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 18, 2008
Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Maryland | | 333-117367 | | 20-1237795 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | (Commission File Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
326 Third Street
Lakewood, New Jersey 08701
(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (732) 367-0129
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 8.01 Other Events.
On March 18, 2008, the Board of Directors of Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) declared a dividend for the three-month period ending March 31, 2008. The dividend will be calculated based on shareholders of record each day during this three-month period at a rate of $0.0019178 per day, and will equal a daily amount that, if paid each day for a 365-day period, would equal a 7.0% annualized rate based on a share price of $10.00. The dividend will be paid in cash in April 2008 to shareholders of record as of March 31, 2008. The shareholders have an option to elect the receipt of shares under our Distributions Reinvestment Program.
The amount of dividends to be distributed to our stockholders in the future will be determined by our Board of Directors and are dependent on a number of factors, including funds available for payment of dividends, our financial condition, capital expenditure requirements and annual distribution requirements needed to maintain our status as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
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| | LIGHTSTONE VALUE PLUS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC. | |
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| Date: April 3, 2008 | By: | /s/ Jenniffer Collins | |
| | Jenniffer Collins | |
| | Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |
