SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

 

VORNADO REALTY TRUST 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Maryland
(State of Incorporation or Organization)
  22-1657560
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
     
888 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  10019
(Zip Code)

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class to be so Registered   Name of Each Exchange on Which Each Class is
to be Registered
     
5.25% Series N Cumulative Redeemable Preferred
Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation
preference $25.00 per share, no par value per
share
  New York Stock Exchange

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. x

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. ¨

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ¨

 

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering Statement file number to which this form relates: 333-224104

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

information required in registration statement

 

Item 1.  Description of registrant’s securities
to be registered

 

A description of the 5.25% Series N Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, which are to be registered under this registration statement, is contained under the caption “Description of the Series N Preferred Shares” in the Prospectus Supplement, dated November 19, 2020, to the Prospectus, dated April 3, 2018, constituting a part of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-224104) of Vornado Realty Trust, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This description and the related information contained under the caption “Description of Shares of Beneficial Interest of Vornado Realty Trust -- Description of Preferred Shares of Vornado Realty Trust” in the Prospectus, dated April 3, 2018, are incorporated by reference into this registration statement, and any description included in a form of prospectus supplement subsequently filed by Vornado under Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act will be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement.

 

Item 2.  Exhibits

 

The exhibits to this registration statement are listed in the Exhibit Index below.

 

Exhibit Index

 

EXHIBIT
NO.
DESCRIPTION
   
3.1 Articles of Restatement of Vornado Realty Trust, as filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on July 30, 2007 – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.75 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 (File No. 001-11954), filed on July 31, 2007.
   
3.2 Articles Supplementary Classifying Vornado Realty Trust’s 5.70% Series K Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, no par value – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11954), filed on July 18, 2012.
   
3.3 Articles Supplementary Classifying Vornado Realty Trust’s 5.40% Series L Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, no par value – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11954), filed on January 25, 2013.
   
3.4 Articles Supplementary Classifying Vornado Realty Trust’s 5.25% Series M Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, no par value – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11954), filed on December 13, 2017.

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT
NO.
DESCRIPTION
   
3.5 Articles Supplementary Classifying Vornado Realty Trust’s 5.25% Series N Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, no par value – Incorporated by reference to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 23, 2020 (File No. 001-11954), filed on November 24, 2020.
   
3.6 Amended and Restated Bylaws of Vornado Realty Trust, as amended on July 25, 2018 – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.55 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2018.
   
3.7 Articles of Amendment to Declaration of Trust, dated June 13, 2018 – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.54 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2018.
   
3.8 Articles of Amendment to Declaration of Trust, dated August 7, 2019 – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated August 7, 2019 (File No. 001-11954), filed on August 8, 2019.
   
4.1 Specimen certificate evidencing Vornado Realty Trust’s Common Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $0.04 per share – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 1 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 33-62395), filed on October 26, 1995.
   
4.2 Specimen certificate evidencing Vornado Realty Trust’s $3.25 Series A Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $50.00 per share – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated April 3, 1997 (File No. 001-11954), filed on April 8, 1997.
   
4.3 Specimen certificate evidencing Vornado Realty Trust’s Series B 8.5% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, no par value – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11954), filed on March 15, 1999.
   
4.4 Specimen certificate evidencing Vornado Realty Trust’s Series C 8.5% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, no par value – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11954), filed on May 19, 1999.
   
4.5 Specimen certificate evidencing Vornado Realty Trust’s Series E 7.00% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, no par value – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11954), filed on August 20, 2004.
   
4.6 Specimen certificate evidencing Vornado Realty Trust’s Series F 6.75% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, no par value – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11954), filed on November 17, 2004.

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT
NO.
DESCRIPTION
   
4.7 Specimen certificate evidencing Vornado Realty Trust’s Series G 6.625% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, no par value – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11954), filed on December 21, 2004.
   
4.8 Specimen certificate evidencing Vornado Realty Trust’s Series H 6.750% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, no par value – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11954), filed on June 16, 2005.
   
4.9 Specimen certificate evidencing Vornado Realty Trust’s Series I 6.625% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, no par value – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.9 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11954), filed on August 30, 2005.
   
4.10 Specimen certificate evidencing Vornado Realty Trust’s Series J 6.875% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, no par value – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11954), filed on April 21, 2011.
   
