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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: May 11, 2010
(Date of earliest event reported)
EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Maryland   1-11718   36-3857664
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File No.)   (IRS Employer Identification
incorporation or organization)       Number)
     
Two North Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois   60606
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
(312) 279-1400
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
     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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
     On May 11, 2010, Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Stockholders holding 26,529,960 Shares of Common stock (being the only class of shares entitled to vote at the meeting), or 87.11%, of the Company’s 30,457,022 outstanding Shares of Common stock as of the record date for the meeting, attended the meeting or were represented by proxy. The Company’s stockholders voted on two matters presented at the meeting each of which is discussed in more detail in our Proxy Statement on Schedule 14-A and which received the requisite number of votes to pass. The matters submitted for a vote and the related results of the stockholders’ votes were as follows:
Proposal No. 1: Election of eight directors to terms expiring in 2011. A plurality of the votes cast was required for the election of directors.
                         
                    BROKER
DIRECTOR   FOR   WITHHELD   NON-VOTES
Philip Calian
    25,716,909       8,106       804,945  
David Contis
    25,716,184       8,831       804,945  
Thomas Dobrowski
    25,533,354       191,661       804,945  
Thomas Heneghan
    25,609,132       115,883       804,945  
Sheli Rosenberg
    25,024,423       700,592       804,945  
Howard Walker
    25,582,204       142,811       804,945  
Gary Waterman
    25,533,116       191,899       804,945  
Samuel Zell
    24,133,483       1,591,532       804,945  
Proposal No. 2: Approval to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2010. A majority of the votes cast was required for approval.
                                 
                            BROKER
    FOR   AGAINST   WITHHELD   NON-VOTES
Total Shares
    26,503,398       25,157       1,405        
     This current report includes certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used, words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “believe,” “project,” “intend,” “may be” and “will be” and similar words or phrases, or the negative thereof, unless the context requires otherwise, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to:
    our ability to control costs, real estate market conditions, the actual rate of decline in customers, the actual use of sites by customers and our success in acquiring new customers at our Properties (including those recently acquired);
 
    our ability to maintain historical rental rates and occupancy with respect to Properties currently owned or that we may acquire;
 
    our assumptions about rental and home sales markets;
 
    in the age-qualified Properties, home sales results could be impacted by the ability of potential homebuyers to sell their existing residences as well as by financial, credit and capital markets volatility;
 
    results from home sales and occupancy will continue to be impacted by local economic conditions, lack of affordable manufactured home financing and competition from alternative housing options including site-built single-family housing;
 
    impact of government intervention to stabilize site-built single family housing and not manufactured housing;
 
    the completion of future acquisitions, if any, and timing with respect thereto and the effective integration and successful realization of cost savings;
 
    ability to obtain financing or refinance existing debt on favorable terms or at all;
 
    the effect of interest rates;
 
    the dilutive effects of issuing additional common stock;

 


 

    the effect of accounting for the sale of agreements to customers representing a right-to-use the Properties under the Codification Topic “Revenue Recognition;” and
 
    other risks indicated from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     These forward-looking statements are based on management’s present expectations and beliefs about future events. As with any projection or forecast, these statements are inherently susceptible to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. The Company is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of such changes, new information, subsequent events or otherwise.

 


 

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 thereunto duly authorized.
         
  EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Thomas Heneghan    
    Thomas Heneghan   
    Chief Executive Officer   
 
     
  By:   /s/ Michael Berman    
    Michael Berman   
    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 
 
Date: May 12, 2010