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

 

May 4, 2015 (April 30, 2015)

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

HCP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

1920 Main Street, Suite 1200

Irvine, CA 92614

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(949) 407-0700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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:

 

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.

 

HCP, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on April 30, 2015.  At the Annual Meeting, there were present, in person or by proxy, 415,056,754 shares of the Company’s common stock, which represented approximately 89.94% of the shares entitled to vote and constituted a quorum.

 

Set forth below are the voting results of the four proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, all of which were described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2015.

 

Proposal 1.  All of the nominees listed below were elected to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), and each received the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting.

 

		For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes		% of Votes Supporting
Brian G. Cartwright		358,162,376		9,517,790		652,100		46,724,488		97.41%
Christine N. Garvey		358,283,723		9,419,948		628,595		46,724,488		97.44%
David B. Henry		358,981,420		8,691,588		659,258		46,724,488		97.64%
James P. Hoffmann		365,042,359		2,585,352		704,555		46,724,488		99.30%
Lauralee E. Martin		359,757,445		7,941,621		633,200		46,724,488		97.84%
Michael D. McKee		351,385,553		15,889,190		1,057,523		46,724,488		95.67%
Peter L. Rhein		355,336,923		12,320,637		674,706		46,724,488		96.65%
Joseph P. Sullivan		358,769,309		8,912,473		650,484		46,724,488		97.58%

 

Proposal 2.  The ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 was approved at the Annual Meeting.

 

 

Proposal 3.  The advisory vote to approve executive compensation was approved at the Annual Meeting.

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes		% of Votes Supporting
347,515,960		16,240,919		4,575,387		46,724,488		95.54%

 

Proposal 4.  The stockholder proposal regarding proxy access was approved at the Annual Meeting. Proxy access continues to be an evolving issue in corporate governance and the Board will consider the stockholder vote and ongoing developments in determining the appropriate proxy access structure for the Company.

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes		% of Votes Supporting
203,604,625		163,327,815		1,399,826		46,724,488		55.49%

 

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date:  May 4, 2015
	HCP, Inc.
	By:	/s/  Timothy M. Schoen
		Timothy M. Schoen
		Executive Vice President and
		Chief Financial Officer