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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 11, 1999
File No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
EQUITY OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland 36-4151656
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation of Organization)
Two North Riverside Plaza, Suite 2200, Chicago, Illinois 60606
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
EQUITY OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST
1997 NON-QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE SHARE PURCHASE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Stanley M. Stevens, Esq.
Chief Legal Counsel
Equity Office Properties Trust
Two North Riverside Plaza, Suite 2200
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(312) 466-3300
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Ruth Pinkham Haring, Esq.
Rosenberg & Liebentritt, P.C.
Two North Riverside Plaza, Suite 1600
Chicago, Illinois 60606
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Price Aggregate Amount of
Amount to be Per Share (1) Offering Price (1) Registration Fee
Title of Securities to be Registered Registered
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Common Shares of Beneficial Interest,
$.01 par value per share............... 2,000,000(2) $30.41 $60,820,000 $18,431(2)
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(1) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the amount of the
registration fee based upon the average high and low prices reported
for such shares on the New York Stock Exchange on August 6, 1997,
pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1).
(2) All 2,000,000 of the Registrant's Common Shares of Beneficial Interest
(the "Common Shares") have previously been registered with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to an effective
registration statement on Form S-8, and, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under
the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement relates solely
to an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant
to the employee benefit plan described herein. Accordingly, no
additional registration fee is required with respect to this
registration statement.
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PART II
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
This Registration Statement of Equity Office Properties Trust (the
"Company") incorporates by reference the contents of the Company's previous
registration statement on Form S-8 dated August 13, 1997 (No. 333-33503)
covering 2,000,000 of the Company's common shares of beneficial interest, $.01
par value per share (the "Common Shares"), issuable under the Equity Office
Properties Trust 1997 Non-Qualified Employee Share Purchase Plan (the "Plan").
This registration statement relates solely to the registration of an
indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
See Exhibit Index which is incorporated herein by reference.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable ground to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Chicago, Illinois, as of February 11, 1999.
EQUITY OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Timothy H. Callahan
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Timothy H. Callahan,
President and Chief Executive
Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned trustees and officers of Equity Office Properties
Trust, do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel Zell and Timothy H. Callahan and
each and either of them, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, to do
any and all acts and things in our names and our behalf in our capacities as
trustees and officers and to execute any and all instruments for us and in our
name in the capacities indicated below, which said attorneys and agents, or
either of them, may deem necessary or advisable to enable said Company to comply
with the Securities Act of 1933 and any rules, regulations and requirements of
the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with this registration
statement, or any registration statement for this offering that is to be
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933,
including specifically, but without limitation, any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) hereto; and we hereby ratify and confirm
all that said attorneys and agents, or either of them, shall do or cause to be
done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
as of February 11, 1999:
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NAME TITLE
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/s/ Timothy H. Callahan President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee
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Timothy H. Callahan
/s/ Richard D. Kincaid Chief Financial Officer
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Richard D. Kincaid
/s/ Samuel Zell Chairman of the Board and Trustee
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Samuel Zell
/s/ Sheli Z. Rosenberg Trustee
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Sheli Z. Rosenberg
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Thomas E. Dobrowski
/s/ James D. Harper, Jr. Trustee
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James D. Harper, Jr.
/s/ Jerry M. Reinsdorf Trustee
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Jerry M. Reinsdorf
/s/ William M. Goodyear Trustee
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William M. Goodyear
/s/ David K. McKown Trustee
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David K. McKown
/s/ H. Jon Runstad Trustee
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H. Jon Runstad
/s/ Edwin N. Sidman Trustee
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Edwin N. Sidman
/s/ D. J. A. de Bock Trustee
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D. J. A. de Bock
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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EXHIBIT EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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4.1 * Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Company.
(Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form S-11 Registration
Statement No. 333-26629.)
4.3 * Amended Bylaws of the Company. (Exhibit 3.2 to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 30, 1998.)
4.4 * Equity Office Properties Trust 1997 Non-Qualified Employee
Share Purchase Plan. (Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated August 13, 1997
(No. 333-33503))
5 * Opinion of Rosenberg & Liebentritt, P.C.
23.1 * Consent of Rosenberg & Liebentritt, P.C.
24 Power of Attorney (filed as part of the signature page to
the Registration Statement).
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* Exhibits are incorporated herein by reference from prior filings.
