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| <schemaVersion> X0306 </schemaVersion> |
| <documentType> 4 </documentType> |
| <periodOfReport> 2022-05-19 </periodOfReport> |
| <issuer> |
| | <issuerCik> 0000003499 </issuerCik> |
| | <issuerName> ALEXANDERS INC </issuerName> |
| | <issuerTradingSymbol> ALX </issuerTradingSymbol> |
| | </issuer> |
| <reportingOwner> |
| | <reportingOwnerId> |
| | | <rptOwnerCik> 0001246492 </rptOwnerCik> |
| | | <rptOwnerName> WIGHT RUSSELL B JR </rptOwnerName> |
| | | </reportingOwnerId> |
| | <reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet1> 888 SEVENTH AVENUE </rptOwnerStreet1> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2> |
| | | <rptOwnerCity> NEW YORK </rptOwnerCity> |
| | | <rptOwnerState> NY </rptOwnerState> |
| | | <rptOwnerZipCode> 10019 </rptOwnerZipCode> |
| | | <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription> |
| | | </reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | <reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | | <isDirector> true </isDirector> |
| | | <isOfficer> false </isOfficer> |
| | | <isTenPercentOwner> false </isTenPercentOwner> |
| | | <isOther> false </isOther> |
| | | <officerTitle></officerTitle> |
| | | <otherText></otherText> |
| | | </reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | </reportingOwner> |
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| | <derivativeTransaction> |
| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Deferred Stock Units </value> |
| <footnoteId id="F1"/> |
| </securityTitle> |
| | | <conversionOrExercisePrice> |
| <footnoteId id="F1"/> |
| </conversionOrExercisePrice> |
| | | <transactionDate> |
| <value> 2022-05-19 </value> |
| </transactionDate> |
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| <equitySwapInvolved> 0 </equitySwapInvolved> |
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| | | <transactionAmounts> |
| <transactionShares> |
| <value> 326 </value> |
| </transactionShares> |
| <transactionPricePerShare> |
| <footnoteId id="F1"/> |
| </transactionPricePerShare> |
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| | | <expirationDate> |
| <footnoteId id="F2"/> |
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| | | <underlyingSecurity> |
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| <value> Common Stock </value> |
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| <value> 326 </value> |
| </underlyingSecurityShares> |
| </underlyingSecurity> |
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| <value> 326 </value> |
| </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
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| | | <ownershipNature> |
| <directOrIndirectOwnership> |
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| | | </derivativeTransaction> |
| | </derivativeTable> |
| <footnotes> |
| | <footnote id="F1"> On May 19, 2022, the reporting person received a grant of Deferred Stock Units of Alexander's, Inc. (the "Company"). The Deferred Stock Units entitled the reporting person to an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock of the Company without the payment of any consideration. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F2"> These Deferred Stock Units vest immediately but the Common Stock underlying the Deferred Stock Units is not deliverable until the reporting person is no longer serving as a member of the Company's Board of Directors. </footnote> |
| | </footnotes> |
| <ownerSignature> |
| | <signatureName> /s/ Ryan Saum, Attorney-in-Fact </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2022-05-20 </signatureDate> |
| | </ownerSignature> |
| </ownershipDocument> |