Grubb & Ellis Announces Final Voting Results for 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
Certified Results Confirm Re-Election of All Three Grubb & Ellis Directors and Defeat of All of Dissident's Candidates and Bylaw Proposals
SANTA ANA, Calif., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grubb & Ellis Company
(NYSE: GBE), a leading real estate services and investment firm, today
announced that IVS Associates, Inc., the independent inspector of election,
has certified the voting results for the company's 2008 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders held on December 3, 2008. The final results are identical to the
preliminary numbers reported earlier today and confirm that Grubb & Ellis
stockholders voted to re-elect the incumbent Board's three independent
director nominees -- Harold H. Greene, Devin I. Murphy and D. Fleet Wallace
and ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young, LLP as the company's
independent public accountants. The results also confirm that dissenting
stockholder Mr. Anthony Thompson's three candidates and his two bylaw
proposals were rejected.
About Grubb & Ellis
Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE) is one of the largest and most respected
commercial real estate services and investment companies. With more than 130
owned and affiliate offices worldwide, Grubb & Ellis offers property owners,
corporate occupants and investors comprehensive integrated real estate
solutions, including transaction, management, consulting and investment
advisory services supported by proprietary market research and extensive local
market expertise.
Grubb & Ellis and its subsidiaries are leading sponsors of real estate
investment programs that provide individuals and institutions the opportunity
to invest in a broad range of real estate investment vehicles, including
tax-deferred 1031 tenant-in-common (TIC) exchanges; public non-traded real
estate investment trusts (REITs) and real estate investment funds. As of
September 30, 2008, more than $3.8 billion in investor equity has been raised
for these investment programs. The company and its subsidiaries currently
manage a growing portfolio of more than 225 million square feet of real
estate. In 2007, Grubb & Ellis was selected from among 15,000 vendors as
Microsoft Corporation's Vendor of the Year. For more information regarding
Grubb & Ellis Company, please visit http://www.grubb-ellis.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements included in this press release may constitute
forward-looking statements regarding, among other things, future revenue
growth, market trends, new business opportunities and investment programs,
synergies resulting from the merger of Grubb & Ellis Company and NNN Realty
Advisors, certain combined financial information regarding Grubb & Ellis
Company and NNN Realty Advisors, new hires, results of operations, changes in
expense levels and profitability and effects on the Company of changes in the
real estate markets. These statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company's actual results
and performance in future periods to be materially different from any future
results or performance suggested by these statements. Such factors which
could adversely affect the Company's ability to obtain these results include,
among other things: (i) the slowdown in the volume and the decline in
transaction values of sales and leasing transactions; (ii) the general
economic downturn and recessionary pressures on businesses in general; (iii) a
prolonged and pronounced recession in real estate markets and values; (iv) the
unavailability of credit to finance real estate transactions in general and
the Company's tenant-in-common programs, in particular; (v) the reduction in
borrowing capacity under the Company's current credit facility, and the
additional limitations with respect thereto; (vi) the Company's continuing
ability to make interest and principal payments with respect to its credit
facility; (vii) an increase in expenses related to new initiatives,
investments in people, technology and service improvements; (viii) the success
of current and new investment programs; (ix) the success of new initiatives
and investments; (x) the inability to attain expected levels of revenue,
performance, brand equity and expense synergies resulting from the merger of
Grubb & Ellis Company and NNN Realty Advisors in general, and in the current
macroeconomic and credit environment, in particular and (xi) other factors
described in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2007 and in the Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q
for the quarters ended March 31, 2008, June 30, 2008 and September 30, 2008
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The Company
does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements.