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): May 8, 2014

 

AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Maryland 001-36013 46-1229660
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation)    

  

30601 Agoura Road, Suite 200

Agoura Hills, California

 

91301

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

  

(805) 413-5300

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

oWritten communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

oSoliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

oPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

oPre-commencements 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

 

(a)The Company held its annual meeting of shareholders on Thursday, May 8, 2014 in Agoura Hills, California.

  

(b)The shareholders elected all of the Company’s nominees for trustee and ratified the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014. These proposals are described in detail in our proxy statement for our Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2014. The final results for the votes for each proposal are set forth below:

 

Election of Trustees:

 

Name  Votes For  Withheld  Broker
Non-Votes
B. Wayne Hughes 
  147,981,101  1,820,919  18,701,878
          
Dann V. Angeloff  
  149,563,072  238,948  18,701,878
          
Matthew J. Hart  
  149,582,619  189,401  18,701,878
          
James H. Kropp 
  149,592,865  209,155  18,701,878
          
Lynn Swann
  149,593,066  208,954  18,701,878
          
Kenneth M. Woolley
  149,623,619  178,401  18,701,878
          
David P. Singelyn
  149,128,258  673,762  18,701,878
          
John Corrigan  148,059,432  1,742,588  18,701,878

 

Ratification of BDO USA, LLP:

 

Votes For  Votes Against  Abstain  Broker
Non-Votes
168,319,443  146,792  37,663  -

 

 
 

 

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.

 

    AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT
     
     
Date: May 12, 2014   By:  /s/ Stephanie Heim
      Stephanie Heim
      Vice President