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 2, 2019
 
Colony Credit Real Estate, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Maryland
 
001-38377
 
38-4046290
(State or other jurisdiction
 
(Commission
 
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)
 
515 S. Flower Street, 44 th  Floor  
Los Angeles, CA
 
90071
(Address of principal
 
(Zip Code)
executive offices)
 
 
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (310) 282-8820
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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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 o
 
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. o
   
 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share
CLNC
New York Stock Exchange
 
 




Item 5.07.                                         Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
On May 2, 2019, Colony Credit Real Estate, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2019 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).  At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders: (i) elected the seven persons listed below as directors of the Company, each to serve until the Company’s 2020 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified; (ii) on an advisory basis, recommended every year the frequency of future advisory stockholder votes on executive compensation; and (iii) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the calendar year ending December 31, 2019.  Set forth below are the voting results for each of the proposals voted upon by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting:
 
Proposal 1 — Election of Directors
 

Nominee
 
For
 
Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
Richard B. Saltzman
 
72,482,902
 
2,356,444
 
39,282,549
Catherine D. Rice
 
72,313,901
 
2,547,839
 
39,282,549
Vernon B. Schwartz
 
72,214,677
 
2,625,182
 
39,282,549
John E. Westerfield
 
70,852,734
 
3,991,985
 
39,282,549
Winston W. Wilson
 
72,303,926
 
2,528,282
 
39,282,549
Darren J. Tangen
 
71,379,325
 
3,457,275
 
39,282,549
Kevin P. Traenkle
 
73,897,374
 
951,509
 
39,282,549
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proposal 2 — Recommendation (on an advisory, non-binding basis) on the Frequency of the Advisory Vote Related to the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers

Every Year
 
Every Two Years
 
Every Three Years
 
73,313,664
 
625,080
 
537,921
 
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
 
932,932
 
39,282,549
 

Proposal 3 — Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Calendar Year Ending December 31, 2019
 

For
 
Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
113,697,735
 
228,372
 
766,039
 
0
 




 
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.
 

Dated: May 3, 2019
COLONY CREDIT REAL ESTATE, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ David A. Palamé
 
Name:
David A. Palamé
 
Title:
General Counsel & Secretary