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):
June 16, 2005

 

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

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

Incorporation)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

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.):

 

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Item 5.03 .                   Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

 

Public Offering of 6.750% Series H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares by Vornado Realty Trust

 

On June 17, 2005, Vornado Realty Trust (the “Company”) issued and sold 4,500,000 of its 6.750% Series H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares at $25.00 per share, (which included 500,000 shares pursuant to a 600,000 share over-allotment option granted to the underwriters) in an underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement.  The Company has granted to the underwriters of the public offering an option for 30 days from June 10, 2005 to purchase up to an additional 100,000 Series H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares to cover over-allotments.  In connection with the sale, the Company caused Articles Supplementary classifying 4,600,000 of the Company’s authorized preferred shares of beneficial interest as Series H 6.750% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (liquidation preference $25.00 per share) to be executed under seal in its name and filed with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation on June 16, 2005.  A copy of the above-referenced Articles Supplementary was filed as Exhibit 3.32 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated June 16, 2005, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The Series H Preferred Shares will rank senior to the Company’s common shares and any other junior shares that the Company may issue in the future, and on parity with the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Shares, Series D-10 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares and any other parity shares that the Company may issue in the future, in each case with respect to payment of dividends and distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, all as set forth in the Articles Supplementary attached as an exhibit hereto.

 

Item 8.01                         Other Events.

 

Public Offering of 6.750% Series H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares by Vornado Realty Trust

 

On June 17, 2005, the Company issued and sold 4,500,000 of its 6.750% Series H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares at $25.00 per share, (which included 500,000 shares pursuant to a 600,000 share over-allotment option granted to the underwriters) in an underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement.  In connection with the offering, the Company and the Operating Partnership entered into an underwriting agreement with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., UBS Securities LLC and Wachovia Securities, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters.  A copy of that underwriting agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and incorporated herein by reference.  The press releases issued in connection with this underwritten transaction are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01                         Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

 

(c) Exhibits.

 

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1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement, dated June 10, 2005, among Vornado Realty Trust, Vornado Realty L.P. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., UBS Securities LLC and Wachovia Securities, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters.

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release, dated June 13, 2005

 

 

 

99.2

 

Press Release, dated June 17, 2005

 

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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/ Joseph Macnow

 

 

 

Name:

Joseph Macnow

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President
- Finance and Administration and
Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: June 21, 2005

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement, dated June 10, 2005, among Vornado Realty Trust, Vornado Realty L.P. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., UBS Securities LLC and Wachovia Securities, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters.

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release, dated June 13, 2005

 

 

 

99.2

 

Press Release, dated June 17, 2005

 

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