UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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CURRENT REPORT
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event Reported): May 7, 2021 (
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
On May 6, 2021, Gladstone Commercial Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The Company’s stockholders voted on and approved each of the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting, which are described in detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2021.
Proposal 1: The election of three directors to hold office until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualify.
| For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| Terry L. Brubaker |
17,864,376 | 1,572,512 | 8,931,826 | |||
| Caren D. Merrick |
10,312,478 | 9,124,410 | 8,931,826 | |||
| Walter H. Wilkinson, Jr. |
9,226,629 | 10,210,259 | 8,931,826 |
Proposal 2: To ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Company’s board of directors of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.
| For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
| 28,100,951 |
229,044 | 38,719 |
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
| (c) | Exhibits |
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
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.
| Gladstone Commercial Corporation | ||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
| May 7, 2021 | By: | /s/ Gary Gerson | ||||
| (Gary Gerson, Interim Chief Financial Officer) | ||||||