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At the 2022 Annual Meeting, the Registrant&#8217;s stockholders voted on (i) Proposal 1 - approval of the conversion of the Registrant from a Maryland corporation to a Maryland real estate investment trust, as contemplated by the Plan of Conversion of Griffin Realty Trust, Inc., in order to allow the Registrant&#8217;s board of directors to pursue the path to liquidity and value maximization that it considers to be in the best interests of stockholders in a manner that does not result in substantial adverse tax consequences to stockholders (the &#8220;Conversion Proposal&#8221;); (ii) Proposal 2 - election of eight directors to the Registrant&#8217;s board of directors, with each to serve until the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified; (iii) Proposal 3 - ratification of the Registrant&#8217;s appointment of Ernst &amp; Young LLP as the Registrant&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022; (iv) Proposal 4 - approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of the compensation paid to the Registrant&#8217;s named executive officers (&#8220;say on pay&#8221; vote) and (v) Proposal 5 - approval of the adjournment of the annual meeting to a later date, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to approve the Conversion Proposal. 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Set forth below are the voting results from the 2022 Annual Meeting.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Proposal 1 - Conversion</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">With regard to Proposal 1, the conversion of the Registrant from a Maryland corporation to a Maryland real estate investment trust, as contemplated by the Plan of Conversion of Griffin Realty Trust, Inc., in order to allow the Registrant&#8217;s board of directors to pursue the path to liquidity and value maximization that it considers to be in the best interests of stockholders in a manner that does not result in substantial adverse tax consequences to stockholders was approved by the following vote:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:81.578%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:38.326%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:15.566%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.412%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.075%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.412%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:20.409%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Votes For:</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Votes Against:</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Votes Abstained:</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Approval of Conversion Proposal</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">168,336,245</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">9,139,714</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">7,757,308</span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">There were 24,741,829 broker non-votes with respect to Proposal 1.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Proposal 2 - Election of Directors</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">With regard to Proposal 2, the nominees submitted for election as directors of the Registrant, with each to serve until the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, were Kevin A. Shields, Michael J. Escalante, Kathleen S. Briscoe, Gregory M. Cazel, Ranjit M. Kripalani, James F. Risoleo, J. Grayson Sanders, and Samuel Tang. All of the nominees were elected to serve as directors of the Registrant by the following vote:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center;text-indent:36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:83.479%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:37.779%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:16.763%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.376%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:17.639%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.376%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:12.385%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:6.782%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Votes For:</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Votes Against:</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="6" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Votes Abstained:</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Kevin A. Shields</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">168,014,991</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">4,773,532</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="6" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">12,444,745</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Michael J. Escalante</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">167,460,171</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">5,272,208</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">12,500,888</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Kathleen S. Briscoe</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">167,014,993</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">4,978,475</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">13,239,798</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Gregory M. Cazel</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">167,509,076</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">4,985,456</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">12,738,734</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Ranjit M. Kripalani</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">166,955,328</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">5,474,464</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">12,803,477</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">James F. Risoleo</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">166,458,837</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">5,270,335</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">13,504,092</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">J. Grayson Sanders</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">167,333,608</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">5,213,858</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">12,685,803</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Samuel Tang</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">167,295,060</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">5,278,310</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">12,659,901</span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">There were 24,741,829 broker non-votes with respect to Proposal 2.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Proposal 3 - Ratification of Appointment of Ernst &amp; Young LLP</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">With regard to Proposal 3, the appointment of Ernst &amp; Young LLP as the Registrant&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022 was ratified by the following vote:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center;text-indent:36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:91.374%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:44.820%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.780%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.240%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:16.020%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.240%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.100%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Votes For:</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Votes Against:</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Votes Abstained:</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Ratification of Appointment of Ernst &amp; Young LLP</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">198,938,723</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">3,399,798</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">7,636,576</span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">There were no broker non-votes with respect to Proposal 3.