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 26, 2011
DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)
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| Indiana | | 0-20625 | | 35-1898425 |
| (State of Formation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
600 East 96th Street
Suite 100
Indianapolis, IN 46240
(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (317) 808-6000
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:
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| Item 2.02. | Results of Operations and Financial Condition. |
On October 26, 2011, Duke Realty Corporation, an Indiana corporation (the “General Partner”), the sole general partner of Duke Realty Limited Partnership, an Indiana limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing its results of operations and financial condition for the quarter ended September 30, 2011. A copy of the Press Release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated into this Item 2.02 by this reference.
On October 27, 2011, the General Partner also held a conference call to discuss the General Partner’s financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2011. Pursuant to General Instruction F to Form 8-K, a copy of the transcript from the conference call (the “Transcript”) is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated into this Item 2.02 by this reference. The Transcript has been selectively edited to facilitate the understanding of the information communicated during the conference call.
The information contained in this Item 2.02, including the related information set forth in the Press Release and the Transcript attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein, is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise. The information in this Item 2.02 shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or into any filing or other document pursuant to the Exchange Act, except as otherwise expressly stated in any such filing.
| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On October 26, 2011, the Board of Directors of the General Partner (the “Board”), the sole general partner of Duke Realty Limited Partnership, increased the size of the Board from eleven members to thirteen members and, upon the recommendation of the Corporate Governance Committee, appointed each of Messrs. Alan H. Cohen and Peter M. Scott, III to the Board. Each of Messrs. Cohen and Scott will serve as a member of the Board until the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders of the General Partner or until his resignation or sooner removal and otherwise until his successor is elected and qualifies. Additionally, the Board appointed Mr. Cohen to the Executive Compensation Committee and Mr. Scott to the Audit Committee and the Finance Committee.
Effective upon appointment, each of Messrs. Cohen and Scott became eligible to receive the standard compensation provided by the General Partner to its other non-employee directors, as most recently disclosed in the General Partner’s proxy statement for its 2011 annual meeting of shareholders. There is no arrangement pursuant to which either Mr. Cohen or Mr. Scott was selected as a director, and there have been no transactions regarding Mr. Cohen or Mr. Scott that are required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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Exhibit
Number | | Description |
| 99.1 | | Duke Realty Corporation press release dated October 26, 2011, with respect to its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2011.* |
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| 99.2 | | Duke Realty Corporation transcript from the conference call held on October 27, 2011, with respect to its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2011.* |
| * | The Press Release and the Transcript attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, are “furnished” and not “filed,” as described in Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. |
SIGNATURES
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 thereunto duly authorized.
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| DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP |
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| By: | | Duke Realty Corporation, its sole general partner |
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| By: | | /S/ HOWARD L. FEINSAND |
| | Howard L. Feinsand |
| | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
Dated: November 1, 2011
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
Number | | Description |
| 99.1 | | Duke Realty Corporation press release dated October 26, 2011, with respect to its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2011.* |
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| 99.2 | | Duke Realty Corporation transcript from the conference call held on October 27, 2011, with respect to its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2011.* |
| * | The Press Release and the Transcript attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, are “furnished” and not “filed,” as described in Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K |
