0001209191-17-021674.txt : 20170320 0001209191-17-021674.hdr.sgml : 20170320 20170320155821 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-17-021674 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170316 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170320 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170320 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LIBERTY PROPERTY TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000921112 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 237768996 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 CHESTERFIELD PARKWAY CITY: MALVERN STATE: PA ZIP: 19355 BUSINESS PHONE: 6106481700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 CHESTERFIELD PARKWAY CITY: MALVERN STATE: PA ZIP: 19355 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ROUSE & ASSOCIATES PROPERTY TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940421 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PAPA CHRISTOPHER J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001271836 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13130 FILM NUMBER: 17701382 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4401 NORTHSIDE PARKWAY STREET 2: SUITE 800 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30327 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2017-03-16 0 0000921112 LIBERTY PROPERTY TRUST LRY 0001271836 PAPA CHRISTOPHER J C/O LIBERTY PROPERTY TRUST 500 CHESTERFIELD PARKWAY MALVERN PA 19355 0 1 0 0 Exec. Vice President and CFO Common Shares of Beneficial Interest ($0.001 par value) 2017-03-16 4 A 0 1569 38.25 A 24540 D Common Shares of Beneficial Interest ($0.001 par value) 2017-03-16 4 F 0 503 38.25 D 24037 D The stock acquired reflects the election by the reporting person to receive common shares in lieu of cash for all or part of annual performance bonus compensation for 2016, consistent with a policy adopted by the Trust's Compensation Committee with respect to employee annual performance bonus compensation. By making such election, the reporting person received shares equal to 120% of the cash value of such bonus or portion thereof, less applicable withholding tax (the "Bonus Value"). The reporting person received the number of common shares able to be purchased with the dollar amount of the Bonus Value based on the closing price per share of the common shares on March 16, 2017 ($38.25). Consists of shares withheld in payment of income taxes with respect to the common shares received in lieu of cash for all or part of annual performance bonus compensation for 2016. Christopher J. Papa by Herman C. Fala as Attorney-in-Fact 2017-03-20 EX-24.4_713067 2 poa.txt POA DOCUMENT LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Herman C. Fala and Mary Beth Morrissey, signing singly, 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 Liberty Property Trust (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; (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, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, 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, 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 of 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 1st day of June 2016. By: /s/ Christopher J. Papa ----------------------- Christopher J. Papa