Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Hunt Companies
Finance Trust, Inc. (the "Company") was held on June 17, 2020. A quorum was
present at the meeting, as required by the Company's Third Amended and Restated
Bylaws. The stockholders of the Company voted to (i) re-elect James C. Hunt,
Neil A. Cummins, James P. Flynn, William A. Houlihan and Walter C. Keenan to the
Board of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting or until their
respective successors are duly elected, (ii) approve, on an advisory basis, the
compensation of the named executive officers of the Company, as described in the
proxy statement for the Company's Annual Meeting and (iii) ratify the
appointment of KPMG, LLP as the Company's independent registered public
accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. As to these
matters, the numbers of votes cast for or against, as well as the number of
abstentions and broker non-votes, are as set forth below:
1. Each of the five nominees listed below was elected, without contest, as a
member of the Board of Directors of the Company at the Annual Meeting, to
serve as a director until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until
his or her respective successor has been duly elected. The voting results for
each of the nominees for director were as follows:
Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes
James C. Hunt 13,754,476 517,558 7,755,682
Neil A. Cummins 13,561,280 710,754 7,755,682
James P. Flynn 13,976,675 295,359 7,755,682
William A. Houlihan 13,535,990 736,044 7,755,682
Walter C. Keenan 13,610,887 661,147 7,755,682
2. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the named executive
officers of the Company, as described in the proxy statement for the
Company's Annual Meeting:
For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes
13,456,406 629,086 186,542 7,755,682
3. Ratification of the appointment of KPMG, LLP as the Company's independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31,
2020:
For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes
21,839,400 106,459 81,857 N/A
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On June 17, 2020, the Company issued a press release (the "Release") announcing
the declaration of a cash dividend of $0.075 per share of common stock with
respect to the second quarter of 2020, as further described in the Release. A
copy of the Release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report
on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information disclosed under this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 hereto,
shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or
otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed
incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange
Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a
filing.
Item 9.01 Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
99.1 Press Release of Hunt Companies Finance Trust, Inc., dated June 17,
2020.
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