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): December 19, 2023 (December 18, 2023)
VERIS RESIDENTIAL, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Maryland | | 1-13274 | | 22-3305147 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
Harborside 3, 210 Hudson St., Ste. 400
Jersey City, New Jersey 07311
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(732) 590-1010
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
VERIS RESIDENTIAL, L.P.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | | 333-57103 | | 22-3315804 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
Harborside 3, 210 Hudson St., Ste. 400
Jersey City, New Jersey 07311
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(732) 590-1010
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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):
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Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 | | VRE | | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ¨
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
| Co-Registrant CIK | 0001067063 |
| Co-Registrant Amendment Flag | false |
| Co-Registrant Form Type | 8-K |
| Co-Registrant DocumentPeriodEndDate | 2023-12-18 |
| Co-Registrant Written Communications | false |
| Co-Registrant Solicitating Materials | false |
| Co-Registrant PreCommencement Tender Offer | false |
| Co-Registrant PreCommencement Issuer Tender Offer | false |
On December 18, 2023, Veris Residential, Inc. (the “Company”) and general partner of Veris Residential, L.P., the operating partnership through which the Company conducts its business (the “Operating Partnership”), announced that the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) declared a quarterly dividend on its common stock for the fourth quarter 2023 in the amount of $0.0525 per share. The Board has fixed December 29, 2023 as the record date for those holders of common stock entitled to the payment of the dividend. The dividend will be paid on January 10, 2024.
A copy of the Company’s press release announcing the fourth quarter 2023 dividend is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| | VERIS RESIDENTIAL, INC. |
| | |
| Dated: December 19, 2023 | By: | /s/ Taryn Fielder |
| | | Taryn Fielder |
| | | General Counsel and Secretary |
| | |
| | VERIS RESIDENTIAL, L.P. |
| | |
| | By: | Veris Residential, Inc., |
| | | its general partner |
| | |
| Dated: December 19, 2023 | | By: | /s/ Taryn Fielder |
| | | | Taryn Fielder |
| | | | General Counsel and Secretary |