4.11 Specimen certificate evidencing Vornado Realty Trust’s Series K 5.70% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, no par value – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11954), filed on July 18, 2012.
   
4.12 Specimen certificate evidencing Vornado Realty Trust’s Series L 5.40% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, no par value – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.12 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11954), filed on January 25, 2013.
   
4.13 Specimen certificate evidencing Vornado Realty Trust’s Series M 5.25% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, no par value – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.13 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11954), filed on December 13, 2017.
   
4.14 Specimen certificate evidencing Vornado Realty Trust’s Series N 5.25% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, no par value – filed herewith.

 

 

 

 

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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  VORNADO REALTY TRUST

 

By: /s/ Joseph Macnow  
    Joseph Macnow,
    Executive Vice President -  Chief Financial Officer and  Chief Administrative Officer

 

Dated: November 30, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.14

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SEE REVERSE FOR
TRANSFERABLE IMPORTANT NOTICE
IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, N.Y. ON TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS
  AND OTHER INFORMATION
   
 

CUSIP 929042810

ISIN US US9290428104

 

VORNADO REALTY TRUST
_____________________
a Real Estate Investment Trust
Formed Under the Laws of the State of Maryland

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT                        ****SPECIMEN****                                 

 

is the owner of                  ****(ZERO)****                       

 

fully paid and nonassessable 5.25% Series N Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, of no par value, of

 

VORNADO REALTY TRUST
________________

 

(the “Trust”), transferable on the books of the Trust by the holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all of the provisions of the Declaration of Trust and Bylaws of the Trust and any amendments thereto. This Certificate is not valid until countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.

 

WITNESS the facsimile seal and the facsimile signatures of the duly authorized officers of the Trust.

 

DATED              ****SPECIMEN****                 

 

Countersigned and Registered:

 

[SEAL]

 

AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER 
      & TRUST COMPANY, LLC
      (New York, New York)

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar      
        Executive Vice President – Chief Financial
        Officer and Chief Administration Officer

 

By:      
  Authorized signature     President

 

 

 

 

VORNADO REALTY TRUST
IMPORTANT NOTICE

 

The Trust will furnish to any shareholder, on request and without charge, a full statement of the information required by Section 8-203(d) of the Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland with respect to the designations and any preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of the shares of each class of beneficial interest which the Trust has authority to issue and, if the Trust is authorized to issue any preferred or special class in series, (i) the differences in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each series to the extent set, and (ii) the authority of the Board of Trustees to set such rights and preferences of subsequent series. The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Declaration of Trust (the “Declaration of Trust”), of the Trust, a copy of which will be sent without charge to each shareholder who so requests. Such request must be made to the Secretary of the Trust at its principal office or to the Transfer Agent.

 

The shares of Preferred Stock represented by this certificate are subject to restrictions on ownership and transfer for the purpose of the Trust’s maintenance of its status as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). No Person may Beneficially Own shares of Preferred Stock of any class in excess of 9.9% of the outstanding Preferred Equity Stock of such class and no Person may Constructively Own Preferred Stock of any class in excess of 9.9% of the outstanding Preferred Equity Stock of such class (unless such person is an Existing Constructive Holder). Any Person who attempts to Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Shares in excess of the above limitations must immediately notify the Trust. All capitalized terms used in this legend have the meanings set forth in the Declaration of Trust, a copy of which, including the restrictions on ownership and transfer, will be sent without charge to each stockholder who so requests. Such request must be made to the Secretary of the Trust at its principal office or to the Transfer Agent. If the restrictions on ownership and transfer are violated, the shares of Preferred Stock represented hereby will be automatically exchanged for shares of Excess Stock which will be held in trust by the Trust.

 

 

 

 

KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT IS LOST, STOLEN
OR DESTROYED, THE TRUST WILL REQUIRE A BOND OF INDEMNITY
AS A CONDITION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE.

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM as tenants in common
TEN ENT as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

 

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT  Custodian   
  (Cust)   (Minor)  

 

  Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of  
   
  (State)  

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, _______________________ HEREBY SELLS, ASSIGNS AND TRANSFERS UNTO _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)

 

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE)

 

__________________________________________________ shares of the shares represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _______________________________________ Attorney to transfer the said shares on the books of the within named Trust with full
power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated _____________________

 

_______________________________________________________________
NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THIS CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.