8-K




UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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):  April 27, 2016
 
DUKE REALTY CORPORATION
DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)
 
Duke Realty Corporation:
Indiana
 
1-9044
 
35-1740409
(State of
 
(Commission
 
(IRS Employer
Formation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)
 
Duke Realty Limited Partnership:
Indiana
 
0-20625
 
35-1898425
(State of
 
(Commission
 
(IRS Employer
Formation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)
 
600 East 96th Street
Suite 100
Indianapolis, IN 46240
(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (317) 808-6000

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:
o    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))





Item 2.02.    Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On April 27, 2016, Duke Realty Corporation, an Indiana corporation (the “Company”), the sole general partner of Duke Realty Limited Partnership, an Indiana limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing its results of operations and financial condition for the quarter ended March 31, 2016. A copy of the Press Release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated into this Item 2.02 by this reference.

The information contained in this Item 2.02, including the related information set forth in the Press Release attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein, is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise. The information in this Item 2.02 shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or into any filing or other document pursuant to the Exchange Act, except as otherwise expressly stated in any such filing.

Item 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 27, 2016 (the “Annual Meeting”), the shareholders of the Company voted on three proposals. Each proposal was approved pursuant to the following final voting results from the Annual Meeting:

1.To elect twelve directors to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors for a one-year term ending at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders:

 

FOR

AGAINST

ABSTAIN
BROKER NON-VOTES
Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr.
295,019,926
9,626,720
196,551
18,173,824
William Cavanaugh III
294,901,451
9,736,055
205,691
18,173,824
Alan H. Cohen
303,397,459
1,248,054
197,684
18,173,824
James B. Connor
303,315,246
1,324,059
203,892
18,173,824
Ngaire E. Cuneo
294,854,062
9,775,246
213,889
18,173,824
Charles R. Eitel
301,146,125
3,492,046
205,026
18,173,824
Dennis D. Oklak
301,587,503
3,056,221
199,473
18,173,824
Melanie R. Sabelhaus
303,230,741
1,418,237
194,219
18,173,824
Peter M. Scott, III
303,412,291
1,224,964
205,942
18,173,824
Jack R. Shaw
295,145,478
9,484,997
212,722
18,173,824
Michael E. Szymanczyk
303,305,433
1,335,732
202,032
18,173,824
Lynn C. Thurber
303,281,943
1,362,805
198,449
18,173,824

2.To vote on an advisory basis to approve the compensation of the Company’s executive officers for 2015:







FOR

AGAINST

ABSTAIN
BROKER
NON-VOTES
 
290,992,345
13,400,655
450,197
18,173,824
 

3.To ratify the reappointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year 2016:


FOR

AGAINST

ABSTAIN
BROKER
NON-VOTES
 
320,053,887
2,541,666
421,468
 

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits
Exhibit Number
Description
99.1
Duke Realty Corporation press release dated April 27, 2016, with respect to its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2016.*

_________________________
*
The Press Release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is “furnished” and not “filed,” as described in Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.






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 thereunto duly authorized.
 
DUKE REALTY CORPORATION
 
 
 
By:
/s/ ANN C. DEE
 
 
Ann C. Dee
 
 
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 
DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
 
 
By: Duke Realty Corporation, its general partner
 
 
 
By:
/s/ ANN C. DEE
 
 
 
Ann C. Dee
 
 
 
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
 


Dated: April 28, 2016