Item 5.07 - Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. , aMaryland corporation (the "Company"), held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") onMay 17, 2021 . At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders voted on: (i) the election of eight director nominees to serve until the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualify, (ii) the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers and (iii) the ratification of the appointment ofGrant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year endingDecember 31, 2021 . As ofMarch 25, 2021 , the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 108,934,363 shares of the Company's common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, all of the eight director nominees were elected, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers was approved on an advisory basis and the appointment ofGrant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year endingDecember 31, 2021 was ratified. Set forth below are the final voting results for the proposals submitted to a vote of the Company's stockholders at the Annual Meeting.
1.At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders elected, by the vote indicated below, the following eight persons as directors of the Company, each to serve until the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualify:
Name Votes For Votes Against Withheld Broker Non-Votes Paul T. Bossidy 101,107,089 0 580,144 2,232,043 Joyce DeLucca 101,062,595 0 624,638 2,232,043 Scott A. Estes 100,941,867 0 745,366 2,232,043 Peter M. Mavoides 101,108,048 0 579,185 2,232,043 Lawrence J. Minich 99,050,551 0 2,636,682 2,232,043 Heather L. Neary 99,197,344 0 2,489,889 2,232,043 Steven D. Sautel 99,197,692 0 2,489,541 2,232,043 Janaki Sivanesan 99,030,297 0 2,656,936 2,232,043 2. At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, by the vote indicated below: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 91,873,569 9,786,778 26,886 2,232,043 3. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders ratified the appointment ofGrant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year endingDecember 31, 2021 , by the vote indicated below: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 103,704,011 197,995 17,270 0
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