UDR, Inc. (Form: 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 16, 2012

UDR, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Maryland 1-10524 54-0857512
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
1745 Shea Center Drive, Suite 200, Highlands Ranch, Colorado   80129
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (720) 283-6120

Not Applicable
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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.

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”) on May 16, 2012. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the election of eight nominated directors to serve for the ensuing year, a proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2012, and a resolution to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

As of March 19, 2012, the record date for the Meeting, there were 224,999,236 shares of the Company’s common stock, 2,803,812 shares of its Series E preferred stock, and 2,534,846 shares of its Series F preferred stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote on the proposals presented at the Meeting. At the meeting, all of the eight directors were elected and all of the matters submitted for approval were approved. Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Meeting.

1. At the Meeting, the Company’s stockholders elected, by the vote indicated below, the following eight persons as directors of the Company, each to serve as such until the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2013, or until his or her respective successor is duly elected and qualified:

                                 
Name   Votes For   Votes Withheld   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
Katherine A. Cattanach
    189,747,455       1,021,606       -0-       15,734,755  
Eric J. Foss
    189,682,701       1,086,360       -0-       15,734,755  
Robert P. Freeman
    189,063,280       1,705,781       -0-       15,734,755  
Jon A. Grove
    189,219,030       1,550,031       -0-       15,734,755  
James D. Klingbeil
    188,756,459       2,012,602       -0-       15,734,755  
Lynne B. Sagalyn
    189,045,368       1,723,693       -0-       15,734,755  
Mark J. Sandler
    187,375,772       3,393,289       -0-       15,734,755  
Thomas W. Toomey
    189,945,643       823,418       -0-       15,734,755  

2. At the Meeting, the stockholders approved the proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2012, by the vote indicated below:

                                 
 
                               
Votes For
      Votes Against       Abstentions       Broker Non-Votes
 
                               
187,171,252
        19,106,497           226,067         n/a

3. At the Meeting, the stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the company’s Proxy Statement for the Meeting pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, by the votes set forth in the table below:

                                     
 
                                   
Votes For
      Votes Against       Abstentions       Broker Non-Votes
 
                                   
179,143,211
        1,893,977           9,731,873           15,734,755  


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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.

         
    UDR, Inc.
          
May 16, 2012   By:   Warren L. Troupe
       
        Name: Warren L. Troupe
        Title: Senior Executive Vice President