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):  October 25, 2017
 
DUKE REALTY CORPORATION
DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)
 
Duke Realty Corporation:
Indiana
 
1-9044
 
35-1740409
(State of
 
(Commission
 
(IRS Employer
Formation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)
 
Duke Realty Limited Partnership:
Indiana
 
0-20625
 
35-1898425
(State of
 
(Commission
 
(IRS Employer
Formation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)
 
600 East 96th Street
Suite 100
Indianapolis, IN 46240
(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (317) 808-6000

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:
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
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Item 2.02.    Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On October 25, 2017, Duke Realty Corporation, an Indiana corporation (the “Company”), the sole general partner of Duke Realty Limited Partnership, an Indiana limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing its results of operations and financial condition for the quarter ended September 30, 2017. A copy of the Press Release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated into this Item 2.02 by this reference.

The information contained in this Item 2.02, including the related information set forth in the Press Release attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein, is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise. The information in this Item 2.02 shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or into any filing or other document pursuant to the Exchange Act, except as otherwise expressly stated in any such filing.

Item 5.02.    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On October 25, 2017, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) increased the size of the Board from eleven members to twelve members and, upon the recommendation of the Corporate Governance Committee, appointed Mr. David P. Stockert, who served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Post Properties, Inc. from 2002 to 2016, to the Board. Mr. Stockert will serve as a member of the Board until the 2018 annual meeting of shareholders of the Company or until his resignation or sooner removal and otherwise until his successor is elected and qualifies. The Company expects that the Board will appoint Mr. Stockert to a Board committee at a future meeting.

Effective upon appointment, Mr. Stockert became eligible to receive the standard compensation provided by the Company to its other non-employee directors, as most recently disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2017 annual meeting of shareholders. There is no arrangement pursuant to which Mr. Stockert was selected as a director, and there have been no transactions regarding Mr. Stockert that are required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

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

On October 25, 2017, the Board approved the amendment and restatement of the Company’s bylaws. The Company’s bylaws, as amended and restated, provide, among other things, that whenever the Board solicits proxies with respect to the election of directors at an annual meeting of shareholders, subject to certain requirements, a shareholder, or a group of up to 20 shareholders, owning three percent or more of the Company’s outstanding common stock continuously for at least three years can require the Company to include in its proxy materials for such annual meeting director nominations for up to the greater of (i) 20% of the number of




directors up for election , rounding down to nearest whole number, or (ii) two directors . In addition, Section 5.05 was removed from the bylaws, as amended and restated, because it is no longer applicable.

The foregoing summary of the Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text thereof, which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits
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*
The Press Release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is “furnished” and not “filed,” as described in Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.






SIGNATURES
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 thereunto duly authorized.
 
DUKE REALTY CORPORATION
 
 
 
By:
/s/ ANN C. DEE
 
 
Ann C. Dee
 
 
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 
DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
 
 
By: Duke Realty Corporation, its general partner
 
 
 
By:
/s/ ANN C. DEE
 
 
 
Ann C. Dee
 
 
 
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
 


Dated: October 26, 2017








EXHIBIT INDEX
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*    The Press Release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is “furnished” and not “filed,” as described in Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.


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