SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
ROTH STEVEN

(Last) (First) (Middle)
888 SEVENTH AVENUE

(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10019

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
VORNADO REALTY TRUST [ VNO ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Chairman & CEO
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/02/2014
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Shares 03/21/2014 G(1) V 25,400 D (1) 2,980,863 D
Common Shares 5,603,548 I Held by partnership(2)
Common Shares 3,873 I Held by foundation(3)
Common Shares 37,299 I Held by spouse(4)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Units (5) 04/02/2014 M 14,915 (6) (6) Common Shares 14,915 (5) 0 D
Restricted Units (7) 04/02/2014 M 18,944 (8) (8) Common Shares 18,944 (7) 0 D
Restricted Units (9) 04/02/2014 M 10,906 (10) (10) Common Shares 10,906 (9) 10,906 D
Restricted Units (11) 04/02/2014 M 22,333 (12) (12) Common Shares 22,333 (11) 22,332 D
Class A Units (13) 04/02/2014 M 67,098 (14) (14) Common Shares 67,098 (13) 122,769 D
LTIP Units(15) (16) 04/02/2014(17) A 40,487(18) (16)(19) (16) Common Shares 40,487 $0 40,487 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. These Common Shares were a gift.
2. These Common Shares are held by Interstate Properties, a New Jersey general partnership of which Mr. Roth is the managing general partner. The filing of this Form 4 shall not be deemed an admission that Mr. Roth is the beneficial owner of these 5,603,548 Common Shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest
3. These Common Shares are held by the Daryl and Steven Roth Foundation, a chartitable foundation over which Mr. Roth holds sole voting and investment power. Mr. Roth disclaims any pecuniary interest in these Common Shares
4. These Common Shares are held by Mr. Roth's spouse. The filing of this Form 4 shall not be deemed an admission that Mr. Roth is the beneficial owner of these Common Shares.
5. On February 27, 2009 the reporting person received a grant of restricted units (the "Restricted Units") of Vornado Realty L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"), the operating partnership of the Issuer. These Restricted Units are being converted into Class A Units of the Operating Partnership ("Class A Units") on a one for one basis pursuant to their terms. Class A Units are redeemable (subject to certain limitations set forth in the Operating Partnership limited partnership agreement) by the holder for cash or, at the issuer's election, Common Shares of the Issuer on a one for one basis or the cash value of such shares.
6. These Restricted Units vested in equal portions over a five-year period. The initial vesting occured on March 1, 2010.
7. On March 11, 2010 the reporting person received a grant of Restricted Units of the Operating Partnership. These Restricted Units are being converted into Class A Units on a one for one basis pursuant to their terms.
8. These Restricted Units vested in equal portions over a four-year period. The initial vesting occured on February 28, 2011.
9. On February 28, 2011 the reporting person received a grant of Restricted Units of the Operating Partnership. These Restricted Units are being converted into Class A Units on a one for one basis pursuant to their terms.
10. These Restricted Units vest in equal portions over a four-year period. The initial vesting occured on February 27, 2012.
11. On March 30, 2012 the reporting person received a grant of Restricted Units of the Operating Partnership. These Restricted Units are being converted into Class A Units on a one for one basis pursuant to their terms.
12. These Restricted Units vest in equal portions over a four-year period. The initial vesting occured on February 27, 2013.
13. Class A Units are redeemable (subject to certain limitations set forth in the Operating Partnership limited partnership agreement)by the holder for cash or, at the issuer's election, Common Shares of the issuer on a one for one basis or the cash value of such shares.
14. These Class A Units are immediately redeemable (subject to certain limitations set forth in the Operating Partnership limited partnership agreement) by the holder for cash or, at the issuer's election, Common Shares of the Issuer on a one for one basis or the cash value of such shares. Class A Units do not have expiration dates.
15. Represents LTIP Units of the Operating Partnership. ("LTIP Units").
16. The LTIP Units are a class of units of the Operating Partnership conditioned upon minimum allocations to the capital accounts of the LTIP Units for federal income tax purposes. The LTIP Units are convertible by the reporting person, upon vesting, into an equivalent number of Class A Units of the Operating Partnership, which are redeemable (subject to certain limitations set forth in the Operating Partnership limited partnership agreement), by the holder for Common Shares of the Issuer on a one-for-one basis or the cash value of such shares, at the Issuer's option. The rights to convert LTIP Units into Class A Units and redeem Class A Units do not have expiration dates.
17. Pursuant to the terms of the Vornado Realty Trust 2012 Outperformance Plan (the "Plan") the LTIP Units referenced in this Form 4 were "earned" upon the achievement of performance hurdles as of March 30, 2014, subject to a determination by the Compensation Committee of the Issuer's Board of Trustees (the "Compensation Committee") that such hurdles were met. The determination that these performance hurdles were met was made by the Compensation Commitee on April 2, 2014.
18. Represents the number of LTIP Units "earned" as of April 2, 2014, based upon certain performance hurdles having been met by the issuer and the percentage of the Reporting Person's interest in the performance pool established by the Issuer under the Vornado Realty Trust 2012 Outperformance Plan ("2012 OPP").
19. Other than 2,726 LTIP Units to be issued to the reporting person under the Plan based upon a dividend accrual, earned LTIP Units will vest one-third on each of March 30, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
/s/ Steven Santora, Attorney in Fact 04/04/2014
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