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): August 10, 2021
Lightstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Maryland | | 000-55773 | | 47-1796830 |
(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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.
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Item 5.02 Election of Directors
Effective August 10, 2021, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Lightstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Michael J. DeMarco to the Board to fill a vacancy created by the passing of Edwin J. Glickman in June 2021. Mr. DeMarco will serve as a member of the Board’s audit committee. As a non-employee director of the Company, Mr. DeMarco will receive annual cash compensation of $40,000.
From April 2017 to July 2020, Mr. DeMarco served as chief executive officer of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation (“Mack-Cali”). From June 2015 to April 2017, Mr. DeMarco served as president and chief operating officer of Mack-Cali. From 2013 to June 2015, Mr. DeMarco served as the chief investment officer of CCRE, a non-bank finance company and one of the largest originators of CMBS. Mr. DeMarco previously served as an executive vice president at Vornado Realty Trust from 2010 to 2013, as a managing director at Fortress Investment Group from 2007 to 2010, and as a senior managing director at Lehman Brothers from 1993 to 2007. Mr. DeMarco also held senior positions at Credit Suisse First Boston and Arthur Andersen LLP.
Mr. DeMarco also is a member of the board of trustees of Saint Peter’s Preparatory School, as well as a member of the Urban Land Institute and the International Council of Shopping Centers. Since June 2015, Mr. DeMarco has served as a member of the board of trustees of Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, a publicly traded REIT (NYSE: PEI). He received a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting with a minor in history from Pace University, as well as a Master of Business Administration in finance from the University of Chicago. He is a certified public accountant.
Mr. DeMarco does not have any family relationship with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers or any persons nominated or chosen by the Company to be a director or an executive officer. Mr. DeMarco does not have any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or proposed transaction required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K or Item 5.02(d) of Form 8-K. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. DeMarco and any other person pursuant to which Mr. DeMarco was selected as a director.
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.
| | LIGHTSTONE REAL ESTATE INCOME TRUST, INC. |
| | | |
| Date: August 16, 2021 | By: | /s/ Seth Molod |
| | Seth Molod |
| | Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer |
