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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 21, 2022 (June 15, 2022)

 

 

 

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 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

(a)            On June 15, 2022, Veris Residential, Inc. (the “Company”), the general partner of Veris Residential, L.P. through which the Company conducts its business, held the 2022 annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to (i) elect eight 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, and (iii) ratify the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

 

(b)           At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders elected the following eight directors, each to serve a one-year term ending at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2023 and until their respective successors are elected and qualified:

 

   For   Withheld  

Broker

Non-Votes

 
Alan R. Batkin  69,970,296   370,262   9,168,033 
Frederic Cumenal  69,222,920   1,117,638   9,168,033 
Tammy K. Jones  69,923,152   417,406   9,168,033 
A. Akiva Katz  69,201,665   1,138,893   9,168,033 
Nori Gerardo Lietz  69,261,550   1,079,008   9,168,033 
Victor B. MacFarlane  70,030,582   309,976   9,168,033 
Mahbod Nia  70,231,243   109,315   9,168,033 
Howard S. Stern  69,424,208   916,350   9,168,033 

 

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: 68,244,835, Number of shares against: 2,053,659, Number of shares abstained: 42,064, Number of Broker Non-Votes: 9,168,033).

 

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, 2022 (Number of shares for: 77,821,729, Number of shares against: 1,663,329, Number of shares abstained: 23,533).

 

 

 

 

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 21, 2022 By: /s/ Taryn Fielder
    Taryn Fielder
    General Counsel and Secretary
   
  VERIS RESIDENTIAL, L.P.
   
  By: Veris Residential, Inc.
    its general partner
   
Dated: June 21, 2022   By: /s/ Taryn Fielder
      Taryn Fielder
      General Counsel and Secretary