Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc. shareholders approved a proposal to amend the company's charter governing bylaws amendments at its May 15 annual meeting.
The proposal gives shareholders the power to amend the office real estate investment trust's bylaws via a majority vote, subject to certain conditions.
Of the votes cast at the meeting, 101,373,832 were in favor of the proposal; 104,321 were against it; 124,014 were abstentions; and 13,451,103 were broker nonvotes.
Piedmont Office shareholders also voted to ratify the appointment of Deloitte and Touche LLP as its new independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2018.
