-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, KV7J2LFElS+j3tJJ2pDk7Q+DdX9uEd9tl3PVRAj3ovJ/8lhznv18TmOjeTPlVJMQ UM7uoMM/4BxwlyYHC4BNbw== 0001104659-09-033817.txt : 20090522 0001104659-09-033817.hdr.sgml : 20090522 20090520114044 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-09-033817 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090520 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090520 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Government Properties Income Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001456772 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE [6500] IRS NUMBER: 264273474 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34364 FILM NUMBER: 09841501 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 CENTRE STREET CITY: NEWTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02458 BUSINESS PHONE: 617-219-1440 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 CENTRE STREET CITY: NEWTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02458 8-A12B 1 a09-5818_48a12b.htm 8-A12B

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OR (G) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Government Properties Income Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland

 

26-4273474

(State of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

400 Centre Street

Newton, MA

 

02458

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class
to be so registered

 

Name of each exchange on which
each class is to be registered

Common Shares of Beneficial Interest, $0.01 par value per share

 

New York Stock Exchange, LLC

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. x

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. o

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:  333-157455 (if applicable)

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

None

(Title of Class)

 

 

 


 

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered

 

A description of the registrant’s common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Shares”), is set forth under the caption “Description of Our Shares” in the registrant’s registration statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-157455) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 20, 2009, as thereafter amended (the “Registration Statement”), which is incorporated herein by reference. The form of prospectus that constitutes part of the Registration Statement and is filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shall be deemed incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2. Exhibits

 

Under the instruction as to exhibits with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed because no other securities of the registrant are registered with the New York Stock Exchange, LLC and the Common Shares registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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SIGNATURE
 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

Government Properties Income Trust

 

Date: May 20, 2009

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ DAVID M. BLACKMAN

 

 

Name: David M. Blackman

 

Title: Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

 

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