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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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) May 24, 1996 (May 24,
1996)
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NEW PLAN REALTY TRUST
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Massachusetts 0-7532 13-1995781
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(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
1120 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (212) 869-3000
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Item 5. Other Events.
(a) On May 24, 1996, New Plan Realty Trust, a Massachusetts business
trust (the "Company"), entered into a Distribution Agreement (the
"Distribution Agreement") with Lehman Brothers, Lehman Brothers Inc.,
Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated,
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Smith Barney Inc. (collectively, the
"Agents"), providing for the offer and sale from time to time of up to an
aggregate initial offering price of U.S. $163,000,000 (or the equivalent
thereof at the time of original issuance in one or more foreign currencies
or composite currencies) of the Company's Medium-Term Notes Due Nine Months
or More from Date of Issue (the "Notes"), to or through the Agents. The
Notes were registered as part of the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (No. 33-61383), which was declared effective by the Securities and
Exchange Commission on September 13, 1995. The Notes are to be issued
under the Senior Securities Indenture by and between the Company and State
Street Bank and Trust Company (as successor to The First National Bank of
Boston), as trustee, dated as of March 29, 1995, as amended, supplemented
or modified from time to time.
(b) On March 12, 1996, the Company filed an Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. The Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust is a
compilation of Amendment #4 to the Declaration of Trust dated December 6,
1972 (amending the original Declaration of Trust in its entirety) and
Amendments #5 through #11 thereto.
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and
Exhibits.
(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.
None
(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.
None
(c) Exhibits.
1. Distribution Agreement.
99.1 Fixed Rate Medium-Term Note.
99.2 Floating Rate Medium-Term Note.
99.3 Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust.
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.
Date: May 24, 1996
NEW PLAN REALTY TRUST
By: /s/ Michael I. Brown
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Michael I. Brown
Chief Financial Officer
and Controller