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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315066-19-001285
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
FILED AS OF DATE: 20190213
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190213
SUBJECT COMPANY:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc.
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001042776
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: OPERATORS OF NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS [6512]
IRS NUMBER: 582328421
STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-80150
FILM NUMBER: 19595097
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 5565 GLENRIDGE CONNECTOR
STREET 2: STE 450
CITY: ATLANTA
STATE: GA
ZIP: 30342
BUSINESS PHONE: 7704188800
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 5565 GLENRIDGE CONNECTOR
STREET 2: STE 450
CITY: ATLANTA
STATE: GA
ZIP: 30342
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WELLS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST INC
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980515
FILED BY:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FMR LLC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000315066
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
IRS NUMBER: 043532603
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 245 SUMMER STREET
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02210
BUSINESS PHONE: 6175706339
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 245 SUMMER STREET
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02210
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FMR CORP
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920717
SC 13G/A
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filing.txt
SCHEDULE 13G
Amendment No. 9
PIEDMONT OFFICE RLTY TR INC
COMMON STOCK
Cusip #720190206
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this
Schedule is filed:
[x] Rule 13d-1(b)
[ ] Rule 13d-1(c)
[ ] Rule 13d-1(d)
Cusip #720190206
Item 1: Reporting Person - FMR LLC
Item 2: (a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
Item 4: Delaware
Item 5: 2,782,008
Item 6: 0
Item 7: 4,634,984
Item 8: 0
Item 9: 4,634,984
Item 11: 3.610%
Item 12: HC
Cusip #720190206
Item 1: Reporting Person - Abigail P. Johnson
Item 2: (a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
Item 4: United States of America
Item 5: 0
Item 6: 0
Item 7: 4,634,984
Item 8: 0
Item 9: 4,634,984
Item 11: 3.610%
Item 12: IN
Item 1(a). Name of Issuer:
PIEDMONT OFFICE RLTY TR INC
Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
5565 Glenridge Connector, Ste 450
Atlanta, GA 30342
US
Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing:
FMR LLC
Item 2(b). Address or Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:
245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210
Item 2(c). Citizenship:
Not applicable
Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities:
COMMON STOCK
Item 2(e). CUSIP Number:
720190206
Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) or (c)
and the person filing, FMR LLC, is a parent holding company in accordance with
Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G). (Note: See Exhibit A).
Item 4. Ownership
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 4,634,984
(b) Percent of Class: 3.610%
(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 2,782,008
(ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0
(iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 4,634,984
(iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date
hereof, the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more
than five percent of the class of securities, check the following (X).
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
One or more other persons are known to have the right to receive or the power
to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the
COMMON STOCK of PIEDMONT OFFICE RLTY TR INC. No one other person's interest in
the COMMON STOCK of PIEDMONT OFFICE RLTY TR INC is more than five percent of
the total outstanding COMMON STOCK.
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the
Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.
See attached Exhibit A.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
Not applicable.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Certifications.
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief,
the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary
course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of
or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the
securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a
participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.
Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
February 13, 2019
Date
/s/ Kevin M. Meagher
Signature
Kevin M. Meagher
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of September 28, 2018, by
and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries*
* This power of attorney is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 24 to
the Schedule 13G filed by FMR LLC on October 9, 2018, accession number:
0000315066-18-002414.
Exhibit A
Pursuant to the instructions in Item 7 of Schedule 13G, the following table
lists the identity and Item 3 classification, if applicable, of each relevant
entity that beneficially owns shares of the security class being reported on
this Schedule 13G.
Entity ITEM 3 Classification
FIAM LLC IA
Fidelity Institutional Asset Management Trust Company BK
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY IA
FMR CO., INC IA
STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC IA
Abigail P. Johnson is a Director, the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer
of FMR LLC.
Members of the Johnson family, including Abigail P. Johnson, are the
predominant owners, directly or through trusts, of Series B voting common
shares of FMR LLC, representing 49% of the voting power of FMR LLC. The
Johnson family group and all other Series B shareholders have entered into a
shareholders' voting agreement under which all Series B voting common shares
will be voted in accordance with the majority vote of Series B voting common
shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of voting common shares and the
execution of the shareholders' voting agreement, members of the Johnson family
may be deemed, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a controlling
group with respect to FMR LLC.
Neither FMR LLC nor Abigail P. Johnson has the sole power to vote or direct
the voting of the shares owned directly by the various investment companies
registered under the Investment Company Act ("Fidelity Funds") advised by
Fidelity Management & Research Company ("FMR Co"), a wholly owned subsidiary
of FMR LLC, which power resides with the Fidelity Funds' Boards of Trustees.
FMR Co carries out the voting of the shares under written guidelines
established by the Fidelity Funds' Boards of Trustees.
This filing reflects the securities beneficially owned, or that may be deemed
to be beneficially owned, by FMR LLC, certain of its subsidiaries and
affiliates, and other companies (collectively, the "FMR Reporters"). This
filing does not reflect securities, if any, beneficially owned by certain
other companies whose beneficial ownership of securities is disaggregated from
that of the FMR Reporters in accordance with Securities and Exchange
Commission Release No. 34-39538 (January 12, 1998).
RULE 13d-1(k)(1) AGREEMENT
The undersigned persons, on February 13, 2019, agree and consent to the joint
filing on their behalf of this Schedule 13G in connection with their
beneficial ownership of the COMMON STOCK of PIEDMONT OFFICE RLTY TR INC at
December 31, 2018.
FMR LLC
By /s/ Kevin M. Meagher
Kevin M. Meagher
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of September 28, 2018, by
and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries*
Abigail P. Johnson
By /s/ Kevin M. Meagher
Kevin M. Meagher
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of September 30, 2018, by
and on behalf of Abigail P. Johnson*
* This power of attorney is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 24 to
the Schedule 13G filed by FMR LLC on October 9, 2018, accession number:
0000315066-18-002414.