SEC Info - Swope Jeffrey L. - ‘4’ for 3/17/20 re: Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc.

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Swope Jeffrey L.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

5565 GLENRIDGE CONNECTOR

STE. 450

(Street)

ATLANTA

30342

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. [ PDM ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
3/17/20

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	3/17/20		P		3,000	A	$14.93 ⁽¹⁾	42,156.7834 ⁽²⁾	I	By Champion Operating Partnership II, Ltd.
Common Stock								38,972.5128 ⁽²⁾	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

(1) The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $14.90 to $14.98, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. ("Piedmont"), any security holder of Piedmont, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote to this Form 4.

(2) The balance includes shares obtained through Piedmont's dividend reinvestment plan during the period in which the shares where obtained.

Remarks:

	/s/ Laura P. Moon as Attorney-in-Fact for Jeffrey L. Swope	3/18/20
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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____________ Transaction Code:
P	Open market or private purchase of non-derivative or derivative security.

Swope Jeffrey L. – ‘4’ for 3/17/20 re: Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc.

On: Wednesday, 3/18/20, at 4:34pm ET · For: 3/17/20 · Accession #: 1042776-20-76 · File #: 1-34626

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