Prepared By R.R. Donnelley Financial -- 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):  11/28/2007
 
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Commission File Number:  000-25739
 
MD
  
58-2328421
(State or other jurisdiction of
  
(IRS Employer
incorporation)
  
Identification No.)
 
6200 The Corners Parkway
Suite 500
Norcross, GA 30092-3365
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
770-325-3700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 8.01.    Other Events
 
On November 28, 2007, the Board of Directors of Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Registrant") reinstated the Registrant's Share Redemption Program. The Registrant's transfer agent will contact investors with pending requests for share redemptions or required minimum distributions to confirm their requests, and the Registrant will begin redeeming shares at the end of December. Stockholders holding shares for the required one-year period under the Share Redemption Program may redeem their shares for a purchase price equal to the price per share that the stockholder actually paid for their shares, less prior distributions of net sale proceeds such as the special distribution of $1.62 per share in June 2005 (up to $8.38 per share depending on the initial cost of the stockholder's shares). Under the Share Redemption Program, the Registrant may redeem up to approximately 16,800,000 shares of the Registrant's outstanding common stock in the fourth quarter of 2007.
 

 

Signature(s)
 
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.
 
      
 
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc.
 
 
Date: November 28, 2007
     
By:
 
/s/    Donald A. Miller, CFA
               
Donald A. Miller, CFA
               
President and Chief Executive Officer