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):
September 9, 2005
VORNADO REALTY TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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No. 001-11954 |
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No. 22-1657560 |
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: (212) 894-7000
Former name or former address, if changed since last report: N/A
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2.):
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
Issuance of Series D-14 6.75% Preferred Units of Vornado Realty L.P.
On September 9, 2005, Vornado Realty L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Operating Partnership), through which Vornado Realty Trust (the Company) conducts its business, sold 4,000,000 Series D-14 6.75% Preferred Units of limited partnership interest (the Series D-14 Preferred Units) to an institutional investor in a private placement exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Section 4(2) thereunder at a price of $25.00 per Series D-14 Preferred Unit.
In connection with that sale, the Company filed with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation Articles Supplementary classifying 4,000,000 of the Companys authorized preferred shares of beneficial interest as Series D-14 6.75% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (liquidation preference $25.00 per share). A copy of the above-referenced Articles Supplementary is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
3.1 Articles Supplementary to Declaration of Trust with respect to the Series D-14 6.75% Preferred Shares.
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.
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/s/ Joseph Macnow |
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Joseph Macnow |
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Date: September 14, 2005
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EXHIBIT INDEX
3.1 Articles Supplementary to Declaration of Trust with respect to the Series D-14 6.75% Preferred Shares..
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EXHIBIT 3.1
VORNADO REALTY TRUST
ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY
6.75% SERIES D-14 CUMULATIVE
REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARES
(liquidation preference $25.00 per share)
Vornado Realty Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the Trust), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:
6.75% SERIES D-14 CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARES
Board of Trustees shall mean the Board of Trustees of the Trust or any committee authorized by such Board of Trustees to perform any of its responsibilities with respect to the Series D-14 Preferred Shares.
Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which state or federally chartered banking institutions in New York, New York are not required to be open.
Common Shares shall mean the common shares of beneficial interest of the Trust, par value $.04 per share.
Dividend Payment Date shall mean the January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 in each year, commencing on the first January 1, April 1, July 1, or October 1 to follow the Issue Date; provided, however, that if any Dividend Payment Date falls on any day other than a Business Day, the dividend payment due on such Dividend Payment Date shall be paid on the first Business Day immediately following such Dividend Payment Date (without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay).
Dividend Periods shall mean quarterly dividend periods commencing on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year and ending on and including the day preceding the first day of the next succeeding Dividend Period (other than the initial Dividend Period with respect to each Series D-14 Preferred Share, which shall commence on the date on which such Series D-14 Preferred Share was issued by the Trust and end on and include the day preceding the next succeeding January 1, April 1, July 1 or October 1 to occur (whichever occurs first)).
Issue Date shall mean the first date on which any Series D-14 Preferred Shares are issued.
Junior Shares shall mean the Common Shares and any other class or series of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust constituting junior shares of beneficial interest as described in paragraph (c) of Section 9 hereof.
Liquidation Preference shall have the meaning set forth in paragraph (a) of Section 4 hereof.
Operating Partnership shall mean Vornado Realty L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
Parity Shares shall mean any shares of beneficial interest as described in paragraph (b) of Section 9 hereof.
Person shall mean any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.
Redemption Date shall have the meaning set forth in paragraph (c) of Section 5 hereof.
Redemption Price shall have the meaning set forth in paragraph (a) of Section 5 hereof.
Series D-14 Preferred Shares shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 hereof. It is the intention of the Trust in establishing the Series D-14 Preferred Shares, that, except to the extent otherwise set forth herein, each Series D-14 Preferred Share shall be substantially the economic equivalent of a Series D-14 Preferred Unit in respect of which it was issued.
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Series D-14 Preferred Units shall mean the Series D-14 Preferred Units of limited partner interest of the Operating Partnership.
Set apart for payment shall be deemed to include, without any action other than the following: the recording by the Trust in its accounting ledgers of any accounting or bookkeeping entry which indicates, pursuant to the authorization of a dividend or other distribution by the Board of Trustees, the allocation of funds to be so paid on any series or class of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust; provided, however, that if any funds for any class or series of Junior Shares or any class or series of shares of beneficial interest ranking on a parity with the Series D-14 Preferred Shares as to the payment of dividends are placed in a separate account of the Trust or delivered to a disbursing, paying or other similar agent, then set apart for payment with respect to the Series D-14 Preferred Shares shall mean placing such funds in a separate account or delivering such funds to a disbursing, paying or other similar agent.
