RADNOR, Pa., June 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN) announced the results of its 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") which was held on May 28, 2015. Shareholders of record on the April 2, 2015 record date were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. A total of 166.5 million common shares representing approximately 92.6% were cast at the Annual Meeting. Shareholders voted FOR all three proposals: (1) the election of eight trustees, (2) the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2015, and (3) a non-binding, advisory vote regarding the compensation of our named executive officers. The final voting results for each proposal was filed on May 29, 2015 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on a Current Report on Form 8-K and is available for viewing on our website at www.brandywinerealty.com.
During the Annual Meeting, Carol G. Carroll was elected to join Brandywine's Board of Trustees. Prior to retirement, Ms. Carroll served as President and CEO of Schulco, Inc., which was a leading Microsoft and Novell training organization. Previous to that, she was assistant and then director of Wharton School's Executive MBA Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
Ms. Carroll has served on many boards; Methodist Hospital (Philadelphia), Harcum College, Independence Blue Cross, The Urban League and the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. She previously served on the board of The Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (PICA) to oversee the finances of the City of Philadelphia and also served on the Board of the Philadelphia Industry Counsel.
About Brandywine Realty Trust
Brandywine Realty Trust is one of the largest, publicly traded, full-service, integrated real estate companies in the United States. Organized as a real estate investment trust and operating in select markets, Brandywine owns, leases and manages an urban, town center and transit-oriented office portfolio comprising 280 properties and 33.4 million square feet as of March 31, 2015. For more information, please visit www.brandywinerealty.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance, achievements or transactions of the Company and its affiliates or industry results to be materially different from any future results, performance, achievements or transactions expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors relate to, among others, the Company's ability to lease vacant space and to renew or relet space under expiring leases at expected levels, the potential loss of major tenants, interest rate levels, the availability and terms of debt and equity financing, competition with other real estate companies for tenants and acquisitions, risks of real estate acquisitions, dispositions and developments, including cost overruns and construction delays, unanticipated operating costs and the effects of general and local economic and real estate conditions. Additional information or factors which could impact the Company and the forward-looking statements contained herein are included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.
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