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 1, 2012

 

 

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   001-32319   20-1296886

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

120 Vantis, Suite 350

Aliso Viejo, California

    92656
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)     (Zip Code)

(949) 330-4000

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

N/A

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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On May 1, 2012, the Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (“Sunstone” or “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The matters on which the stockholders voted, in person or by proxy, and the results of such voting, were as follows:

 

  1) Nomination and Election of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting and until their successors are elected and qualified:

 

Nominee

   Votes For      Votes Withheld      Abstentions      Broker Non-Votes  

Andrew Batinovich

     106,701,051         501,649         0         5,584,708   

Z. Jamie Behar

     106,676,273         526,427         0         5,584,708   

Kenneth E. Cruse

     106,915,766         286,934         0         5,584,708   

Thomas A. Lewis, Jr.

     106,260,037         942,663         0         5,584,708   

Keith M. Locker

     106,916,907         285,793         0         5,584,708   

Douglas M. Pasquale

     106,659,264         543,436         0         5,584,708   

Keith P. Russell

     106,702,189         500,511         0         5,584,708   

Lewis N. Wolff

     106,038,478         1,164,222         0         5,584,708   

 

  2) Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to act as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012:

 

Votes For

   Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker Non-Votes  

111,982,322

        746,020              59,066                     0   

 

  3) Advisory vote on the compensation of Sunstone’s named executive officers.

 

Votes For

   Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker Non-Votes  

97,991,337

     3,402,060         5,809,303         5,584,708   


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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

    Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.
Date: May 4, 2012     By:  

/s/ John V. Arabia

     

John V. Arabia

(Principal Financial Officer and Duly Authorized Officer)