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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): January 15, 2019
ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Maryland | | 1-12993 | | 95-4502084 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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385 East Colorado Boulevard, Suite 299 | | |
Pasadena, California | | 91101 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (626) 578-0777
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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:
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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. |
On and effective January 15, 2019, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), entered into a Letter Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement, effective January 1, 2015, as amended pursuant to letter agreements dated July 3, 2017 and March 20, 2018 (collectively, the “Employment Agreement”), between the Company and Joel S. Marcus, the Company’s Executive Chairman (the “Executive”).
The Amendment extends the expiration of the Executive's term as the Company’s Executive Chairman from December 31, 2019 until December 31, 2020, subject to extension for additional one-year periods thereafter unless and until the Company or the Executive provides notice of non-renewal. In addition, for any equity or equity-based awards granted after the date of the Amendment, the Amendment revises the age required for the treatment upon certain terminations of service for any reason other than Cause as defined in the Employment Agreement as provided in the last paragraph of Section 3.4(h)(iii) of the Employment Agreement to age 77, from age 72.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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.
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| | ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC. |
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Date: | January 18, 2019 | By: | /s/ Dean A. Shigenaga |
| | | Dean A. Shigenaga |
| | | Co-President & Chief Financial Officer |
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