As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2012

Registration No. 333-100630

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2

TO

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

 

FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC.		FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)		(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland		Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
36-3935116		36-3924586
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

311 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 3900

Chicago, Illinois 60606

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P. 401(k) PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

 

 

 

Bruce W. Duncan		With copies to:
President and Chief Executive Officer		Howard A. Nagelberg
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.		William E. Turner II
311 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 3900		James R. Whitney
Chicago, Illinois, 60606		Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP
(Name and address of agent for service)		200 W. Madison St., Suite 3900
(312) 344-4300		Chicago, Illinois, 60606
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)		(312) 984-3100

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer		x		Accelerated filer		¨
Non-accelerated filer		¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)		Smaller reporting company		¨

 

 

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 (“Amendment No. 2”) relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-100630) filed by First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) and First Industrial, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”) on October 18, 2002, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto filed on June 27, 2003 (the “Registration Statement”), to register 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) for issuance under the First Industrial, L.P. 401(k) Plan (the “Plan”).

The offering of Common Stock contemplated by the Registration Statement has been terminated. Accordingly, pursuant to an undertaking made in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any shares of Common Stock which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the registrant hereby removes from registration all shares of Common Stock registered under the Registration Statement which remain unissued as of the filing of this Amendment No. 2.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements of filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunder duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on December 20, 2012.