Form 8-K

 

 

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 16, 2009

 

 

DUKE REALTY CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Indiana   1-9044   35-1740409

(State or other Jurisdiction

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 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On April 16, 2009, Duke Realty Corporation (the “Company”) and Duke Realty Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”) entered into a Terms Agreement (including the related Underwriting Agreement, dated as of April 16, 2009, attached as Annex A thereto and made a part thereof, the “Terms Agreement”) with the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Underwriters agreed to purchase from the Company an aggregate of 75,210,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value (the “Common Stock”) (including 9,810,000 shares issued pursuant to the Underwriters over-allotment option). The shares of Common Stock were registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-136173) (as may be amended and/or supplemented, the “Registration Statement”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

Pursuant to General Instruction F to the Commission’s Form 8-K, a copy of the Terms Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Report”), and the Terms Agreement is incorporated into this Item 1.01 by this reference.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On April 21, 2009, the Company completed the issuance and sale of 75,210,000 shares of its Common Stock pursuant to the Terms Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Report.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed with this Report pursuant to Item 601 of the Commission’s Regulation S-K in lieu of filing the otherwise required exhibits to the Registration Statement. This Report is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, and, as such, the Company is filing the following exhibits to cause them to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement as exhibits thereto. By filing this Report, and the exhibits hereto, however, the Company does not believe that any of the information set forth herein or in the exhibits hereto represent, either individually or in the aggregate, a “fundamental change” (as such term is used in Item 512(a)(1)(ii) of the Commission’s Regulation S-K) in the information set forth in, and incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement.

 

Exhibit

Number

   

Description

  1.1    Terms Agreement, dated as of April 16, 2009 (including the related Underwriting Agreement, dated as of April 16, 2009, and attached as Annex A thereto), by and among the Company, the Operating Partnership, and the several Undewriters named therein.
  5.1    Legal Opinion of Alston & Bird LLP.
  8.1    Tax Opinion of Alston & Bird LLP.
23.1    Consent of Alston & Bird LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2    Consent of Alston & Bird LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1).
99.1    Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution (as required by Item 14 of Part II of Form S-3).

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

  DUKE REALTY CORPORATION
April 21, 2009   By:  

/s/ Howard L. Feinsand

  Name:   Howard L. Feinsand
  Title:   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary