0001193805-16-004047.txt : 20161003 0001193805-16-004047.hdr.sgml : 20161003 20161003103826 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193805-16-004047 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160811 ITEM INFORMATION: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20160930 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20161003 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Winthrop Realty Liquidating Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000037008 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 346513657 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06249 FILM NUMBER: 161914817 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7 BULFINCH PLACE STREET 2: SUITE 500 PO BOX 9507 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02114 BUSINESS PHONE: 6175704614 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7 BULFINCH PLACE STREET 2: SUITE 500 PO BOX 9507 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02114 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Winthrop Realty Trust DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20051130 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST UNION REAL ESTATE EQUITY & MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST UNION REALTY DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19691012 8-K 1 e615454_8k-wrt.htm Unassociated Document
 
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) August 11, 2016
 
WINTHROP REALTY TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
  Ohio  
 
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  
 
001-06249   34-6513657
(Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
7 Bulfinch Place, Suite 500, P.O. Box 9507, Boston, Massachusetts
02114
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)
     
 
(617) 570-4614
  
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
n/a
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions

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Item 2.01                Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

On August 11, 2016, Winthrop Realty Liquidating Trust (the “Trust”), the successor to all of the registrant’s assets, sold its One East Erie office property in Chicago, Illinois.  After satisfying all closing costs associated with the sale, the Trust received an aggregate of approximately $46.8 million from the sale.  The amount received is consistent with the registrant’s most recently reported liquidation value attributable to this asset.

Also on August 11, 2016, the $11.0 million mezzanine loan held by the Trust’s Concord Debt Holdings venture, in which the Trust holds a two-thirds interest, indirectly secured by Waterfront Plaza, Honolulu, Hawaii was satisfied in full.  The amount received is consistent with the registrant’s most recently reported liquidation value attributable to this asset.

Item 8.01.               Other Events

As a result of the sale of One East Erie and the payoff of the Waterfront mezzanine loan, the Trust’s trustees approved a liquidating distribution of $1.00 per common beneficial interest in the Trust which was paid on August 23, 2016.  For tax purposes, no gain or loss was recognized on the property sale or the loan payoff and the liquidating distribution is considered a return of capital.

On August 11, 2016, the Trust issued a press release with respect to the transactions described in Item 2.01 and announcing the distribution described in this Item 8.01.  A copy of the Press Release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 8-K.
 
On August 11, 2015, the Trust filed a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing the items disclosed in this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 
Item 9.01                Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)           Exhibits

 
99.1
Press Release dated August 11, 2016
 
 
 
 

 
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 on this 30th day of September, 2016.
 
 
WINTHROP REALTY TRUST
  
       
 
By:
/s/ Carolyn Tiffany  
   
Carolyn Tiffany
  
   
Authorized Signatory
 
       
 
 
 
 EX-99.1 2 e615454_ex99-1.htm Unassociated Document
 
Contact at Winthrop Realty Liquidating Trust
Carolyn Tiffany
Investor or Media Inquiries
Phone: (617) 570-4614; e-mail: ctiffany@firstwinthrop.com
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 11, 2016

WINTHROP REALTY LIQUIDATING TRUST TO MAKE DISTRIBUTION OF $1.00 PER BENEFICIAL INTEREST
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One East Erie, Chicago, Illinois Property Sold-Waterfront Loan Satisfied

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, August 11, 2016—Winthrop Realty Liquidating Trust (the “Trust”) announced today the sale of its One East Erie office property located in Chicago, Illinois.  After satisfying all closing costs associated with the sale, the Trust received an aggregate of approximately $46.8 million from the sale.  The amount received is consistent with Winthrop Realty Trust’s most recently reported liquidation value attributable to this asset.

In addition, the $11.0 million mezzanine loan indirectly secured by Waterfront Plaza, Honolulu, Hawaii and held by the Trust’s Concord Debt Holdings venture, in which the Trust holds a two-thirds interest, was satisfied in full.  The amount received is consistent with Winthrop Realty Trust’s most recently reported liquidation value attributable to this asset.

As a result of the sale of One East Erie and the payoff of the Waterfront mezzanine loan, the Trust’s trustees have approved a liquidating distribution of $1.00 per common beneficial interest in the Trust payable in cash on or about August 23, 2016.  For tax purposes, no gain or loss was recognized on the property sale or the loan payoff and the liquidating distribution is considered a return of capital.

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About Winthrop Realty Liquidating Trust

Winthrop Realty Liquidating Trust was formed to continue the liquidation process of remaining assets held by Winthrop Realty Trust at August 5, 2016.  The Trust’s sole purpose is to continue to seek to sell these assets in an orderly fashion to maximize value to its beneficiaries.  Subject to certain exceptions related to transfer by will, intestate succession or operation of law, interests in the Trust are not transferable, nor do beneficiaries have authority or power to sell or in any other manner dispose of their interest in the Trust.  For more information about the Trust’s remaining assets, please visit our web-site at www.winthropreit.com.