Transfer Agent means Wachovia Bank, N.A., Charlotte, North Carolina, or such other agent or agents of the Trust as may be designated by the Board of Trustees or its designee as the transfer agent for the Series D-14 Preferred Shares.
Voting Preferred Shares shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10 hereof.
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As promptly as practicable after the surrender in accordance with said notice of the certificates for any such Series D-14 Preferred Shares so redeemed (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Trust shall so require and if the notice shall so state), such Series D-14 Preferred Shares shall be exchanged for the cash (without interest thereon) for which such Series D-14 Preferred Shares have been redeemed. If fewer than all of the outstanding Series D-14 Preferred Shares are to be redeemed, the Series D-14 Preferred Shares to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trust from the outstanding Series D-14 Preferred Shares not previously called for redemption by lot or pro rata (as nearly as may be) or by any other method determined by the Trust in its sole discretion to be equitable. If fewer than all the Series D-14 Preferred Shares evidenced by any certificate are redeemed, then new certificates evidencing the unredeemed Series D-14 Preferred Shares shall be issued without cost to the holder thereof.
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Accordingly, the Series A Convertible Preferred Shares, Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, Series D-1 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, Series D-2 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares; Series D-3 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares; Series D-4 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares; Series D-5 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares; Series D-6 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares; Series D-7 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares; Series D-8 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares; Series D-9 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares; Series D-10 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares; Series D-11 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares; Series D-12 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares; Series D-13 Cumulative Preferred Shares; Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares; Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares; Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares; Series H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares; and Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares are Parity Shares
If and whenever six quarterly dividends (whether or not consecutive) payable on the Series D-14 Preferred Shares or any series or class of Parity Shares shall be in arrears (which shall, with respect to any such quarterly dividend, mean that any such dividend has not been paid in full) and whether or not earned or declared, the number of trustees then constituting the Board of Trustees shall be increased by two and the holders of Series D-14 Preferred Shares, together with the holders of shares of every other series or class of Parity Shares having like voting rights (shares of any such other
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series, the Voting Preferred Shares), voting as a single class regardless of series, shall be entitled to elect the two additional trustees to serve on the Board of Trustees at any annual meeting of shareholders or special meeting held in place thereof, or at a special meeting of the holders of Series D-14 Preferred Shares and the Voting Preferred Shares called as hereinafter provided. Whenever all arrears in dividends on the Series D-14 Preferred Shares and the Voting Preferred Shares then outstanding shall have been paid and full dividends thereon for the current quarterly dividend period shall have been paid or declared and set apart for payment, then the right of the holders of the Series D-14 Preferred Shares and the Voting Preferred Shares to elect such additional two trustees shall cease (but subject always to the same provision for the vesting of such voting rights in the case of any similar future arrearages in six quarterly dividends), and the terms of office of all persons elected as trustees by the holders of the Series D-14 Preferred Shares and the Voting Preferred Shares shall forthwith terminate and the number of trustees constituting the Board of Trustees shall be reduced accordingly. At any time after such voting power shall have been so vested in the holders of shares of Series D-14 Preferred Shares and the Voting Preferred Shares, the Secretary of the Trust may, and upon the written request of any holder of Series D-14 Preferred Shares (addressed to the Secretary at the principal office of the Trust) shall, call a special meeting of the holders of the Series D-14 Preferred Shares and of the Voting Preferred Shares for the election of the two trustees to be elected by them as herein provided, such call to be made by notice similar to that provided in the Bylaws of the Trust for a special meeting of the shareholders or as required by law. If any such special meeting required to be called as above provided shall not be called by the Secretary within 20 days after receipt of such request, then any holder of Series D-14 Preferred Shares may call such meeting, upon the notice above provided, and for that purpose shall have access to the stock books of the Trust. The trustees elected at any such special meeting shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders or special meeting held in lieu thereof if such office shall not have previously terminated as above provided. If any vacancy shall occur among the trustees elected by the holders of the Series D-14 Preferred Shares and the Voting Preferred Shares, a successor shall be elected by the Board of Trustees, upon the nomination of the then-remaining trustee elected by the holders of the Series D-14 Preferred Shares and the Voting Preferred Shares or the successor of such remaining trustee, to serve until the next annual meeting of the shareholders or special meeting held in place thereof if such office shall not have previously terminated as provided above.
