0000803649-18-000051.txt : 20180820 0000803649-18-000051.hdr.sgml : 20180820 20180820070206 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000803649-18-000051 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180820 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20180820 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180820 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Equity Commonwealth CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000803649 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 046558834 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09317 FILM NUMBER: 181027085 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA STREET 2: SUITE 2100 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 BUSINESS PHONE: 312.646.2800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA STREET 2: SUITE 2100 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CommonWealth REIT DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100702 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HRPT PROPERTIES TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980701 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HEALTH & RETIREMENT PROPERTIES TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940811 8-K 1 eqc8knewlease.htm 8-K Document


 

 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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 20, 2018
 
EQUITY COMMONWEALTH
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Maryland
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
1-9317
 
04-6558834
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
Two North Riverside Plaza,
Suite 2100, Chicago, IL
 
60606
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
(312) 646-2800
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
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:
 
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
 
 




 
Item 8.01. Other Events.

On August 17, 2018, a subsidiary of Equity Commonwealth entered into a new 16-year lease with an affiliate of Amazon.com, Inc., for over 400,000 square feet at 333 108th Ave. NE in Bellevue, WA. The lease includes all of the building’s office space and commences in 2020.


Regulation FD Disclosures
We intend to use any of the following to comply with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD: press releases, SEC filings, public conference calls, or our website. We routinely post important information on our website at www.eqcre.com, including information that may be deemed to be material. We encourage investors and others interested in the company to monitor these distribution channels for material disclosures.




 

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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.
 
 
EQUITY COMMONWEALTH
 
By:
/s/ Orrin S. Shifrin
 
Name:
Orrin S. Shifrin
 
Title:
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
 
 
Date: August 20, 2018
 
 
 

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