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0000950134-06-012963.txt : 20060710 0000950134-06-012963.hdr.sgml : 20060710 20060710172643 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950134-06-012963 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060710 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20060710 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060710 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ARCHSTONE SMITH OPERATING TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000080737 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 900042860 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-10272 FILM NUMBER: 06954665 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9200 E PANORAMA CIRCLE STREET 2: STE 400 CITY: ENGLEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80112 BUSINESS PHONE: 3037085959 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9200 E PANORAMA CIRCLE CITY: ENGLEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80012 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ARCHSTONE COMMUNITIES TRUST/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980707 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SECURITY CAPITAL PACIFIC TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950417 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PROPERTY TRUST OF AMERICA DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 d37737e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk

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): July 10, 2006

ARCHSTONE-SMITH OPERATING TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


Maryland (State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation)		1-10272 (Commission File Number)		90-0042860 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


9200 E. Panorama Circle, Suite 400, Englewood, Colorado		80112

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code): (303) 708-5959

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 obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):


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))

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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS
ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
SIGNATURES
Exhibit Index
Letter from KPMG LLP
Consent of KPMG LLP

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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS

Archstone-Smith Operating Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust, herewith files the letter of KPMG LLP and the consent of KPMG LLP attached hereto as Exhibit 15.1 and Exhibit 23.1.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.

Not applicable.

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

Not applicable.

Exhibit 15.1 Letter from KPMG LLP

Exhibit 23.1 Consent of KPMG LLP

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Trust has duly caused this report to be filed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


	ARCHSTONE-SMITH OPERATING TRUST
	By:	/s/ Thomas S. Reif
Dated: July 10, 2006		Name:	Thomas S. Reif
		Title:	Group Vice President and Assistant General Counsel

Exhibit Index


Exhibit No.		Description
15.1		Letter from KPMG LLP

23.1		Consent of KPMG LLP

EX-15.1 2 d37737exv15w1.htm LETTER FROM KPMG LLP exv15w1

Exhibit 15.1

The Board of Trustees
Archstone-Smith Trust:

With respect to Archstone-Smith Operating Trust’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-133285), we acknowledge our awareness of the use therein of our report dated May 9, 2006, related to our review of interim financial information.

Pursuant to Rule 436 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act), such report is not considered a part of a registration statement prepared or certified by an accountant, or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Denver, Colorado

July 10, 2006

EX-23.1 3 d37737exv23w1.htm CONSENT OF KPMG LLP exv23w1

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Trustees
Archstone-Smith Operating Trust:

We consent to the use of our reports dated March 9, 2006, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Archstone-Smith Trust and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders’ equity and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2005, and all related financial statement schedules, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005 incorporated by reference in Archstone-Smith Operating Trust’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-133285) and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus supplements to the prospectus contained therein.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Denver, Colorado

July 10, 2006

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