Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On May 16, 2022, Resource REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) to consider certain proposals related to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of January 23, 2022, by and among the Company, Rapids Parent LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), and Rapids Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Merger Sub”). The Merger Agreement provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, the Company will merge with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”). Upon completion of the Merger, Merger Sub will survive and the separate existence of the Company will cease. Parent and Merger Sub are affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (“BREIT”), which is an affiliate of Blackstone Inc.
As of the close of business on March 3, 2022, the record date for the determination of the holders of record of our common stock entitled to vote at the Special Meeting (the “Record Date”), there were 166,259,239 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. Each holder of common stock was entitled to cast one vote on each matter presented at the Special Meeting for each share of common stock that such holder owned as of the Record Date. There were 92,804,183 shares of common stock present virtually or by proxy at the Special Meeting, which together represented 55.81% of the votes entitled to be cast at the Special Meeting, and which constituted a quorum for the transaction of business.
At the Special Meeting, the following proposals were considered:
| (1) | the proposal to approve the Merger; and |
| (2) | the proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation that may be paid or become payable to the Company’s named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the Merger. |
Each of the proposals was approved by the requisite vote of the Company’s stockholders. Because there were sufficient votes present to approve the Merger, it was not necessary to adjourn the meeting. The final voting results for each proposal are as set forth below. For more information on each of these proposals, see the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which the Company first mailed to its stockholders on or about March 14, 2022 (the “Proxy Statement”).
1. | Proposal to approve the Merger: |
| | | | |
For | | Against | | Abstain |
89,448,668 | | 1,250,731 | | 2,115,459 |
2. | Proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation that may be paid or become payable to the Company’s named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the Merger: |
| | | | |
For | | Against | | Abstain |
81,612,379 | | 5,669,131 | | 5,533,348 |
Consummation of the Merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary closing conditions, all as set forth in the Merger Agreement and discussed in detail in the Proxy Statement. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions, the Merger is expected to be completed on or about May 19, 2022.