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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Medical Properties Trust, Inc.’s (the “Company”) annual meeting of stockholders was held on May 30, 2024. As of March 20, 2024, the Company’s record date, there were 601,598,536 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. At the annual meeting, 422,004,378 shares of common stock were represented in person or by proxy and, therefore, a quorum was present. Set forth below are the final voting results for each matter voted upon, including the number of votes that were cast for and against each nominee or proposal, and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, as applicable. For more information about each proposal, see the Company’s definitive proxy statement, dated April 17, 2024.
Proposal 1: The election of nine directors to the board of directors of the Company, to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders in 2025 or until their respective successors are elected and qualify:
Nominee: |
For: | Against: | Abstentions: | Broker Non-Votes: | ||||||||||||
Edward K. Aldag, Jr. |
238,010,216 | 17,508,584 | 2,236,202 | 164,249,376 | ||||||||||||
G. Steven Dawson |
232,206,675 | 23,013,305 | 2,535,022 | 164,249,376 | ||||||||||||
R. Steven Hamner |
235,275,597 | 19,992,695 | 2,486,710 | 164,249,376 | ||||||||||||
Caterina A. Mozingo |
245,945,985 | 9,297,845 | 2,511,172 | 164,249,376 | ||||||||||||
Emily W. Murphy |
244,226,660 | 11,026,229 | 2,502,113 | 164,249,376 | ||||||||||||
Elizabeth N. Pitman |
234,590,527 | 20,683,074 | 2,481,401 | 164,249,376 | ||||||||||||
D. Paul Sparks, Jr. |
241,553,068 | 13,639,752 | 2,562,182 | 164,249,376 | ||||||||||||
Michael G. Stewart |
231,507,059 | 23,712,748 | 2,535,195 | 164,249,376 | ||||||||||||
C. Reynolds Thompson, III |
177,763,381 | 77,386,455 | 2,605,166 | 164,249,376 |
Proposal 2: The ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024:
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Against: |
Abstentions: |
Broker Non-Votes: | |||
411,173,355 | 8,179,629 | 2,565,449 | 85,945 |
Proposal 3: The non-binding, advisory vote on named executive officer compensation was not approved by the following votes:
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Against: |
Abstentions: |
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91,038,363 | 163,330,293 | 3,386,346 | 164,249,376 |
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) | Exhibits. |
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104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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 thereunto duly authorized.
MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST, INC. | ||||||
Date: June 3, 2024 | By: | /s/ R. Steven Hamner | ||||
R. Steven Hamner, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |