FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). |
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
VORNADO REALTY TRUST [ VNO ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 04/02/2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price |
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
Restricted Units | (1) | 04/02/2014 | M | 105 | (2) | (2) | Common Shares | 105 | (1) | 106 | D | ||||
Restricted Units | (3) | 04/02/2014 | M | 596 | (4) | (4) | Common Shares | 596 | (3) | 595 | D | ||||
Class A Units | (5) | 04/02/2014 | M | 701 | (6) | (6) | Common Shares | 701 | (5) | 912 | D | ||||
LTIP Units(7) | (8) | 04/02/2014(9) | A | 1,472(10) | (8)(11) | (8) | Common Shares | 1,472 | $0 | 1,472 | D |
Explanation of Responses: |
1. On February 28, 2011 the reporting person received a grant of Restricted Units of the Operating Partnership. These Restricted Units are being converted into Class A Units on a one for one basis pursuant to their terms. |
2. These Restricted Units vest in equal portions over a four-year period. The initial vesting occured on February 27, 2012. |
3. On March 30, 2012 the reporting person received a grant of Restricted Units of the Operating Partnership. These Restricted Units are being converted into Class A Units on a one for one basis pursuant to their terms. |
4. These Restricted Units vest in equal portions over a four-year period. The initial vesting occured on February 27, 2013. |
5. Class A Units are redeemable (subject to certain limitations set forth in the Operating Partnership limited partnership agreement)by the holder for cash or, at the issuer's election, Common Shares of the issuer on a one for one basis or the cash value of such shares. |
6. These Class A Units are immediately redeemable (subject to certain limitations set forth in the Operating Partnership limited partnership agreement) by the holder for cash or, at the issuer's election, Common Shares of the Issuer on a one for one basis or the cash value of such shares. Class A Units do not have expiration dates. |
7. Represents LTIP Units of the Operating Partnership. ("LTIP Units"). |
8. The LTIP Units are a class of units of the Operating Partnership conditioned upon minimum allocations to the capital accounts of the LTIP Units for federal income tax purposes. The LTIP Units are convertible by the reporting person, upon vesting, into an equivalent number of Class A Units of the Operating Partnership, which are redeemable (subject to certain limitations set forth in the Operating Partnership limited partnership agreement), by the holder for Common Shares of the Issuer on a one-for-one basis or the cash value of such shares, at the Issuer's option. The rights to convert LTIP Units into Class A Units and redeem Class A Units do not have expiration dates. |
9. Pursuant to the terms of the Vornado Realty Trust 2012 Outperformance Plan (the "Plan") the LTIP Units referenced in this Form 4 were "earned" upon the achievement of performance hurdles as of March 30, 2014, subject to a determination by the Compensation Committee of the Issuer's Board of Trustees (the "Compensation Committee") that such hurdles were met. The determination that these performance hurdles were met was made by the Compensation Commitee on April 2, 2014. |
10. Represents the number of LTIP Units "earned" as of April 2, 2014, based upon certain performance hurdles having been met by the issuer and the percentage of the Reporting Person's interest in the performance pool established by the Issuer under the Vornado Realty Trust 2012 Outperformance Plan ("2012 OPP"). |
11. Other than 99 LTIP Units to be issued to the reporting person under the Plan based upon a dividend accrual, earned LTIP Units will vest one-third on each of March 30, 2015, 2016 and 2017. |
/s/ Steven Santora, Attorney in Fact | 04/04/2014 | |
** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
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