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 7, 2013

 

COMMONWEALTH REIT

(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 Newton Place, 255 Washington Street,

Suite 300, Newton, Massachusetts

 

02458-1634

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(617) 332-3990

(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 (see General Instruction A.2 below):

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

Corvex/Related Maryland Shareholder Litigation

 

In connection with the previously disclosed arbitration proceedings between CommonWealth REIT, or the Company, and Corvex Management LP and Related Fund Management, LLC, the Company issued a press release today commenting on an interim order from the arbitration panel issued August 7, 2013.

 

A copy of the Company’s press release, and a copy of the arbitration panel’s interim order, are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Exhibit

99.1

 

Press Release dated August 8, 2013

99.2

 

Interim Order on Respondents’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment

 

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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.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Adam D. Portnoy

 

Name:

Adam D. Portnoy

 

Title:

President

 

 

Date:  August 8, 2013

 

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