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Proposal 4 - Approval, on Advisory (Non-Binding) Basis, of Say on Pay Vote</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">With regard to Proposal 4, the compensation paid to the Registrant&#8217;s named executive officers (&#8220;say on pay&#8221; vote) was approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, by the following vote:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:81.578%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:38.326%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:15.566%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.412%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.075%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.412%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:20.409%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Votes For:</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Votes Against:</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Votes Abstained:</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Approval of Say on Pay Vote</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">148,058,630</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">15,341,063</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">21,833,573</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">There were 24,741,829 broker non-votes with respect to Proposal 4.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Proposal 5 - Adjournment </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">With regard to Proposal 5, the adjournment of the annual meeting to a later date, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to approve the Conversion Proposal was approved by the following vote:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:81.578%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:38.326%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:15.566%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.412%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.075%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.412%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:20.409%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Votes For:</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Votes Against:</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Votes Abstained:</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Adjournment</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">193,477,702</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">6,553,978</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">9,943,419</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">There were 24,741,829 broker non-votes with respect to Proposal 5.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 9.01.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Financial Statements and Exhibits</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(d) Exhibits</span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:91.081%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:8.691%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.886%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:87.023%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibit No.</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Description</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit101-sixthamendment.htm">10.1</a></span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit101-sixthamendment.htm">Sixth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated November 30, 2022, by and among Griffin Realty Trust, Inc., GRT OP, L.P., the subsidiary guarantors party thereto, the lending institutions party thereto as lenders and KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent</a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">104</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Signature(s) </span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</span></div><div style="text-indent:24.75pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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. </span></div><div style="text-indent:24.75pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:24.75pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:480.00pt"><tr><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:214.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:36.25pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:223.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Griffin Realty Trust, Inc.</span></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Date: December 5, 2022</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">/s/ Javier F. Bitar</span></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Javier F. Bitar</span></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div></body></html>
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gcnl-20221130
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):
November 30, 2022
Griffin Realty Trust, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission File Number:
000-55605
Maryland
46-4654479
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
1520 E. Grand Avenue
,
El Segundo
,
CA
90245
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(
310
)
606-3200
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
None
(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:
☐
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
____________________
_________________
____________________
None
None
None
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging Growth Company
¨
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
¨
Item 1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On November 30, 2022, Griffin Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Registrant"),
through GRT OP, L.P. ("GRT OP"), as borrower, certain subsidiaries of GRT OP party thereto as guarantors, various lending institutions and KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent, entered into the Sixth Amendment (the "Sixth Amendment") to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019, as amended by that certain First Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 1, 2020, the Second Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 18, 2020, the Third Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 14, 2021, the Fourth Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 28, 2022 and the Fifth Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 28, 2022 (collectively, the "Existing Credit Agreement").
The Sixth Amendment amended the Existing Credit Agreement by, among other things, amending the covenant regarding Tangible Net Worth (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) such that the calculation thereof takes into account certain distributions and/or dividends (defined as "Restricted Payments") that are otherwise permitted by the Existing Credit Agreement.
In connection with the Sixth Amendment, the Registrant and certain subsidiaries serving as "Subsidiary Guarantors" thereunder reaffirmed and confirmed their respective obligations under the relevant documents.
The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of the Sixth Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
On November 30, 2022, the Registrant held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "2022 Annual Meeting") at 1520 E. Grand Avenue, El Segundo, California. At the 2022 Annual Meeting, the Registrant's stockholders voted on (i) Proposal 1 - approval of the conversion of the Registrant from a Maryland corporation to a Maryland real estate investment trust, as contemplated by the Plan of Conversion of Griffin Realty Trust, Inc., in order to allow the Registrant's board of directors to pursue the path to liquidity and value maximization that it considers to be in the best interests of stockholders in a manner that does not result in substantial adverse tax consequences to stockholders (the "Conversion Proposal"); (ii) Proposal 2 - election of eight directors to the Registrant's board of directors, with each to serve until the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified; (iii) Proposal 3 - ratification of the Registrant's appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Registrant's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022; (iv) Proposal 4 - approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of the compensation paid to the Registrant's named executive officers ("say on pay" vote) and (v) Proposal 5 - approval of the adjournment of the annual meeting to a later date, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to approve the Conversion Proposal. Each proposal is described in more detail in the Registrant's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 29, 2022.
