Edgar Filing: City Office REIT, Inc.

CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.

Date: May 4, 2018

/s/ Anthony Maretic

Anthony Maretic

Chief Financial Officer

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 3, 2018

City Office REIT, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Maryland

001-36409

98-1141883

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1075 West Georgia Street, Suite 2010,

Vancouver, British Columbia,

(Address of principal executive offices)

V6E 3C9

(Zip Code)

(604) 806-3366

(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.

2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

City Office REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2018 Annual Meeting”) at the Company’s corporate offices in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Thursday, May 3, 2018. The proposals considered and approved by stockholders at the 2018 Annual Meeting were the following:

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the election of six directors to the board of directors; and

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the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.

Election of Directors

Each of the individuals listed below was duly elected as a director of the Company to serve until the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Set forth below are the results of the vote for the election of directors:


Name	Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non- Votes
John McLernon		23,449,730		617,912		48,163		8,682,564
James Farrar		23,732,305		334,836		48,664		8,682,564
William Flatt		23,628,490		440,456		46,859		8,682,564
Mark Murski		23,664,571		402,822		48,411		8,682,565
Stephen Shraiberg		23,285,937		780,943		48,924		8,682,565
John Sweet		23,725,586		341,554		48,664		8,682,565

Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

A proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018 was also presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting. Set forth below are the results of the vote for the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent auditor:


Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions
32,680,926	68,090	49,353

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.