Form 8-A

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-A

 

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Pennsylvania   23-6216339

(State of Incorporation

or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

The Bellevue, 200 S. Broad Street,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  19102
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

to be so registered

 

Name of each exchange on which

each class is to be registered

7.375% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual

Preferred Shares

  The New York Stock Exchange

 

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box.    x

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box.    ¨

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-178599

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.

 

 

 


INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

A description of the preferred shares to be registered hereunder is contained in the section entitled “Description of Our Series B Preferred Shares” in the Registrant’s prospectus supplement dated October 1, 2012, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2, 2012 under Rule 424(b)(5) and as amended on October 9, 2012, and under “Description of Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest” in the accompanying prospectus, which descriptions are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.
   Description
  3.1    Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, dated December 18, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2008)
  3.2*    Second Designating Amendment to Trust Agreement designating the rights, preferences, privileges, qualifications, limitations and restrictions of Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust’s 7.375% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, par value $0.01 per share
  4.1*    Form of share certificate evidencing the 7.375% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, par value $0.01 per share

 

* Filed herewith.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

Date: October 11, 2012    

PENNSYLVANIA REAL ESTATE

INVESTMENT TRUST

    By:   /s/ Bruce Goldman
      Bruce Goldman
      Executive Vice President and General Counsel


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.
   Description
  3.1    Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, dated December 18, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2008)
  3.2*    Second Designating Amendment to Trust Agreement designating the rights, preferences, privileges, qualifications, limitations and restrictions of Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust’s 7.375% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, par value $0.01 per share
  4.1*    Form of share certificate evidencing the 7.375% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, par value $0.01 per share

 

* Filed herewith.