UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 8-K
 
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 18, 2020
 
New Residential Investment Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
001-35777
  
45-3449660
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS EmployerIdentification No.)

1345 Avenue of the Americas, 45th Floor
New York, New York
  
10105
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (212) 479-3150
 
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class:
Trading Symbol:
Name of each exchange on which registered:
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
NRZ
New York Stock Exchange
7.50% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
NRZ PR A
New York Stock Exchange
7.125% Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
NRZ PR B
New York Stock Exchange
6.375% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
NRZ PR C
New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
 
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Item 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), held June 18, 2020, the stockholders of New Residential Investment Corp. (the “Company”) voted on the matters described below.

1.
The Company’s stockholders elected three Class I directors, who comprise all the directors of such class, to serve until the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are elected and duly qualified. The numbers of shares that voted for the election of such director, abstained from voting for such director, and represented broker non-votes with respect to this proposal are summarized in the table below.
 
Director Nominee
  
Votes For
  
Votes Withheld
  
Broker Non-Votes*
Pamela F. Lenehan
  
168,471,715
  
3,748,583
  
153,562,107
David Saltzman
  
151,780,305
  
20,439,993
  
153,562,107
Alan L. Tyson
  
123,033,349
  
49,186,949
  
153,562,107
 
2.
The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. The numbers of shares that voted for, against and abstained from voting for or against the ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP are summarized in the table below.
 
Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Abstentions
315,898,250
  
7,425,921
  
2,458,234

3.
The Company’s stockholders did not approve an amendment to the Company’s bylaws to implement a majority voting standard for uncontested elections of directors. The numbers of shares that voted for, against and abstained from voting for or against the proposal, and represented broker non-votes with respect to this proposal are summarized in the table below.

Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes*
166,209,486
  
3,482,956
  
2,527,856
  
153,562,107

* Broker non-votes are instances where a broker holding shares of record for a beneficial owner does not vote the shares because it has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner and therefore is precluded by the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) from voting on a particular matter. Under NYSE rules, when a broker holding shares in “street name” does not receive voting instructions from a beneficial owner, the broker has discretionary authority to vote on certain routine matters but is prohibited from voting on non-routine matters. Brokers who did not receive instructions were not entitled to vote on the election of directors or the amendment to the bylaws, but they were entitled to vote on the ratification of the appointment of the independent registered public accounting firm.

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.
 
NEW RESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT CORP.
  
(Registrant)
  
   
/s/ Nicola Santoro, Jr.

Nicola Santoro, Jr.
  
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
  
 
Date:  June 19, 2020