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Vornado Realty Trust – ‘8-K’ for 3/11/09

On:  Friday, 3/13/09, at 5:15pm ET   ·   For:  3/11/09   ·   Accession #:  899689-9-10   ·   File #:  1-11954

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 1: 8-K         Current Report                                      HTML     20K 
 2: EX-8.1      Opinion re: Tax Matters                             HTML     12K 
 3: EX-8.2      Opinion re: Tax Matters                             HTML     15K 
 4: EX-8.3      Opinion re: Tax Matters                             HTML     20K 


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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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):

March 11, 2009

 

VORNADO REALTY TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


 

Maryland

No. 001-11954

No. 22-1657560

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


 

888 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York

 

10019

(Address of Principal Executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 894-7000

Former name or former address, if changed since last report: N/A


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2.):

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

Vornado Realty Trust (the “Company”) has filed a prospectus supplement, dated as of March 11, 2009, relating to common shares of the Company that the Company may issue to holders of the 256,049 class A units distributed by the Operating Partnership on March 12, 2009 upon tender of those units for redemption. In connection therewith, the Company is filing as exhibits to this report the opinions of each of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Shearman & Sterling LLP and Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, in each case as to certain tax matters (the “Opinions”). The Opinions are incorporated by reference into the registration statement of the Company on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-138367) (the “Registration Statement”).

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits

The following exhibits are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement as exhibits thereto and are filed as part of this report.

8.1

Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as to certain tax matters

8.2

Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP as to certain tax matters

8.3

Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP as to certain tax matters

23.1

Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1)

23.2

Consent of Shearman & Sterling LLP (included in Exhibit 8.2)

23.3

Consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (included in Exhibit 8.3)

 

 


 

SIGNATURE

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.

 

 

 

VORNADO REALTY TRUST

(Registrant)

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Joseph Macnow

Name:

 

Joseph Macnow

Title:

 

Executive Vice President

- Finance and Administration and

Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 13, 2009

 

 

 


 

 

Exhibit No.

  Exhibit Index

 

8.1

Opinion, dated March 12, 2009, of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as to certain tax matters (includes Exhibit 23.1, consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP)

 

8.2

Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP as to certain tax matters (includes Exhibit 23.2, consent of Shearman & Sterling LLP)

 

8.3

Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP as to certain tax matters (includes Exhibit 23.3, consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP)

 

 

 



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