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): June 1, 2016
LIBERTY PROPERTY TRUST
LIBERTY PROPERTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)
Maryland
Pennsylvania | | 1-13130
1-13132 | | 23-7768996
23-2766549 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
500 Chesterfield Parkway
Malvern, PA | | 19355 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrants’ telephone, including area code: (610) 648-1700
(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):
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On June 1, 2016, Liberty Property Trust (the “Company”) announced that Mary Beth Morrissey, 55, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Finance & Accounting, has been named the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, effective immediately. Ms. Morrissey has been employed by the Company and its predecessor, Rouse & Associates, since 1986. Prior to that, Ms. Morrissey was an auditor with Price Waterhouse.
There is no arrangement or understanding with any person pursuant to which Ms. Morrissey was named Chief Accounting Officer. There are no family relationships between Ms. Morrissey and any trustee or executive officer of the Company, and she is not a party to any transaction requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Ms. Morrissey will continue to be covered by the same compensatory plans and arrangements as she had been prior to her appointment as Chief Accounting Officer, including receipt of an annual base salary and participation in the Company’s annual bonus plan for senior officers, Long-Term Incentive (LTI) plan for senior officers and Senior Officer Severance Plan.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| LIBERTY PROPERTY TRUST |
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| By: | /s/ Herman C. Fala |
| | Herman C. Fala |
| | Secretary and General Counsel |
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| LIBERTY PROPERTY |
| LIMITED PARTNERSHIP |
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| By: | Liberty Property Trust, its sole |
| | General Partner |
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| By: | /s/ Herman C. Fala |
| | Herman C. Fala |
| | Secretary and General Counsel |
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Dated: June 3, 2016 | |
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