Current Report Filing (8-k)

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): May 10, 2023 (May 10, 2023)

 

Global Medical REIT Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland	001-37815	46-4757266
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

7373 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 800

Bethesda, MD

20814

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

[phone]

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

 

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:

 

¨	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 Symbols:		Name of each exchange on which registered:
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share		GMRE		NYSE
Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share		GMRE PrA		NYSE

 

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. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

On May 10, 2023, Global Medical REIT Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2023 Annual Meeting”). At the 2023 Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders: (i) elected the seven nominated directors to the Company’s Board of Directors, each to serve until the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until her or his successor is duly elected and qualifies, (ii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, and (iii) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023. The full results of the matters voted on at the 2023 Annual Meeting are set forth below:

 

Proposal 1 — Election of Directors:

 

Nominee for Director		For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
Jeffrey M. Busch		33,499,263		1,976,607		88,818		14,458,379
Matthew Cypher		34,415,131		1,061,383		88,174		14,458,379
Ronald Marston		34,321,181		1,160,535		82,971		14,458,380
Henry E. Cole		35,067,940		403,187		93,562		14,458,378
Zhang Huiqi		35,069,774		396,332		98,583		14,458,378
Paula R. Crowley		35,123,526		347,118		94,047		14,458,376
Lori Wittman		34,398,440		1,073,516		92,733		14,458,378

 

Proposal 2 — Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
33,561,467		1,309,381		693,840		14,458,379

 

Proposal 3 — Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
49,809,327		101,966		111,774		0

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

	Global Medical REIT Inc.
	By:	/s/ Jamie A. Barber
		Jamie A. Barber
		Secretary and General Counsel
Date:  May 10, 2023