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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 16, 2024 (
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(e) As described below under Item 5.07, at the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders of Global Medical REIT Inc. (the “Company”) held on May 15, 2024 (the “2024 Annual Meeting”), the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder by 1,500,000 shares, which was previously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors. The Plan is described in detail under “Proposal 4 – Amendment to 2016 Equity Incentive Plan” in the Company’s proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2024, and the foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the 2024 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 2025 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, (iii) recommended, on an advisory basis, that future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation be conducted every year, (iv) approved an amendment to the Plan to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder by 1,500,000 shares, and (v) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024. The full results of the matters voted on at the 2024 Annual Meeting are set forth below:
Proposal 1 — Election of Directors:
Nominee for Director | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
Jeffrey M. Busch | 33,520,679 | 2,266,304 | 77,283 | 13,706,818 | ||||
Matthew Cypher | 34,365,340 | 1,417,356 | 81,570 | 13,706,818 | ||||
Ronald Marston | 34,271,830 | 1,506,912 | 85,523 | 13,706,819 | ||||
Henry E. Cole | 35,307,015 | 471,399 | 85,852 | 13,706,818 | ||||
Zhang Huiqi | 35,307,700 | 463,912 | 92,658 | 13,706,814 | ||||
Paula R. Crowley | 35,321,456 | 459,003 | 83,810 | 13,706,815 | ||||
Lori Wittman | 34,362,196 | 1,408,313 | 93,758 | 13,706,817 |
Proposal 2 — Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
33,764,849 | 1,467,056 | 632,359 | 13,706,820 |
Proposal 3 — Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Named Executive Officer Compensation:
1 Year | 2 Years | 3 Years | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
34,040,745 | 158,991 | 1,098,203 | 566,323 | 13,706,822 |
Proposal 4 — Amendment to the Company’s 2016 Equity Incentive Plan to Increase the Number of Shares Reserved for Issuance Thereunder by 1,500,000 Shares:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
32,867,468 | 2,683,711 | 313,085 | 13,706,820 |
Proposal 5 — Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
48,840,222 | 608,585 | 122,277 | 0 |
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Description |
10.1 | Global Medical REIT Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended through May 15, 2024) (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of Global Medical REIT Inc.'s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed on April 1, 2024) |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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 16, 2024