Edgar Filing: DCT Industrial Trust Inc.

DCT INDUSTRIAL TRUST INC.

Date: February 9, 2011

/s/ Philip L. Hawkins

Philip L. Hawkins

President and Chief Executive Officer

Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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):

February 3, 2011

DCT INDUSTRIAL TRUST INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Maryland

001-33201

82-0538520

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

518 17^th Street, Suite 800

Denver, CO

80202

(Address of Principal Executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 597-2400

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 Instructions A.2.):

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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

DCT Industrial Trust Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: DCT) appointed Mark Skomal to be the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer effective as of February 4, 2011. Mr. Skomal, age 51, has served as the Vice President and Controller of the Company since May 2007. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Skomal served in a number of roles at Apartment Investment and Management Company (NYSE: AIV) from April 2004 through May 2007, including as Vice President of Finance. Mr. Skomal will be succeeding Stuart B. Brown, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.

Item 5.03

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On February 3, 2011, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company adopted an amendment to the Company’s Bylaws (the “Amendment”) to provide the Board with flexibility to establish the date of the annual meeting of stockholders. Previously the Bylaws required the Company to hold the annual meeting of stockholders in May. The Amendment removed this limitation.

The summary above is qualified in its entirety by the Amendment filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibits

3.1		First Amendment to Bylaws of DCT Industrial Trust Inc. (as adopted February 3, 2011)

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.