Morgans Hotel shareholders back Kalisman over Burkle

The Kalisman Kid has beaten billionaire 𝄹Ron Burkle for a th🅺ird time.

Jason Taubman Kalisman’s Morgans Hotel Group said shareholders voted to elect seven ♒of the nine board members proposed by the company, calling it a “str🦂ong show of support.”

The 34-year-old Kalisman held off a rival slate of directors nominated by Sahm Adrangi’s Kerris🍒dale Capital, which, along with Burkle, has been trying to unseat the board a﷽nd spur a sale of the chic hotel group.

Bꦫurkle’s loss came only hours after the highly favored Pit🍃tsburgh Penguins he co-owns were ousted from the Stanley Cup playoffs by the hometown Rangers.

Burkle’s camp chose to focus on the fact that shareholders voted against two of the Kalisman ꧋candidates who also wo🌜rk for his investment firm, OTK Associates.

“The shareholders kicked ༒out two of the three OTK shareholders, sending a strong message. The non- OTK share🦄holders voted overwhelmingly for change,” a Burkle spokesman said.

Burkle’s Yucaipa Cos. holds $100 million of pr﷽eferred stock and warrants to b𝐆uy about 10 percent of Morgans after he loaned the company $75 million in 2009.

Kalisman, who spoke to The Po✃st after the company’s annual meeting at the Hudson Hotel, said Burkle violated a loan agreement that barred him from engaging in a proxy fight with the company.

Burkle, who wasn’t present at the meeting, lobbied💝 investors to back the Kerrisdale slate. Earlier this month, he answered shareholder questions at a meeting held by Kerrisdale.

𓂃“It was a clear violation of the standstill agreement,” Kalisman said, adding that New Yo꧑rk-based company was still weighing whether to take legal action.

Last year, Kalisman, the grandson of real-estate developer Alfred Taubman, beat back an attempt by Burkle to 𒉰acquire some of Morgan’s crown jewel properties. He also ousted the board thatꦫ was willing to do the deal with Burkle.

Morgans shares fe🍰ll more than 3 percent, to $7.82꧒, after the preliminary voting results were released