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):  June 1, 2011

 

 

iStar Financial Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (212) 930-9400

 

N/A

(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)

 

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ITEM 5.07  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On June 1, 2011, iStar Financial Inc. held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders in New York, New York for the purpose of: (i) electing seven directors to its board of directors, (ii) ratifying the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as its independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, (iii) approving, on an advisory basis, the compensation of its named executive officers and other named officers, and (iv) approving, on an advisory basis, the frequency of a shareholder vote to approve the compensation of its named executive officers and other named officers.  The final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of shareholders at the annual meeting are set forth below.

 

Proposal 1.  Election of Directors:  At the annual meeting, seven directors were elected for terms expiring in 2012.  For each nominee, the numbers of votes cast for, votes withheld and broker non-votes were as follows:

 

Name of Nominees		For		Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Jay Sugarman		51,000,208		579,127		29,463,962
Glenn R. August		51,188,595		390,740		29,463,962
Robert W. Holman, Jr.		50,558,563		1,020,772		29,463,962
Robin Josephs		50,536,502		1,042,833		29,463,962
John G. McDonald		51,025,915		553,420		29,463,962
George R. Puskar		51,193,934		385,401		29,463,962
Dale Anne Reiss		51,213,951		365,384		29,463,962

 

Proposal 2.  Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:  At the annual meeting, the shareholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as iStar Financial Inc.’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2011.  The number of votes cast for and against the ratification of the selection of independent registered public accounting firm and the number of abstentions were as follows:

 

For		Against		Abstentions
80,528,409		388,251		126,637

 

Proposal 3. Shareholder Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote on Executive Compensation: Votes on a proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of iStar Financial Inc.’s named executive officers and other named officers were as follows:

 

For		Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
47,551,473		3,829,786		198,076		29,463,962

 

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Proposal 4.  Shareholder Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote on the Frequency of the Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation:  Votes on a proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of a shareholder vote to approve the compensation of iStar Financial Inc.’s named executive officers and other named officers were as follows:

 

Every 1 Year		Every 2 Years		Every 3 Years		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
28,679,082		518,805		22,173,187		208,261		29,463,962

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

				iSTAR FINANCIAL INC.
Date:	June 3, 2011	By:	/s/ Jay Sugarman
				Jay Sugarman
				Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

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