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): July 20, 2011

DUKE REALTY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Indiana		1-9044		35-1740409
(State of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer 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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Item 5.03.

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

On July 20, 2011, Duke Realty Corporation (the “Company”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana Articles of Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the “Articles”). The effective date of the Amendment was July 20, 2011, and the purpose of the Amendment was to remove from the Articles that exhibit designating and setting forth the rights of the Company’s previously issued Series N Preferred Stock, which has since been redeemed in full and no shares of which series are any longer outstanding. In accordance with Indiana law and the Company’s organizational documents, the shares of each such redeemed series of preferred shares shall again become authorized but unissued preferred shares, available for issuance by the Company.

Pursuant to General Instruction F to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Current Report on Form 8-K, the Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1, and is incorporated into this Item 5.03 by this reference.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 (d) Exhibits.

 

3.1	Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Duke Realty Corporation, deleting Exhibit E and de-designating the related Series N Preferred Shares, effective July 20, 2011.

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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.

 

Date:  July 22, 2011