Company: FR
Filing Date: 2025-08-21
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0000921825-25-000096
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Company: FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST INC
Filing Date: 2025-08-21
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 1.01
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

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On August 21, 2025, First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company”), entered into (a) ten (10) separate equity distribution agreements (individually, a “2025 Distribution Agreement” and, together, the “2025 Distribution Agreements”) with First Industrial, L. P., a Delaware limited partnership and the Company’s operating partnership (the “ Operating Partnership”), and each of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., BTIG, LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Fifth Third Securities, Inc., Jefferies LLC, J. P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Regions Securities LLC and Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc. and certain of their respective affiliates or agents, acting in their capacity as Sales Agents (as described below) and, in certain circumstances, as Forward Sellers (as described below), and Forward Purchasers (as described below) and (b) eight (8) separate Master Forward Confirmations (the “ Master Forward Confirmations”) with each of the Forward Purchasers. The Company refers to these entities, when acting in their capacity as sales agents, individually as a “ Sales Agent” and collectively as “ Sales Agents.” The Company refers to certain of these entities, when acting as agents for Forward Purchasers, individually as a “ Forward Seller” and collectively as “ Forward Sellers.”

The 2025 Distribution Agreements and the Master Forward Confirmations were entered into in connection with the commencement of an equity offering in which the Company may sell up to $800,000,000 (the “ Maximum Amount”), or a maximum of 16,000,000 shares (the “ Shares”), of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock”), from time to time in “at-the-market” offerings or certain other transactions, including through the sale of the Shares on a forward basis (the “ Offering”). In the Offering, the Company may offer the Shares in amounts and at times to be determined by the Company from time to time, but has no obligation to sell any of the Shares in the Offering. The Company intends to use the proceeds from any sales in the Offering for general corporate purposes, which may include the acquisition and development of properties and repayments or repurchases of debt.

The Offering will be conducted pursuant to the 2025 Distribution Agreements, under which the Agents will