Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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) October 31, 2012

 

 

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   001-34626   58-2328421

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

11695 Johns Creek Parkway Ste 350, Johns Creek, Georgia   30097
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (770) 418-8800

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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 Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On October 31, 2012, Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Registrant”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the third quarter 2012 and published supplemental information for the third quarter 2012 to its website. The press release and the supplemental information are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such exhibits and the information set forth therein are deemed to have been furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits:

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1    Press release dated October 31, 2012.
99.2    Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. Quarterly Supplemental Information for the Third Quarter 2012.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

PIEDMONT OFFICE REALTY TRUST, INC.

(Registrant)

By:   /s/ Robert E. Bowers
  Robert E. Bowers
  Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President

Date: October 31, 2012


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1    Press release dated October 31, 2012.
99.2    Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. Quarterly Supplemental Information for the Third Quarter 2012.