0001123292-14-000581.txt : 20140623 0001123292-14-000581.hdr.sgml : 20140623 20140602175907 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001123292-14-000581 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140523 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140602 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140602 ISSUER: 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 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 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Corl James Scott CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001310222 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09317 FILM NUMBER: 14885390 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O COHEN & STEERS, INC STREET 2: 280 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 3 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0206 3 2014-05-23 1 0000803649 CommonWealth REIT CWH 0001310222 Corl James Scott C/O COMMONWEALTH REIT TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 600 CHICAGO IL 60606 0 0 0 1 Trustee Exhibit 24: Power of Attorney /s/ James S. Corl 2014-06-02 EX-24 2 corlpoa.htm Unassociated Document
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Orrin S. Shifrin and Brooke Kenevan, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)              execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or trustee of CommonWealth REIT (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned’s ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company;

(2)              do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)              take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, and in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 29th day of May, 2014.



  /s/ James C. Corl
  Name: James C. Corl