At the close of business on August 25, 2022, the record date of the 2022 Annual Meeting, there were 324,740,552 outstanding shares entitled to vote at the 2022 Annual Meeting. Holders of 209,975,096 shares (approximately 64.66% of shares), representing a like number of votes, were present at the 2022 Annual Meeting, either in person or by proxy. Set forth below are the voting results from the 2022 Annual Meeting.
Proposal 1 - Conversion
With regard to Proposal 1, the conversion of the Registrant from a Maryland corporation to a Maryland real estate investment trust, as contemplated by the Plan of Conversion of Griffin Realty Trust, Inc., in order to allow the Registrant's board of directors to pursue the path to liquidity and value maximization that it considers to be in the best interests of stockholders in a manner that does not result in substantial adverse tax consequences to stockholders was approved by the following vote:
Votes For:
Votes Against:
Votes Abstained:
Approval of Conversion Proposal
168,336,245
9,139,714
7,757,308
There were 24,741,829 broker non-votes with respect to Proposal 1.
Proposal 2 - Election of Directors
With regard to Proposal 2, the nominees submitted for election as directors of the Registrant, with each to serve until the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, were Kevin A. Shields, Michael J. Escalante, Kathleen S. Briscoe, Gregory M. Cazel, Ranjit M. Kripalani, James F. Risoleo, J. Grayson Sanders, and Samuel Tang. All of the nominees were elected to serve as directors of the Registrant by the following vote:
Votes For:
Votes Against:
Votes Abstained:
Kevin A. Shields
168,014,991
4,773,532
12,444,745
Michael J. Escalante
167,460,171
5,272,208
12,500,888
Kathleen S. Briscoe
167,014,993
4,978,475
13,239,798
Gregory M. Cazel
167,509,076
4,985,456
12,738,734
Ranjit M. Kripalani
166,955,328
5,474,464
12,803,477
James F. Risoleo
166,458,837
5,270,335
13,504,092
J. Grayson Sanders
167,333,608
5,213,858
12,685,803
Samuel Tang
167,295,060
5,278,310
12,659,901
There were 24,741,829 broker non-votes with respect to Proposal 2.
Proposal 3 - Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP
With regard to Proposal 3, the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Registrant's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022 was ratified by the following vote:
Votes For:
Votes Against:
Votes Abstained:
Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP
198,938,723
3,399,798
7,636,576
There were no broker non-votes with respect to Proposal 3.
Proposal 4 - Approval, on Advisory (Non-Binding) Basis, of Say on Pay Vote
With regard to Proposal 4, the compensation paid to the Registrant's named executive officers ("say on pay" vote) was approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, by the following vote:
Votes For:
Votes Against:
Votes Abstained:
Approval of Say on Pay Vote
148,058,630
15,341,063
21,833,573
There were 24,741,829 broker non-votes with respect to Proposal 4.
Proposal 5 - Adjournment
With regard to Proposal 5, the adjournment of the annual meeting to a later date, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to approve the Conversion Proposal was approved by the following vote:
Votes For:
Votes Against:
Votes Abstained:
Adjournment
193,477,702
6,553,978
9,943,419
There were 24,741,829 broker non-votes with respect to Proposal 5.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
10.1
Sixth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated November 30, 2022, by and among Griffin Realty Trust, Inc., GRT OP, L.P., the subsidiary guarantors party thereto, the lending institutions party thereto as lenders and KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
Signature(s)
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.
Griffin Realty Trust, Inc.
Date: December 5, 2022
By:
/s/ Javier F. Bitar
Javier F. Bitar
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer