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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) December 12, 1996 (December
6, 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)
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Item 5. Other Events.
On December 6, 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, Salomon Brothers Inc 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. $175,000,000 (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
Statements on Form S-3 (Nos. 33-61383 and 333-15635) (the "Registration
Statements"), which were declared effective by the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 13, 1995 and November 12, 1996, respectively.
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, which
Senior Securities Indenture was filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration
Statements.
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.
4.1 Form of Fixed Rate Medium-Term Note.
4.2 Form of Floating Rate Medium-Term Note.
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: December 12, 1996
NEW PLAN REALTY TRUST
By: /s/ Michael I. Brown
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Michael I. Brown
Chief Financial and
Accounting Officer
and Controller