aat-20210727

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


Name of Registrant	Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
American Assets Trust, Inc.	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	AAT	New York Stock Exchange

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On July 27, 2021, American Assets Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release regarding its financial results for the quarter ending June 30, 2021. Also on July 27, 2021, the Company made available on the "Investors" page of its website at www.americanassetstrust.com certain supplemental information concerning the Company’s financial results and operations for the quarter ending June 30, 2021. Copies of the press release and supplemental information are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively.

Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, are being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 and shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Such information shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arranges of Certain Officers.

On July 23, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Adam Wyll to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Wyll has served as the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since November 2019 and as the Company’s Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from the Company's initial public offering in January 2011 until November 2019. Mr. Wyll holds a doctorate of jurisprudence degree from the University of Texas at Austin, School of Law and bachelor of business administration degree in finance from the University of Texas at Austin, School of Business. Ernest Rady will continue to serve as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

As discussed in Item 2.02 above, the Company issued a press release regarding its financial results for the quarter ending June 30, 2021 and made available on its website certain supplement information relating thereto.

The information being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Such information shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.


Exhibit Number						Exhibit Description
99.1**						Press release issued by American Assets Trust, Inc. on July 27, 2021.
99.2**						American Assets Trust, Inc. Supplemental Information for the quarter ended June 30, 2021.
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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.


	American Assets Trust, Inc.
	By:	/s/ Robert F. Barton
	Robert F. Barton Executive Vice President, CFO
July 27, 2021


Maryland	001-35030	27-3338708
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)