EdR_Form8-KAnnouncing2014AnnualMeetingResults

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): May 22, 2014 (May 21, 2014)

Education Realty Trust, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Maryland
 
001-32417
 
20-1352180
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)


999 South Shady Grove Road, Suite 600
Memphis, Tennessee
 

38120
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

901-259-2500

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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

At the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Education Realty Trust, Inc. (“EdR”) held on May 21, 2014 (the “Annual Meeting”), EdR’s stockholders approved each of the proposals presented which are described in more detail in EdR’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2014. Holders of 104,515,628 shares of EdR’s common stock were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

The following are the voting results on each proposal presented to EdR’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting:

Proposal 1: To elect eight directors to serve until the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualify.

Director
Votes For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
John V. Arabia
97,471,851
111,774
6,932,003
Paul O. Bower
96,974,706
608,919
6,932,003
Monte J. Barrow
97,467,449
116,176
6,932,003
William J. Cahill, III
97,417,527
166,098
6,932,003
Randall L. Churchey
96,148,330
1,435,295
6,932,003
John L. Ford
97,318,906
264,719
6,932,003
Howard A. Silver
96,135,782
1,447,843
6,932,003
Wendell W. Weakley
97,417,293
166,332
6,932,003

Proposal 2: To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as EdR’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014.

Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
103,638,578
846,769
30,281

Proposal 3: To approve, in an advisory (non-binding) vote, the compensation of EdR’s named executive officers.

Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
95,830,767
1,705,846
47,012
6,932,003





SIGNATURE

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.

 
EDUCATION REALTY TRUST, INC.
 
 
 
 
Date: May 22, 2014
By:
/s/ Randall H. Brown
 
 
Randall H. Brown
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer