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):

 

May 2, 2006

 

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

 

Issuance of Series D-15 6.875% Preferred Units of Vornado Realty L.P.

 

On May 2, 2006, Vornado Realty L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), through which Vornado Realty Trust (the “Company”) conducts its business, sold 1,400,000 Series D-15 6.875% Preferred Units of limited partnership interest (the “Series D-15 Preferred Units”) to an institutional investor in a private placement exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Section 4(2) thereunder at a price of $25.00 per Series D-15 Preferred Unit.

 

In connection with that sale, the Company filed with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation Articles Supplementary classifying 1,400,000 of the Company’s authorized preferred shares of beneficial interest as Series D-15 6.875% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (liquidation preference $25.00 per share). A copy of the above-referenced Articles Supplementary is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

(c) Exhibits.

 

3.1           Articles Supplementary to Declaration of Trust with respect to the Series D-15 6.875% Preferred Shares.

 

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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: May 3, 2006

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

3.1                                 Articles Supplementary to Declaration of Trust with respect to the Series D-15 6.875% Preferred Shares..

 

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