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):
March 19, 2001
VORNADO REALTY TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Maryland (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
No. 001-11954 (Commission File Number) |
No. 22-1657560 (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 888 Seventh Avenue New York, New York (Address of Principal Executive offices) |
10019 (Zip Code) |
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
| Item 5. | Other Events. |
On March 19, 2001, Vornado Realty Trust issued a press release announcing that it had been unable to reach a final agreement at this time with the Port Authority of NY & NJ to conclude a net lease of the World Trade Center complex. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 7. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(c) Exhibits.
The following document is filed as an Exhibit to this report:
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated March 19, 2001. |
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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) |
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| By: | /s/ Joseph Macnow | ||
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Name: Title: |
Joseph Macnow Executive Vice President-Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer |
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Date: MARCH 22, 2001
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| 99.1 | Press Release, dated March 19, 2001. |
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Exhibit 99.1
| CONTACT: | JOSEPH MACNOW | |
| (201) 587-1000 |
| VORNADO LOGO 210 Route 4 East Paramus, NJ 07652 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — March 19, 2001
PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY, ……VORNADO REALTY TRUST (NYSE:VNO) announced today that it has been unable to reach a final agreement at this time with the Port Authority of NY & NJ to conclude a net lease of the World Trade Center Complex.
Vornado Realty Trust is a fully-integrated equity real estate investment trust.
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 Companies to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, uncertainties associated with the terms of the final contract and associated documents and related approval by the Port Authority Board.