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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On July 25, 2023, Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the results, as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 24, 2023, of the previously announced cash tender offer of its operating partnership, Piedmont Operating Partnership, LP (the “Operating Partnership”), to purchase any and all of its outstanding 4.450% senior notes due 2024. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, which is incorporated herein by reference. Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such exhibit and the information set forth therein are deemed to have been furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Document Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release, dated July 25, 2023. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: July 25, 2023 | Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Robert E. Bowers | |||||
| Robert E. Bowers | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President | ||||||