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): June 15, 2016
Five Oaks Investment Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland | 001-35845 | 45-4966519 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 540 Madison Avenue, 19thFloor New York, New York (Address of principal executive offices) | 10022 (Zip Code) |
(212) 257 5073
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Section 5 — Corporate Governance and Management
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Five Oaks Investment Corp. (the “Company”) was held on June 15, 2016. At the Annual Meeting, the following items were submitted to a vote of, and approved by, the Company’s stockholders: (1) election of five directors to the Company’s Board of Directors, to serve as directors until the next succeeding annual meeting and until their respective successors shall be duly elected and shall qualify; and (2) ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016. The final voting results with respect to each of the foregoing matters are described 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 succeeding annual meeting and until his successor shall be duly elected and shall qualify. The voting results for each of the nominees for director were as follows:
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| Nominee | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | Abstain |
| David C. Carroll | 6,819,765 | 240,550 | 5,823,864 | N/A |
| Neil A. Cummins | 6,748,287 | 312,028 | 5,823,864 | N/A |
| William A. Houlihan | 6,743,041 | 317,274 | 5,823,864 | N/A |
| Walter C. Keenan | 6,818,411 | 241,904 | 5,823,864 | N/A |
| David Oston | 6,744,854 | 315,461 | 5,823,864 | N/A |
| 2. | The appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 was ratified based upon the following votes: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| 12,631,721 | 183,322 | 69,136 | N/A |
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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.
| Five Oaks Investment Corp. | ||||
| June 16, 2016 | By: | /s/ David Oston | ||
| David Oston | ||||
| Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary |
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