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 30, 2013 (May 29, 2013)

 

CUBESMART
CUBESMART, L.P.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

460 E. Swedesford Road, Suite 3000, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(610) 293-5700
(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):

 

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Item 5.02                                           Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On May 29, 2013, Deborah Ratner Salzberg was elected by CubeSmart’s Common Shareholders to the Company’s Board of Trustees.  In connection with Ms. Salzberg’s election, the Board appointed Ms. Salzberg as a member of the Board’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.  After giving effect to Ms. Salzberg’s appointment, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee consists of the following members:  Piero Bussani (Chairman), Marianne M. Keler, Deborah R. Salzberg, and William M. Diefenderfer III (ex officio).

 

Item 5.07                                           Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

On May 29, 2013, CubeSmart held its 2013 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 2013, 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		112,561,709		626,552		6,719,872
Piero Bussani		112,563,065		625,196		6,719,872
John W. Fain		112,568,486		619,775		6,719,872
Dean Jernigan		112,834,980		353,281		6,719,872
Marianne M. Keler		113,124,732		63,529		6,719,872
Deborah Ratner Salzberg		112,272,592		915,669		6,719,872
John F. Remondi		113,130,884		57,377		6,719,872
Jeffrey F. Rogatz		112,564,101		624,160		6,719,872

 

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
118,701,303		1,195,532		11,298

 

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

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
110,002,785		1,835,207		1,350,269		6,719,872

 

 

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 30, 2013
	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 30, 2013