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UNITED STATES

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): June 14, 2024 (June 12, 2024)

 

 

 

VERIS RESIDENTIAL, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Maryland   1-13274   22-3305147
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

Harborside 3, 210 Hudson St., Ste. 400

Jersey City, New Jersey 07311

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(732) 590-1010

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

VERIS RESIDENTIAL, L.P.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware   333-57103   22-3315804
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

Harborside 3, 210 Hudson St., Ste. 400

Jersey City, New Jersey 07311

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(732) 590-1010

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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. below):

 

¨Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which
registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01   VRE   New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).    Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ¨

 

 

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

 

(a)            On June 12, 2024, Veris Residential, Inc. (the “Company”), the general partner of Veris Residential, L.P. through which the Company conducts its business, held the 2024 annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to (i) elect nine members of the Board, (ii) hold a non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as set forth in the Company’s proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, (iii) approve the adoption of the Company’s 2024 Incentive Stock Plan, and (v) ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.

 

(b)            At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders elected the following nine directors, each to serve a one-year term ending at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2025 and until their respective successors are elected and qualified:

 

   For  Withheld  Broker
Non-Votes
 
Frederic Cumenal  73,080,754  1,350,700  6,339,606 
Ronald M. Dickerman  74,109,339  322,115  6,339,606 
Tammy K. Jones  73,628,558  802,896  6,339,606 
A. Akiva Katz  73,073,763  1,357,691  6,339,606 
Nori Gerardo Lietz  73,655,380  776,074  6,339,606 
Victor B. MacFarlane  73,679,239  752,215  6,339,606 
Mahbod Nia  74,140,775  290,679  6,339,606 
Howard S. Stern  73,700,529  730,925  6,339,606 
Stephanie L. Williams  73,696,900  734,554  6,339,606 

 

The Company’s stockholders, on a non-binding advisory basis, also voted upon and approved the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as set forth in the Company’s proxy statement for the Annual Meeting (Number of shares for: 71,493,742, Number of shares against: 2,904,411, Number of shares abstained: 33,301, Number of Broker Non-Votes: 6,339,606).

 

The Company’s stockholders also approved the Company’s 2024 Incentive Stock Plan (Number of shares for: 64,606,789, Number of shares against: 9,798,483, Number of shares abstained: 26,182, Number of broker non-votes: 6,339,606).

 

 

 

 

The Company’s stockholders also voted upon and approved the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 (Number of shares for: 79,441,696, Number of shares against: 1,309,939, Number of shares abstained: 19,425).

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)  Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number     Exhibit Title  
     
104.1   The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  VERIS RESIDENTIAL, INC.
   
Dated: June 14, 2024 By: /s/ Taryn Fielder
    Taryn Fielder
    General Counsel and Secretary
   
  VERIS RESIDENTIAL, L.P.
   
  By: Veris Residential, Inc.
its general partner
   
Dated: June 14, 2024   By: /s/ Taryn Fielder
      Taryn Fielder
      General Counsel and Secretary