8-K 1 lex8k.htm JUNE 12, 2007

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): June 12, 2007

 

LEXINGTON REALTY TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Maryland

1-12386

13-3717318

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

THE LEXINGTON MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware

0-50268

11-3636084

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

One Penn Plaza, Suite 4015, New York, New York

10119-4015

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

 

(212) 692-7200

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

(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 obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions

 

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On June 12, 2007, The Lexington Master Limited Partnership (the “Partnership”) entered into an Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Lex-Win Acquisition LLC (the “Operating Agreement”), among the Partnership, VII Wells Holdings, L.L.C. (“VII Wells”) and WRT Realty, L.P. (“WRT”). The business of Lex-Win Acquisition LLC (“Lex-Win”) is to acquire, through means of a tender offer or otherwise, own, hold, sell, transfer, hypothecate and ultimately dispose of shares of Wells Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. The membership interests in Lex-Win are equally owned by the Partnership, VII Wells and WRT. The Operating Agreement provides that Lex-Win will be the exclusive vehicle through which the members acquire interests in Wells Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. The affairs of Lex-Win are governed by a management committee consisting of one member appointed by each of the Partnership, VII Wells and WRT. Substantially all decisions to be made by Lex-Win require the consent of all members of the management committee.

 

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Operating Agreement, which will be attached as an exhibit to the Trust’s and the Partnership’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2007, which the Trust and the Partnership intend to file in August 2007.

 

Item 8.01.

Other Events.

 

On June 12, 2007, the Trust announced that Lex-Win enhanced its previously announced tender offer to increase the price per share to $9.30 and to increase the number of shares of Wells Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. being sought to 45,000,000.

 

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the press release issued June 12, 2007, which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

99.1

Press Release dated June 12, 2007

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Lexington Realty Trust

 

Date: June 18, 2007

By:

/s/ T. Wilson Eglin

 

T. Wilson Eglin

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

Exhibit Index

 

 

99.1

Press Release dated June 12, 2007