0001104659-11-032406.txt : 20110531 0001104659-11-032406.hdr.sgml : 20110530 20110531172333 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-11-032406 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110531 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110531 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CommonWealth REIT 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-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09317 FILM NUMBER: 11882544 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NEWTON PLACE STREET 2: 255 WASHINGTON STREET CITY: NEWTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02458 BUSINESS PHONE: 6177968350 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NEWTON PLACE STREET 2: 255 WASHINGTON STREET CITY: NEWTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02458 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 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HEALTH & REHABILITATION PROPERTIES TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-A12B 1 a11-13010_58a12b.htm 8-A12B

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

COMMONWEALTH REIT

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Maryland

 

04-6558834

(State of Incorporation or Organization)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

Two Newton Place, 255 Washington Street, Suite 300, Newton, Massachusetts

 

02458

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

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

 

Title of each class
to be so registered

 

Name of each exchange on which
each class is to be registered

7¼% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, par value $.01 per share

 

New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:  None.

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box: x

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box: o

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-159995

 

 

 


 

Item 1.  Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

A description of the 7¼% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, $0.01 par value per share (the “Series E Preferred Shares”), of CommonWealth REIT (the “Registrant”) is contained in the Prospectus dated June 15, 2009 (File No. 333-159995), under the caption “Description of Shares of Beneficial Interest” on pages 11 through 21 thereof, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement dated May 26, 2011, under the caption “Description of the Series E Preferred Shares” on pages S-10 through S-19 thereof, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Such Prospectus, as so supplemented, is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.  Exhibits.

 

The following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement:

 

Exhibit

 

 

Number

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

1.1

 

Composite Copy of Third Amendment and Restatement of Declaration of Trust of the Registrant, dated July 1, 1994, as amended to date. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated July 21, 2010.)

1.2

 

Articles Supplementary, dated November 4, 1994. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 27, 1998.)

1.3

 

Articles Supplementary, dated May 13, 1997. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 27, 1998.)

1.4

 

Articles Supplementary, dated May 22, 1998. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 27, 1998.)

1.5

 

Articles Supplementary, dated May 10, 2000. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2000.)

1.6

 

Articles Supplementary, dated September 6, 2002. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002.)

1.7

 

Articles Supplementary, dated June 17, 2003. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated January 7, 2004.)

1.8

 

Articles Supplementary, dated January 7, 2004. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 7, 2004.)

1.9

 

Articles Supplementary, dated March 16, 2005. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 16, 2005.)

1.10

 

Articles Supplementary, dated September 12, 2005. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 12, 2005.)

1.11

 

Articles Supplementary, dated February 3, 2006. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 2, 2006.)

1.12

 

Articles Supplementary, dated October 10, 2006. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 10, 2006.)

1.13

 

Articles Supplementary, dated December 29, 2006. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 29, 2006.)

1.14

 

Articles Supplementary, dated October 16, 2007. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 16, 2007.)

1.15

 

Articles Supplementary, dated May 31, 2011. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 26, 2011.)

1.16

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, as of June 30, 2010. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 6, 2010.)

 

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1.17

 

Form of Common Share Certificate. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 17, 2010.)

1.18

 

Form of 71/8% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Share Certificate. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 17, 2010.)

1.19

 

Form of 61/2% Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Share Certificate. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 17, 2010.)

1.20

 

Form of 7¼% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Share Certificate. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 26, 2011.)

1.21

 

Renewed Rights Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2004, between the Registrant and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 10, 2004.)

1.22

 

Appointment of Successor Rights Agent, dated as of December 13, 2004, between the Registrant and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 13, 2004.)

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

 

COMMONWEALTH REIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: May 26, 2011

By:

/s/ John C. Popeo

 

 

John C. Popeo

 

 

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

 

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