UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Registrant | Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | |||
| Vornado Realty Trust | ||||||
| Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of beneficial interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share | ||||||
| Vornado Realty Trust | ||||||
| Vornado Realty Trust | ||||||
| Vornado Realty Trust |
| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
As a result of the ongoing impact of the COVID19 pandemic on Vornado Realty Trust (the “Company”), effective April 1, 2020, Steven Roth, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, waived 50% of his annual base salary for the remainder of 2020. In addition, effective April 1, 2020, Michael J. Franco, the Company’s President, and Joseph Macnow, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, have each waived 30% of their respective annual base salaries for the remainder of 2020. Also effective April 1, 2020, Glen J. Weiss, Co-Head of Real Estate, and Haim H. Chera, Executive Vice President – Head of Retail, have each waived 15% of their respective base salaries for the remainder of 2020. These changes were approved by the Compensation Committee of our Board of Trustees on April 18, 2020 and waivers of the applicable minimum base salary requirements in applicable employment agreements have been signed to address these reductions.
The base salary waivers referred to above will not modify other rights under the applicable employment agreements or otherwise that are determined by reference to base salary and such provisions will continue to be applied based on the stated base salary. Additionally, the reductions are not intended to reduce any of our employee benefits provided to the above-named officers that is determined by reference to base salary.
| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
Effective April 1, 2020, David R. Greenbaum, the Company’s Vice Chairman, and Barry J. Langer, the Company’s Co-Head of Real Estate, have each waived 30% and 15%, respectively, of their respective base salaries for the remainder of 2020.
In addition, effective April 1, 2020, each non-management member of our Board of Trustees agreed to forego his or her $75,000 annual cash retainer for the remainder of 2020.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
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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 20, 2020
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 20, 2020
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