UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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):  May 29, 2014 (May 28, 2014)

 

CUBESMART
CUBESMART, L.P.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Maryland
(CubeSmart)

 

001-32324

 

20-1024732

Delaware
(CubeSmart, L.P.)

 

000-54662

 

34-1837021

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification
Number)

 

5 Old Lancaster Road, Malvern Pennsylvania 19355
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(610) 535-5700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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):

 

o                 Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o                 Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o                 Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o                 Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 5.07              Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

On May 28, 2014 CubeSmart held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Common Shareholders.  At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted on: (1) the election of eight trustees, (2) the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014, and (3) a non-binding, advisory vote regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.  The voting results on these proposals were as follows:

 

Proposal 1.  Election of eight trustees

 

 

 

Votes For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

William M. Diefenderfer III

 

122,436,678

 

105,118

 

7,822,499

Piero Bussani

 

122,443,447

 

98,349

 

7,822,499

Christopher P. Marr

 

122,445,388

 

96,408

 

7,822,499

John W. Fain

 

122,439,488

 

102,308

 

7,822,499

Marianne M. Keler

 

122,442,499

 

99,297

 

7,822,499

Deborah Ratner Salzberg

 

122,448,399

 

93,397

 

7,822,499

John F. Remondi

 

122,442,788

 

99,008

 

7,822,499

Jeffrey F. Rogatz

 

122,442,888

 

98,908

 

7,822,499

 

Proposal 2.  Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2013

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

130,112,001

 

257,888

 

54,396

 

Proposal 3:  Advisory, non-binding vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

119,187,052

 

3,280,282

 

74,462

 

7,822,499

 

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Signatures

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

CUBESMART

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeffrey P. Foster

 

Name:

Jeffrey P. Foster

 

Title:

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary

 

Date:  May 29, 2014

 

 

CUBESMART, L.P.

 

 

 

 

By: CUBESMART, its general partner

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeffrey P. Foster

 

Name:

Jeffrey P. Foster

 

Title:

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary

 

Date:  May 29, 2014

 

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