Current Report Filing (8-k)
May 05 2016 - 5:41PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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):
April
29, 2016
Gramercy Property Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
its Charter)
Maryland
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001-35933
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56-2466617
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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521 Fifth Avenue, 30th Floor, New York,
New York, 10175
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(212) 297-1000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including
Area Code)
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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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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On April 30,
2016, GPT Operating Partnership LP (the “Operating Partnership”), the operating partnership of Gramercy Property
Trust (the “Company”), completed an exchange of (i) an aggregate of 1,204,769 Class A Units of the Operating
Partnership (“OP Units”) with twenty-four third parties for an equivalent number of Class A Units of GPT Property
Trust LP (which is a subsidiary of the Company) (the “Legacy OP”) held by such third parties and (ii) an
aggregate of 2,392,350 LTIP Units of the Operating Partnership (the “LTIP Units”) with certain executives of the
Company for an equivalent number of LTIP Units of the Legacy OP held by such executives (collectively, the
“Exchange”). The Exchange was consummated to simplify the tax and organizational structure of the Company
following the previously completed merger of Gramercy Property Trust Inc. (“Legacy Gramercy”) with the Company in
December of 2015 (the “Merger”). The Exchange of the OP Units and LTIP Units was completed on a 3.1898-for-1
basis, which is the same exchange ratio used to convert the Legacy Gramercy common stock into common shares of beneficial
interest of the Company (“common shares”) in the Merger. Following the Exchange, the Company will
treat the Operating Partnership as a continuation of the Legacy OP for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Prior
to and in order to facilitate the Exchange, on April 29, 2016, the Operating Partnership entered into the Fourth Amended and Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership. The amendment and restatement incorporates the previous amendments
to the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, deletes references to the Class B Interests (which had previously
been redeemed), and makes other correctional and conforming changes. In addition, the amendment and restatement creates the LTIP
Units included in the Exchange. As with the LTIP Units of the Legacy OP, the LTIP Units are a class of partnership units
that are intended to qualify as “profits interests” in the
Operating Partnership
for federal income tax purposes. Subject to certain conditions, including vesting, at the election of the holder, each vested LTIP
Unit is convertible into one OP Unit. Each OP Unit (including the OP Units underlying the LTIP Units) will be redeemable at the
election of the OP Unit holder for (i) cash equal to the then fair market value of one share of the Company’s common shares
or (ii) at the option of the Company in its capacity as general partner of the Operating Partnership, one share of the Company’s
common shares
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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GRAMERCY PROPERTY TRUST
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By:
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/s/ Jon W. Clark
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Jon W. Clark
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Chief Financial Officer
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Date: May 5, 2016
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