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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On May 6, 2010, the stockholders of American Campus Communities, Inc. (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Board of Directors, approved the American Campus Communities, Inc. 2010 Incentive Award Plan (the “2010 Plan”). The 2010 Plan includes an authorization to issue up to 1,683,110 shares of the Company's common stock (1,500,000 newly authorized shares plus 183,110 shares available for grant under the Company’s 2004 Incentive Award (the “2004 Plan”)), pursuant to awards under the 2010 Plan. The 2010 Plan provides for various types of equity awards to directors, executive and other officers and key employees. The types of awards that may be granted under the 2010 Plan include
incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted unit awards, profits interest units and other stock-based awards. The 2010 Plan will expire on March 22, 2020. As of the date hereof, there have been no awards, and therefore no amounts are payable under the 2010 Plan to the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or any named executive officer of the Company.
Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is the 2010 Plan. A brief description of the 2010 Plan is included as part of the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“Proxy Statement”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2010. The descriptions of the 2010 Plan contained herein and in the Proxy Statement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the 2010 Plan.
Effective as of the close of business on May 6, 2010, and as part of the proposal to approve the 2010 Plan described above, the 2004 Plan was terminated with respect to new awards. The 2004 Plan provided for the same types of equity awards as the 2010 Plan. Outstanding awards previously granted under the 2004 Plan will not be affected by termination of the 2004 Plan, the terms of which shall continue to govern such previously granted awards.
Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 6, 2010, the stockholders (i) elected the seven director nominees, (ii) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent auditors for 2010 and (iii) approved the 2010 Plan.
The results of the voting for the seven director nominees were as follows
Affirmative
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
William C. Bayless, Jr.
39,848,669
159,373
5,047,119
R.D. Burck
39,849,166
158,876
5,047,119
G. Steven Dawson
38,928,668
1,079,374
5,047,119
Cydney C. Donnell
39,712,522
295,520
5,047,119
Edward Lowenthal
37,710,042
2,298,000
5,047,119
Joseph M. Macchione
38,929,585
1,078,457
5,047,119
Winston W. Walker
38,928,182
1,079,860
5,047,119
The results of the voting for the ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered auditors for 2010 were as follows
Affirmative
Negative
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
44,888,381
162,502
4,278
0
The results of the voting for the approval of the 2010 Plan were as follows
Affirmative
Negative
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
35,620,153
4,374,516
13,373
5,047,119
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
The Exhibits to this Report are listed on the Exhibit Index attached hereto.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.