Plymouth Industrial REIT Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
VOTING RESULTS OF 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
The 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 12, 2025. For more information about the proposals set forth below, please see the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2024. A total of 39,034,261 (or approximately 85.7%) of the Company’s shares of common stock issued, outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting. Set forth below are the final voting results for the proposals voted on at the Annual Meeting.
| (1) | Proposal 1 – Election of the eight nominees to the Company’s board of directors, each to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified: |
| Nominee | For | Withhold | Broker Non-Vote |
| (1) Philip S. Cottone | 31,025,213 | 5,407,286 | 2,601,762 |
| (2) Richard J. DeAgazio | 30,972,862 | 5,459,637 | 2,601,762 |
| (3) David G. Gaw | 35,298,565 | 1,133,934 | 2,601,762 |
| (4) John W. Guinee | 36,026,691 | 405,808 | 2,601,762 |
| (5) Caitlin Murphy | 23,350,997 | 13,081,502 | 2,601,762 |
| (6) Robert O. Stephenson | 36,252,628 | 179,871 | 2,601,762 |
| (7) Pendleton P. White, Jr. | 35,528,964 | 903,535 | 2,601,762 |
| (8) Jeffrey E. Witherell | 34,402,925 | 2,029,574 | 2,601,762 |
| (2) | Proposal 2 – Advisory, non-binding vote to approve the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| 35,738,777 | 595,019 | 98,703 | 2,601,762 |
| (3) | Proposal 3 – Advisory, non-binding vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers: |
| 1 year | 2 years | 3 years | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| 34,994,012 | 256,698 | 1,102,779 | 79,010 | 2,601,762 |
In accordance with the recommendation of the Company’s board of directors to vote in favor of an annual advisory vote included in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting and in light of the voting results on this Proposal 3, the Company has determined that it will continue to hold an annual advisory vote on executive compensation until the next stockholder advisory vote regarding the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
| (4) | Proposal 4 – Approval of the Fourth Amended and Restated 2014 Incentive Award Plan: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| 34,662,250 | 1,726,083 | 44,166 | 2,601,762 |
| (5) | Proposal 5 – The ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025: |
| For | Against | Abstain |
| 38,838,569 | 174,650 | 21,042 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL REIT, INC. | ||||
| Date: June 16, 2025 | By: |
/s/ Jeffrey E. Witherell | ||
| Jeffrey E. Witherell | ||||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||