,097
There were 4,927,007 broker non-votes with respect to each nominee.
b.
To approve the Plan Amendment. The Company’s stockholders voted to approve this proposal with 109,350,351 votes “For” and 2,475,889 votes “Against”. There were 119,675 abstentions and 4,927,007 broker non-votes with respect to such proposal.
c.
To approve, on the advisory (i.e. non-binding) basis, the compensation of the company's named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting. The stockholders voted to approve this proposal with 107,118,654 votes "For" and 4,388,023 votes "Against". There were 439,238 abstentions and 4,927,007 broker non-votes with respect to such proposal.
d.
To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. The Company’s stockholders voted to approve this proposal with 114,039,340 votes “For” and 2,738,833 votes “Against”. There were 94,749 abstentions and no broker non-votes with respect to such proposal.







Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits. The following are file herewith:
Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
104
 
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)







SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 
FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/    JENNIFER MATTHEWS RICE
 
 
Jennifer Matthews Rice
General Counsel
 
 
 

 
FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.
 
 
 
 
By:
FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
 
 
as general partner
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/    JENNIFER MATTHEWS RICE
 
 
Jennifer Matthews Rice
General Counsel
 
 
 

Date: May 7, 2020