gyro20141209_8k.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 


 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 5, 2014

 


 

GYRODYNE COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC.


(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 New York

 

000-01684 

 

11-1688021 

 

 

 (State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission File 

 

(I.R.S. Employer 

 

 

of incorporation) 

 

Number) 

 

Identification No.) 

 

 

ONE FLOWERFIELD

SUITE 24

ST. JAMES, NEW YORK 11780


(Address of principal executive

offices) (Zip Code)

 

(631) 584-5400


Registrant’s telephone number,

including area code

 

N/A


(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

 

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Item 5.07     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

 

At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Gyrodyne Company of America, Inc. (the “Company”) held on December 5, 2014 (the “2014 Meeting”), the Company’s shareholders voted on the matters set forth below. Each issued common share was entitled to one vote on the proposals voted on at the 2014 Meeting. Of the 1,482,680 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and eligible to vote at the 2014 Meeting, 1,205,391 shares, or 81.30% of the eligible common stock, were present either in person or by proxy. The final results of the matters voted on at the 2014 Meeting are provided below.

 

 

1.

On the proposal to elect one director, the voting totals were as follows:

 

 

Name

 

For

 

Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Elliot H. Levine

370,258

29,219

805,914

 

The other directors whose terms of office as a director continued after the 2014 Meeting are as follows: Ronald J. Macklin, Philip F. Palmedo, Paul L. Lamb, Nader G.M. Salour, and Richard B. Smith.

 

 

2.

On the proposal to approve, on a non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the 2014 Proxy Statement, the voting totals were as follows:

 

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

360,718

29,498

9,261

805,914

 

 

 

3.

On the proposal to ratify the engagement of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP as independent accountants for the 2014 fiscal year, the voting totals were as follows:

 

For

Against

Abstain

1,196,230

3,458

5,703

 

 
 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

         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.

 

 

 

 

GYRODYNE COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  By: /s/ Frederick C. Braun III  
  Frederick C. Braun III  
  President and Chief Executive Officer  

 

 

Date: December 9, 2014