Granite Real Estate Investment Trust 6-K, filed Feb 18, 2020
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (GRTUF)
About this 6-K
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust filed this 6-K on February 18, 2020.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OFFOREIGN ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of: February 2020
GRANITE REALESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST
(Commission File Number: 001-35771)
(Name of registrant)
GRANITE REIT INC.
(Commission File Number: 001-35772)
(Name of registrant)
77 KingStreet West, Suite 4010, P.O. Box 159
Toronto-Dominion Centre
Toronto, Ontario
M5K 1H1
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F ☐ Form 40-F ☑
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐
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DOCUMENTS FILED AS PART OF THIS FORM 6-K
See the Exhibit Index to this Form 6-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.
| Date: February 18, 2020 | GRANITE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST | ||
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| By: | /s/ Teresa Neto | ||
| Name: | Teresa Neto | ||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||
| Date: February 18, 2020 | GRANITE REIT INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Teresa Neto | ||
| Name: | Teresa Neto | ||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
FORM 6-K EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | |
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| 99.1 | Granite REIT Declares Distribution for February 2020 |
EX-99.1
Exhibit 99.1
| 77 King St. W., Suite 4010<br> <br>P.O. Box 159<br><br><br>Toronto-Dominion Centre<br><br><br>Toronto, ON, M5K 1H1 Canada |
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GRANITE REIT DECLARES DISTRIBUTION FOR FEBRUARY 2020
February 18, 2020, Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (“Granite”) (TSX: GRT.UN/ NYSE: GRP.U) announced today that its board of trustees has declared a distribution of CAD$0.242 per stapled unit for the month of February 2020. The distribution will be paid by Granite on March 16, 2020 to stapled unitholders of record at the close of trading on February 28, 2020. The stapled units will begin trading on an ex-dividend basis at the opening of trading on Thursday, February 27, 2020 on the Toronto Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange.
Granite confirms that no portion of the distribution constitutes effectively connected income for U.S. federal tax purposes. A qualified notice providing the breakdown of the sources of the distribution will be issued to the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation subsequent to the record date of February 28, 2020, pursuant to United States Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4.
ABOUT GRANITE
Granite is a Canadian-based REIT engaged in the acquisition, development, ownership and management of industrial, warehouse and logistics properties in North America and Europe. Granite owns 90 investment properties representing approximately 40 million square feet of leasable area.
OTHER INFORMATION
Copies of financial data and other publicly filed documents about Granite are available through the internet on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ Systems for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) which can be accessed at www.sedar.com and on the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR) which can be accessed at www.sec.gov. For further information, please see our website at www.granitereit.com or contact Teresa Neto, Chief Financial Officer, at 647-925-7560 or Andrea Sanelli, Manager, Legal & Investor Services, at 647-925-7504.
