0001021408-01-509087.txt : 20011101 0001021408-01-509087.hdr.sgml : 20011101 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001021408-01-509087 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20011031 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ARCHSTONE COMMUNITIES TRUST/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000080737 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 746056896 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-04254 FILM NUMBER: 1771543 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7777 MARKET CENTER AVE STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: EL PASO STATE: TX ZIP: 79912 BUSINESS PHONE: 3037085959 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7670 SOUTH CHESTER ST CITY: ENGLEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80012 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EL PASO REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19700108 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PROPERTY TRUST OF AMERICA DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SECURITY CAPITAL PACIFIC TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950417 8-A12G 1 d8a12g.txt FORM 8-A SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 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 ARCHSTONE-SMITH OPERATING TRUST -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Maryland 74-6056896 --------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ (State of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 7670 South Chester Street, Suite 100 Englewood, Colorado 80112 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) If this form relates to the registration of a class of If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following please check the following box. [_] box. [X]
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-64540 Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of Each Class Name of Each Exchange on Which to be so Registered Each Class is to be Registered ------------------- ------------------------------ N/A N/A Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Class A-1 Common Units -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class) Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to Be Registered A complete description of the Class A-1 Common Units of the Registrant are contained under the caption "DESCRIPTION OF ARCHSTONE SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST" in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus forming a part of the Form S-4 Registration Statement, as amended (File No. 333-64540), filed by the Registrant and Archstone-Smith Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Such description is hereby incorporated by reference. Item 2. Exhibits A list of exhibits filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference is set forth on the Index to Exhibits which is incorporated herein by reference. 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. Date: October 31, 2001 ARCHSTONE-SMITH OPERATING TRUST By: /s/ R. Scot Sellers ------------------------------------ Name: R. Scot Sellers Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer INDEX TO EXHIBITS ----------------- Exhibit Number Description of Document ------- ----------------------- 1.1 Form of Archstone-Smith Operating Trust Class A-1 Common Unit certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.11 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-64540)). 2.1 Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of Archstone-Smith Operating Trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1(b) to Archstone Communities Trust's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 19, 2001) 2.2 Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of Archstone-Smith Operating Trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1(c) to Archstone Communities Trust's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 19, 2001)