Item 5.07. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
On June 25, 2020, Taubman Centers, Inc. (“TCO” or the “Company”) held a special meeting of shareholders (the “Special Meeting”) to consider certain
proposals related to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 9, 2020 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, The Taubman Realty Group
Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Taubman Operating Partnership” and, together with the Company, the “Taubman Parties”), Simon Property Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Simon”), Simon Property Group, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership (the “Simon Operating Partnership”), Silver Merger Sub 1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Simon Operating Partnership (“Merger Sub 1”), and Silver Merger Sub 2, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Merger Sub 1 (“Merger Sub 2” and, together with Simon, the Simon Operating Partnership and Merger Sub 1, the “Simon Parties”), which provides, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain
conditions, that Merger Sub 2 will be merged with and into the Taubman Operating Partnership (the “Partnership Merger”) and the Company will be merged with and into Merger Sub 1 (the “REIT Merger” and, together with the Partnership Merger, the
“Mergers”).
As of June 5, 2020, the record date for the Special Meeting, there were 61,615,267 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the
“Taubman common stock”), and 26,079,159 shares of the Company’s Series B Non-Participating Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Taubman Series B preferred stock” and together with the Taubman common stock, the “Taubman voting
stock”) outstanding. At the Special Meeting, a total of 75,223,060 shares of Taubman voting stock, representing approximately 85.77% of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, were present in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum to conduct
business.
At the Special Meeting, the following proposals were considered:
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(1)
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Merger Agreement Proposal. The proposal to adopt and approve
the Merger Agreement and the Mergers.
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(2)
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Advisory Compensation Proposal. The non-binding, advisory
proposal to approve compensation that may become payable to the named executive officers of the Company in connection with the Mergers.
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(3)
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Adjournment Proposal. The proposal to approve an adjournment
of the Special Meeting, even if a quorum is present, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to adopt the Merger Agreement Proposal.
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For more information on each of these proposals, see the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May
29, 2020.
Adoption of the Merger Agreement Proposal required the affirmative vote of (i) at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Taubman voting stock
entitled to vote thereon (voting together as a single class), (ii) at least a majority of Taubman Series B preferred stock entitled to vote thereon, and (iii) at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Taubman voting stock entitled to vote
thereon (voting together as a single class), but excluding the outstanding shares of Taubman voting stock owned of record or beneficially by Robert S. Taubman (“R. Taubman”), the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, William S.
Taubman (“W. Taubman”), the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, and certain entities and trusts affiliated with R. Taubman, with W. Taubman, or with other members of their immediate family (collectively, the “Taubman family members”). Adoption of the
Advisory Compensation Proposal required the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Taubman voting stock entitled to vote thereon (voting as a single class). Adoption of the Adjournment Proposal required the affirmative votes of
the majority of Taubman voting stock entitled to vote thereon.
Each of the three proposals was approved by the requisite vote of the Company’s shareholders. The final voting results for each proposal are described
below.
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(1)
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Merger Agreement Proposal:
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The total number of shares of the Taubman voting stock entitled to vote on the Merger Agreement Proposal were voted as follows:
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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74,299,509
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232,096
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691,455
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The total number of shares of the Taubman Series B preferred stock entitled to vote on the Merger Agreement Proposal were voted as follows:
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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25,926,021
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66,808
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0
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The total number of shares of the Taubman voting stock entitled to vote on the Merger Agreement Proposal, excluding the shares of Taubman voting stock owned
of record or beneficially by the Taubman family members were voted as follows:
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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48,387,750
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232,096
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691,455
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(2)
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Advisory Compensation Proposal:
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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72,657,133
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1,837,257
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728,670
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(3)
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Adjournment Proposal:
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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70,164,265
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4,340,298
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718,497
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Because the Merger Agreement Proposal was adopted by the requisite vote, no adjournment to solicit additional proxies was necessary.