2014 CPT 8-K Shareholders' Meeting




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 9, 2014
CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Texas
1-12110
76-6088377
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2400, Houston, Texas 77046
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 354-2500
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:
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Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
As of the date of record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 88,642,765 common shares outstanding; of this amount, 3,111,069 common shares were held in the Company's deferred benefit plans and were not entitled to vote. At the Annual Meeting, 78,023,673 shares were voted in person or by proxy. The Company's shareholders voted on the following matters at the Annual Meeting:

1.    Election of the ten trust managers nominated by the Board of Trust Managers to hold office for a one-year term;
2.    Ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2014; and
3.    On an advisory basis, approval of the executive compensation disclosed in the Proxy Statement.
Each of these matters was approved by the requisite number of shareholder votes. The results of the shareholder votes are set forth below:
Board of Trust Managers
 
Affirmative
 
Withheld
Richard J. Campo
73,139,009

 
1,369,316

Scott S. Ingraham
73,936,195

 
572,130

Lewis A. Levey
73,958,404

 
549,921

William B. McGuire, Jr.
71,104,419

 
3,403,906

D. Keith Oden
74,016,630

 
491,695

F. Gardner Parker
68,955,208

 
5,553,117

William F. Paulsen
74,232,290

 
276,035

Frances Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa
74,425,362

 
82,963

Steven A. Webster
63,471,375

 
11,036,950

Kelvin R. Westbrook
73,578,517

 
929,808


There were 3,515,348 broker non-votes with respect to the election of trust managers.

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Affirmative
 
Negative
 
Abstentions
77,845,573

 
132,602

 
45,498


Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of Executive Compensation
Affirmative
 
Negative
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
72,519,722

 
1,756,423

 
232,180

 
3,515,348


The Company's Board of Trust Managers has determined the Company will conduct advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company's executive officers on an annual basis. Accordingly, the Company will include an advisory on executive compensation in its proxy materials every year until the next shareholder vote on the frequency of such votes is held, which will be no later than the Company's 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.




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.

Date: May 9, 2014
CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST



By:    /s/ Michael P. Gallagher        
Michael P. Gallagher
Senior Vice President - Chief Accounting Officer