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): August 5, 2014

 

EQUITY COMMONWEALTH

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Maryland

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-9317

 

04-6558834

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

Two North Riverside Plaza,

Suite 600, Chicago, IL

 

60606

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(312) 646-2800

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

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)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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 August 5, 2014, Equity Commonwealth, or the Company, issued a press release setting forth the Company’s results of operations and financial condition for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2014, and also provided certain supplemental operating and financial data for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2014.  Copies of the Company’s press release and supplemental operating and financial data are furnished as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto, respectively.

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits

 

99.1        Press release dated August 5, 2014.

 

99.2        Second Quarter 2014 Supplemental Operating and Financial Data.

 

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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.

 

 

 

EQUITY COMMONWEALTH

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Adam S. Markman

 

Name:

Adam S. Markman

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

Date:  August 5, 2014

 

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