UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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):
April 8, 2019
VORNADO REALTY TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Maryland | No. 001-11954 | No. 22-1657560 | ||
(State or Other | (Commission | (IRS Employer | ||
Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) | ||
VORNADO REALTY L.P.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware | No. 001-34482 | No. 13-3925979 | ||
(State or Other | (Commission | (IRS Employer | ||
Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) | ||
888 Seventh Avenue New York, New York | 10019 | |
(Address of Principal Executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 894-7000
Former name or former address, if changed since last report: N/A
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On April 8, 2019, Vornado Realty Trust (the "Company"), the general partner of Vornado Realty L.P., issued a press release announcing that the Company released its 2018 Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) report. The ESG report is posted on the Company's website under the “Sustainability” page. The press release and the ESG report are attached as Exhibit 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein solely for purposes of this Item 7.01 disclosure.
Exhibit 99.1 and 99.2 hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Vornado Realty Trust or Vornado Realty L.P. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) | Exhibits. |
The following exhibit is being furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:
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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.
VORNADO REALTY TRUST | |||
(Registrant) | |||
By: | /s/ Matthew Iocco | ||
Name: | Matthew Iocco | ||
Title: | Chief Accounting Officer (duly authorized officer and principal accounting officer) | ||
Date: April 8, 2019
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.
VORNADO REALTY L.P. | |||
(Registrant) | |||
By: | VORNADO REALTY TRUST, | ||
Sole General Partner | |||
By: | /s/ Matthew Iocco | ||
Name: | Matthew Iocco | ||
Title: | Chief Accounting Officer of Vornado Realty Trust, sole General Partner of Vornado Realty L.P. (duly authorized officer and principal accounting officer) | ||
Date: April 8, 2019
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Exhibit 99.1
April 8, 2019
Vornado Releases 2018 Environmental, Social, & Governance Report
NEW YORK…..VORNADO REALTY TRUST (NYSE: VNO) announced today that it released its 2018 Environmental, Social, & Governance (“ESG”) report on April 5, 2019.
This report is the tenth annual report highlighting Vornado’s industry-leading accomplishments in sustainability, and provides key metrics on the Company’s ESG priorities. Vornado’s accomplishments in 2018 include scoring in the top 6 percent of over 800 respondents to the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB); being honored for the 9th consecutive year as a Leader in the Light by the National Association for Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT); earning Fitwel 2-star certification at theMART building in Chicago; and being recognized as an EPA ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year, with the Sustained Excellence distinction.
Our sustainability report, along with expanded information on Vornado’s ESG programs, can be found on the company website located at www.vno.com.
Vornado Realty Trust is a fully-integrated equity real estate investment trust.
CONTACT:
JOSEPH MACNOW
(212) 894-7000
Certain statements contained herein may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. For a discussion of factors that could materially affect the outcome of our forward-looking statements and our future results and financial condition, see “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. Such factors include, among others, risks associated with the timing of and costs associated with property improvements, financing commitments and general competitive factors.
