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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
VOTING RESULTS OF 2023 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
The 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 29, 2023. 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 April 28, 2023. A total of 40,062,533 (or approximately 88.2%) of the Company shares of common stock issued, outstanding and entitled to vote at the 2023 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 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
(1) | Proposal 1—Election of Directors: Election of the seven nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors for one-year terms expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified: |
Nominee | For | Withhold | Broker Non-Vote |
(1) Philip S. Cottone | 29,532,392 | 8,595,271 | 1,934,870 |
(2) Richard J. DeAgazio | 29,298,249 | 8,829,414 | 1,934,870 |
(3) David G. Gaw | 36,604,898 | 1,522,765 | 1,934,870 |
(4) John W. Guinee | 36,742,365 | 1,385,298 | 1,934,870 |
(5) Caitlin Murphy | 27,275,075 | 10,852,588 | 1,934,870 |
(6) Pendleton P. White, Jr. | 37,446,967 | 680,696 | 1,934,870 |
(7) Jeffrey E. Witherell | 36,796,993 | 1,330,670 | 1,934,870 |
Each nominee was elected by the Company’s stockholders, as recommended by the Company’s Board of Directors.
(2) | Proposal 2—Approval of the Company’s Third Amended and Restated 2014 Incentive Award Plan: |
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote |
36,715,810 | 1,386,025 | 25,828 | 1,934,870 |
(3) | Proposal 3—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 ending December 31, 2023: |
For | Against | Abstain |
39,933,840 | 124,975 | 3,718 |
Proposal 3 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 6, 2023 | By: |
/s/ Jeffrey E. Witherell | ||
Jeffrey E. Witherell | ||||
Chief Executive Officer |