So long as any Series D-14 Preferred Shares are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of shareholders required by the Declaration, the affirmative vote of at least 662/3% of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of Series D-14 Preferred Shares and the Voting Preferred Shares, at the time outstanding, voting as a single class regardless of series, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary for effecting or validating (a) any amendment, alteration or repeal of any of the provisions of the Declaration or these Articles Supplementary that materially and adversely affects the voting powers, rights or preferences of the Series D-14 Preferred Shares; provided, however, that (i) the amendment of the provisions of the Declaration so as to authorize or
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create or to increase the authorized amount of, any Junior Shares or any shares of any class or series ranking on a parity with the Series D-14 Preferred Shares or the Voting Preferred Shares as defined in Section 10(b) shall not be deemed to materially and adversely affect the voting powers, rights or preferences of the holders of Series D-14 Preferred Shares and (ii) any filing with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland by the Trust in connection with a merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Trust shall not be deemed to be an amendment, alteration or repeal of any of the provisions of the Declaration or these Articles Supplementary that materially and adversely affects the voting powers, rights or preferences of the holders of the Series D-14 Preferred Shares, provided that: (1) the Trust is the surviving entity and the Series D-14 Preferred Shares remain outstanding with the terms thereof materially unchanged in any respect adverse to the holders thereof, or (2) the resulting, surviving or transferee entity is organized under the laws of any state and substitutes or exchanges the Series D-14 Preferred Shares for other preferred stock or shares having substantially the same terms and same rights as the Series D-14 Preferred Shares with respect to distributions, voting rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up; and provided further, that if any such amendment, alteration or repeal would materially and adversely affect any voting powers, rights or preferences of the Series D-14 Preferred Shares but not all series of Voting Preferred Shares at the time outstanding, the affirmative vote of at least 662/3% of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all series similarly affected at the time outstanding, voting as a single class regardless of series, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, shall be required in lieu of the affirmative vote of at least 662/3% of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the Series D-14 Preferred Shares and the Voting Preferred Shares otherwise entitled to vote in accordance herewith, or (b) the authorization or creation of, or the increase in the authorized or issued amount of, any shares of any class or series or any security convertible into or exchangeable for shares of any class or series ranking prior to the Series D-14 Preferred Shares in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust or in the payment of dividends or distributions; provided, however, that, in the case of each of subparagraphs (a) and (b), no such vote of the holders of Series D-14 Preferred Shares or Voting Preferred Shares, as the case may be, shall be required if, at or prior to the time when such amendment, alteration or repeal is to take effect, or when the issuance of any such prior shares or convertible security is to be made, provision is made for the redemption of all Series D-14 Preferred Shares or Voting Preferred Shares, as the case may be, at the time outstanding in accordance with Section 5 hereof.
Any increase in the authorized number of shares constituting the Series D-14 Preferred Shares for purposes of an issuance of such shares to persons other than an issuance to be made solely to all of the then existing holders thereof on an identical per share basis will require the affirmative vote of 662/3% of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of Series D-14 Preferred Shares.
For purposes of the foregoing provisions of this Section 10, each Series D-14 Preferred Share shall have one (1) vote per share, except that when any other series of
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Preferred Stock shall have the right to vote with the Series D-14 Preferred Shares as a single class on any matter, then the Series D-14 Preferred Shares and such other series shall have with respect to such matters one (1) vote per $25.00 of stated liquidation preference.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has caused these Articles Supplementary to be executed in its name and on its behalf by its Executive Vice President Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer and attested to by its Secretary on this 9th day of September, 2005.
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/s/ Joseph Macnow |
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Name: |
Joseph Macnow |
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Executive Vice
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/s/ Alan Rice |
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Alan Rice |
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