Edgar Filing: Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.

EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, INC.

(Registrant)

Date: March 7, 2019

/s/ Thomas N. Keltner, Jr.

Thomas N. Keltner, Jr.

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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): March 1, 2019

EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Maryland

001-36105

37-1645259

(State or other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

111 West 33^rd Street

12^th Floor

New York, New York

10120

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 687-8700

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed from last report)

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Item 5.03.

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

On March 1, 2019, the Board of Directors of Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) adopted the Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Amended Bylaws”), effective immediately, to provide stockholders with the right to amend the bylaws, as more particularly described below.

Article XIV of the Amended Bylaws permits the stockholders of the Company to amend the bylaws by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Prior to the adoption of the Amended Bylaws, the exclusive power to amend the bylaws was vested in the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors continues to have the power to alter or repeal any bylaw provision, to adopt new bylaw provisions and to make new bylaws, co-extensive with the right of the stockholders described herein.

A stockholder proposal submitted under the Amended Bylaws may not alter or repeal, or adopt any provision inconsistent with the provisions of the Amended Bylaws: (i) providing for indemnification of directors and officers of the Company or (ii) setting forth the procedures for amendment of the bylaws, in either case, without the approval of the Board of Directors.

The foregoing description of the Amended Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Amended Bylaws, which is being filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

3.1		Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.

SIGNATURE

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.