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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

June 30, 2022

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

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PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL REIT, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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maryland   001-38106   27-5466153
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

20 Custom House Street, 11th Floor

Boston, MA 02110

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(617) 340-3814

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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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):

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in 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.   

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of Each Class Trading Symbol Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share PLYM New York Stock Exchange
7.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share PLYM-PrA NYSE American

 

 

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

 

VOTING RESULTS OF 2022 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

The 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 30, 2022. For more information about the proposals set forth below, please see the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2022. A total of 33,448,543 (or approximately 88.2%) of the Company shares of common stock issued, outstanding and entitled to vote at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders were represented in person or by proxy at the meeting. Set forth below are the final voting results for the proposals voted on at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

 

(1)Proposal 1—Election of Directors: Election of eight nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors for one-year terms expiring at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified:

 

 Nominee For Withhold Broker Non-Vote
(1) Martin Barber 29,605,442 1,513,686 2,329,415
(2) Philip S. Cottone 27,068,213 4,050,915 2,329,415
(3) Richard J. DeAgazio 16,889,128 14,230,000 2,329,415
(4) David G. Gaw 30,409,342 709,786 2,329,415
(5) John W. Guinee 29,618,345 1,500,783 2,329,415
(6) Caitlin Murphy 29,875,080 1,244,048 2,329,415
(7) Pendleton P. White, Jr. 30,655,400 463,728 2,329,415
(8) Jeffrey E. Witherell 30,000,171 1,118,957 2,329,415

Each nominee was elected by the Company’s stockholders, as recommended by the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

(2)Proposal 2—Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm: Ratification of the Audit Committee’s appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2022:

 

For Against Abstain
33,240,581 191,739 16,223

Proposal 2 was approved by the Company’s stockholders, as recommended by the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

    PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL REIT, INC.
     
Date: July 7, 2022   By:  

/s/ Jeffrey E. Witherell

        Jeffrey E. Witherell
        Chief Executive Officer