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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Hunt Companies Finance Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 17, 2020. A quorum was present at the meeting, as required by the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Bylaws. The stockholders of the Company voted to (i) re-elect James C. Hunt, Neil A. Cummins, James P. Flynn, William A. Houlihan and Walter C. Keenan to the Board of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting or until their respective successors are duly elected, (ii) approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company, as described in the proxy statement for the Company’s Annual Meeting and (iii) ratify the appointment of KPMG, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. As to these matters, the numbers of votes cast for or against, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, are as set forth below:
| 1. | Each of the five nominees listed below was elected, without contest, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company at the Annual Meeting, to serve as a director until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until his or her respective successor has been duly elected. The voting results for each of the nominees for director were as follows: |
| Nominee | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes |
| James C. Hunt | 13,754,476 | 517,558 | 7,755,682 |
| Neil A. Cummins | 13,561,280 | 710,754 | 7,755,682 |
| James P. Flynn | 13,976,675 | 295,359 | 7,755,682 |
| William A. Houlihan | 13,535,990 | 736,044 | 7,755,682 |
| Walter C. Keenan | 13,610,887 | 661,147 | 7,755,682 |
| 2. | Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company, as described in the proxy statement for the Company’s Annual Meeting: |
| For | Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Votes |
| 13,456,406 | 629,086 | 186,542 | 7,755,682 |
| 3. | Ratification of the appointment of KPMG, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020: |
| For | Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Votes |
| 21,839,400 | 106,459 | 81,857 | N/A |
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On June 17, 2020, the Company issued a press release (the “Release”) announcing the declaration of a cash dividend of $0.075 per share of common stock with respect to the second quarter of 2020, as further described in the Release. A copy of the Release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information disclosed under this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
| Item 9.01 | Exhibits. |
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| 99.1 | Press Release of Hunt Companies Finance Trust, Inc., dated June 17, 2020. |
SIGNATURE
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.
| Hunt Companies Finance Trust, Inc. | |||
| Date: June 18, 2020 | By: | /s/ James A. Briggs | |
| James A. Briggs | |||
| Chief Financial Officer | |||