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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Form 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 17, 2017
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Forest City Realty Trust, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Maryland
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
 
1-37671
(Commission
File Number)
 
47-4113168
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 
Terminal Tower, 50 Public Square
Suite 1100, Cleveland, Ohio
 
44113
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 216-621-6060
 
 
 
 
 
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On May 17, 2017, the board of directors of Forest City Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.09 per share of the Company’s issued and outstanding Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class A Common Stock”) and Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class B Common Stock” and together with the Class A Common Stock, “Common Stock”), payable on June 23, 2017 to holders of record of Common Stock as of the close of business on June 9, 2017.

A copy of the press release announcing the quarterly dividend is “furnished” as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The information in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Exchange Act.


Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)
Exhibits

Exhibit
Number
 
Description
99.1
Press Release, dated May 17, 2017






SIGNATURE

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.

 
 
FOREST CITY REALTY TRUST, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ ROBERT G. O'BRIEN
 
 
Name:
Robert G. O’Brien
 
 
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
Date:
May 17, 2017
 
 






EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number
 
Description
99.1
Press Release, dated May 17, 2017