UNITED STATES |
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION |
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 |
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FORM 8-K |
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CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT |
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE |
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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Date of report (date of earliest event reported): May 9, 2007 |
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TAUBMAN CENTERS, INC. |
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Michigan |
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1-11530 | 38-2033632 |
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200 East Long Lake Road, Suite 300, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan | 48303-0200 |
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Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (248) 258-6800 |
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None |
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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 (See General Instruction A.2. below): |
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o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Item 8.01 Other Events
At the annual meeting of shareholders of Taubman Centers, Inc. (the “Company”) on May 9, 2007, shareholders elected the two director nominees to serve three-year terms and ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2007. Shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal requesting that the Company’s Board of Directors take the necessary steps to declassify the Board. The results of the voting are shown below*:
Proposal 1 — Election of Directors
Nominees | Votes For | Votes Withheld |
| Jerome A. Chazen | 69,731,245 | 2,569,903 |
| Craig M. Hatkoff | 70,038,166 | 2,262,983 |
Proposal 2 — Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstain |
| 72,152,252 | 137,918 | 10,976 |
Proposal 3 — Shareholder Proposal
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| 38,792,749 | 30,990,415 | 98,634 | 2,419,349 |
*For Proposal 1, the two nominees receiving the most votes cast were elected as directors. Proposals 2 and 3 required the affirmative vote of 66⅔% of the outstanding voting shares for approval; the total outstanding voting shares as of the record date, March 22, 2007, were 81,046,432 shares.
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.
| Date: May 11, 2007 | TAUBMAN CENTERS, INC. |
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| | By: /s/ Lisa A. Payne |
| | Lisa A. Payne |
| | Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer |
