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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 18, 2023

 

Paramount Group, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maryland

001-36746

32-0439307

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1633 Broadway, Suite 1801

New York, New York

10019

(Address of Principal Executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 237-3100

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 (see General Instructions A.2.):

 

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))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

 

 

 

 

Title of each Class

Trading Symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common stock of Paramount Group, Inc., $0.01 par value per share

PGRE

New York Stock Exchange

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

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.

 


 

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

 

On May 18, 2023, Paramount Group, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) in New York, New York. As of the record date, there were a total of 217,211,716 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The following is a brief description of each matter voted upon at the Annual Meeting and a statement of the number of votes cast for or against, and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter, as applicable.

 

 

Proposal 1. Votes regarding the election of the persons named below as directors for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2024 and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal, were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broker

 

Names of Directors

 

For

 

 

Against

 

 

Abstain

 

 

Non-Votes

 

Albert Behler

 

 

159,915,392

 

 

 

6,439,744

 

 

 

376,207

 

 

 

9,235,442

 

Thomas Armbrust

 

 

157,104,710

 

 

 

9,604,461

 

 

 

22,172

 

 

 

9,235,442

 

Martin Bussmann

 

 

160,635,675

 

 

 

6,073,477

 

 

 

22,191

 

 

 

9,235,442

 

Karin Klein

 

 

165,583,214

 

 

 

408,136

 

 

 

739,993

 

 

 

9,235,442

 

Peter Linneman

 

 

155,095,232

 

 

 

11,613,924

 

 

 

22,187

 

 

 

9,235,442

 

Katharina Otto-Bernstein

 

 

165,924,571

 

 

 

784,596

 

 

 

22,176

 

 

 

9,235,442

 

Mark Patterson

 

 

153,435,610

 

 

 

13,273,555

 

 

 

22,178

 

 

 

9,235,442

 

Hitoshi Saito

 

 

165,897,621

 

 

 

93,907

 

 

 

739,815

 

 

 

9,235,442

 

Paula Sutter

 

 

165,625,031

 

 

 

366,320

 

 

 

739,992

 

 

 

9,235,442

 

Greg Wright

 

 

159,397,326

 

 

 

7,311,825

 

 

 

22,192

 

 

 

9,235,442

 

 

Based on the votes set forth above, each of the foregoing persons was duly elected to serve as a director for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2024 and until the directors’ successors have been duly elected and qualified or until a given director’s earlier resignation or removal.

 

 

Proposal 2. Votes regarding a non-binding, advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broker

 

For

 

 

Against

 

 

Abstain

 

 

Non-Votes

 

 

137,826,232

 

 

 

28,128,710

 

 

 

776,401

 

 

 

9,235,442

 

 

Based on the votes set forth above, the non-binding, advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved by the Company’s stockholders.

 

 

Proposal 3. Votes regarding the ratification of the audit committee’s appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for 2023, were as follows:

 

For

 

 

Against

 

 

Abstain

 

 

165,467,188

 

 

 

6,390,914

 

 

 

4,108,683

 

 

Based on the votes set forth above, the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company to serve for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was duly ratified by the Company’s stockholders.

 

 

 

 


 

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.

 

 

 

 

PARAMOUNT GROUP, INC.

By:

/s/ Gage Johnson

Name:

Gage Johnson

Title:

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

Date: May 23, 2023