Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 5, 2020 (August 3, 2020)

CoreSite Realty Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland

001-34877

27-1925611

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1001 17th Street, Suite 500

Denver, CO

(Address of principal executive offices)

80202

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (866) 777-2673

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class		Trading Symbol		Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share		COR		New York Stock Exchange

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).

Emerging growth company

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. ¨

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On August 3, 2020, CoreSite Realty Corporation (the “Company”), CoreSite, L.P., and certain investment funds affiliated with The Carlyle Group (the “Selling Stockholders”) entered into an underwriting agreement with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (the “Underwriter”) in connection with the offer and sale by the Selling Stockholders of 230,172 shares of the Company’s common stock. The offering is scheduled to close on August 5, 2020, subject to customary closing conditions.

The offering was made pursuant to a shelf registration statement declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 11, 2011 (File No. 333-177052), a base prospectus, dated October 11, 2011, included as part of the registration statement, and a prospectus supplement, dated August 3, 2020, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company is filing as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K an opinion of Venable LLP regarding certain matters of Maryland law, including the validity of the shares of common stock to be sold in the offering.

The foregoing description of the underwriting agreement is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of the underwriting agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
1.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated August 3, 2020, among the Company, CoreSite, L.P., the Selling Stockholders and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as Underwriter
5.1		Opinion of Venable LLP
23.1		Consent of Venable LLP (contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

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.

Dated: August 5, 2020