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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2023 Annual Meeting of shareholders of CubeSmart (the “Company”) was held on May 16, 2023. At the meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted on: (1) the election of nine trustees, (2) the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023, (3) an advisory vote regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers and (4) an advisory vote on the frequency of holding an advisory vote on our executive compensation. The voting results on these proposals were as follows:
Proposal 1: Election of nine trustees.
| Votes For |
| Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||
Piero Bussani | 193,270,054 | 10,828,760 | 11,429,763 | |||
Jit Kee Chin | 203,767,624 | 331,190 | 11,429,763 | |||
Dorothy Dowling | 201,313,416 | 2,785,398 | 11,429,763 | |||
John W. Fain | 200,768,976 | 3,329,838 | 11,429,763 | |||
Jair K. Lynch | 202,855,068 | 1,243,746 | 11,429,763 | |||
Christopher P. Marr | 202,802,325 | 1,296,489 | 11,429,763 | |||
Deborah Ratner Salzberg | 202,039,249 | 2,059,565 | 11,429,763 | |||
John F. Remondi | 192,576,871 | 11,521,943 | 11,429,763 | |||
Jeffrey F. Rogatz | 200,385,832 | 3,712,982 | 11,429,763 |
Proposal 2: Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023.
Votes For |
| Votes Against | Abstentions | |
208,869,922 | 6,563,535 | 95,120 |
Proposal 3: Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
Votes For |
| Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||
192,661,344 | 11,294,976 | 142,493 | 11,429,764 |
Proposal 4: Advisory vote on the frequency of holding an advisory vote on our executive compensation.
One Year |
| Two Years | Three Years | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
196,129,635 | 32,779 | 7,845,067 | 91,332 | 11,429,764 |
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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.
CUBESMART | ||
By: | /s/ Jeffrey P. Foster | |
Name: | Jeffrey P. Foster | |
Title: | Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | |
Date: May 16, 2023 | ||
CUBESMART, L.P. | ||
By CUBESMART, its general partner | ||
By: | /s/ Jeffrey P. Foster | |
Name: | Jeffrey P. Foster | |
Title: | Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | |
Date: May 16, 2023 | ||
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