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: May 26, 2010 | Commission file number 0-9032 |
SONESTA INTERNATIONAL HOTELS CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
New York
(State or Other Jurisdiction)
13-5648107
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
116 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02116
(Address of principal Executive Offices)
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code): 617-421-5400
Not Applicable
(Former name, former address if changed since last report)
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ITEM 5.07: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 25, 2010, Sonesta International Hotels Corporation (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As of the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 3,698,230 shares of the Company’s common stock entitled to vote on all matters presented to the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting. Holders of 2,766,097 shares of the Company’s common stock were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting.
The results of the votes to the election of directors were as follows:
ELECTION OF COMMON STOCK DIRECTORS | |||
DIRECTOR | VOTES RECEIVED | VOTES WITHHELD | VOTES ABSTAINED |
George S. Abrams | 2,492,679 | 8,431 | 264,987 |
Joseph L. Bower | 2,758,076 | 6,144 | 1,877 |
Charles J. Clark | 2,759,488 | 4,716 | 1,893 |
Clarence A. Davis | 2,651,036 | 80,536 | 34,525 |
Irma F. Mann | 2,468,334 | 15,216 | 282,547 |
Jacqueline Sonnabend | 2,676,815 | 9,341 | 79,941 |
Peter J. Sonnabend | 2,674,784 | 11,356 | 79,957 |
Stephanie Sonnabend | 2,674,776 | 11,380 | 79,941 |
Stephen Sonnabend | 2,657,644 | 13,496 | 94,957 |
Jean C. Tempel | 2,714,596 | 1,996 | 49,505 |
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SIGNATURE
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 thereunto duly authorized
SONESTA INTERNATIONAL HOTELS CORPORATION
Date: May 26, 2010
By: | /s/ Boy van Riel | |
Boy van Riel | ||
Vice President and Treasurer | ||
(Authorized to sign on behalf of the Registrant as Principal Financial Officer). |
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