Item 5.07 |
Submission Of Matters To A Vote Of Security Holders. |
On June 1, 2023, Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (the “Trust”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, four matters were submitted to a vote by the Common Shareholders and one matter was submitted to a vote by the Preferred Shareholders.
The voting results for the matters submitted to the Common Shareholders were as follows:
1. The Trust’s Common Shareholders elected the following nominees as trustees, each to hold office until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2024 and until their respective successors have been duly elected and have qualified, by the vote set forth below:
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Nominee |
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Votes For |
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Withheld |
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Broker Non-Votes |
George J. Alburger, Jr. |
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577,020 |
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1,005,857 |
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1,998,174 |
Joseph F. Coradino |
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655,593 |
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927,284 |
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1,998,174 |
Michael J. DeMarco |
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581,947 |
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1,000,930 |
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1,998,174 |
JoAnne A. Epps |
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578,175 |
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1,004,702 |
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1,998,174 |
Mark E. Pasquerilla |
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593,041 |
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989,836 |
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1,998,174 |
Charles P. Pizzi |
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584,970 |
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997,907 |
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1,998,174 |
John J. Roberts |
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593,872 |
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989,005 |
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1,998,174 |
In accordance with the Trust’s governing documents, each of the above-named trustees was elected by a plurality of the votes cast, however, none of them received a majority of the votes cast. Accordingly, pursuant to the Trust’s corporate governance guidelines, each of Mr. Alburger, Mr. Coradino, Mr. DeMarco, Ms. Epps, Mr. Pasquerilla, Mr. Pizzi and Mr. Roberts has tendered his or her offer of resignation to the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”). The Board will consider the resignation offers and make a determination as to whether to accept or reject the tendered resignations, in each case with the applicable trustee recusing himself or herself from participating in the decision regarding his or her resignation offer, within 90 days of the date of certification of the Annual Meeting results. Promptly thereafter, the Trust will publicly disclose the Board’s decision regarding the tendered resignations.
2. The Trust’s Common Shareholders voted, on an advisory basis, on the Trust’s executive compensation as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. This proposal received the following votes:
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Votes For |
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Votes Against |
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Abstentions |
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Broker Non-Votes |
388,772 |
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1,150,904 |
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43,201 |
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1,998,174 |
3. The Trust’s Common Shareholders voted, on an advisory basis, on the frequency of the advisory vote on the Trust’s executive compensation as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. This proposal received the following votes:
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One Year |
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Two Years |
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Three Years |
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Abstentions |
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Broker Non-Votes |
737,662 |
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21,310 |
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69,828 |
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754,077 |
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1,998,174 |
Consistent with the vote of the Common Shareholders, the Board has determined that it will continue to hold a non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Trust’s named executive officers every year.