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 11, 2017
Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Maryland | | 000-52610 | | 20-1237795 |
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | | (Commission File Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1985 Cedar Bridge Avenue, Suite 1
Lakewood, New Jersey 08701
(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (732) 367-0129
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
On December 11, 2017, Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders. The matters submitted to the stockholders for a vote included (a) the election of four directors to serve until the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify and (b) the approval of an amendment to the Company’s charter (our “Charter”) to remove the requirement that the Company either list on a national stock exchange or liquidate on or before the tenth anniversary of the termination of the Company’s initial public offering.
The following tables set forth the results of voting on these matters:
| a) | The stockholders elected four directors to serve until the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify. |
| | | Number of Votes
FOR | | | Number of Votes
AGAINST/
WITHHOLD | |
| | | | | | | |
| David Lichtenstein (Director) | | | 14,811,865 | | | | 1,311,283 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| George R. Whittemore (Independent Director) | | | 14,812,474 | | | | 1,310,674 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Miriam B. Weinstein (Independent Director) | | | 14,813,127 | | | | 1,310,021 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Yehuda “Judah” L. Angster (Independent Director) | | | 14,812,816 | | | | 1,310,332 | |
| b) | The stockholders approvedthe amendment to our Charter to remove the requirement that the Company either list on a national stock exchange or liquidate on or before the tenth anniversary of the termination of the Company’s initial public offering. |
Number of Votes
FOR | | | Number of Votes
AGAINST/
WITHHOLD | | | Number of Votes
ABSTAIN | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 13,243,320 | | | | 2,352,616 | | | | 527,212 | |
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 hereunto duly authorized.
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| | LIGHTSTONE VALUE PLUS REAL
ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC. | |
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| Date: December 12, 2017 | By: | /s/ Donna Brandin | |
| | Donna Brandin | |
| | Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer |
