Company: FR
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000921825-25-000019
Chunk: 56

Company: FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 56
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 numerous highly technical and complex Code provisions, some of which depend on various factual matters and circumstances not entirely within our control.

If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, it would be subject to federal income tax at corporate rates. This could result in a discontinuation or substantial reduction in distributions to our stockholders and unitholders and could reduce the cash available for debt repayment or to make further investments in real estate. Unless entitled to statutory relief, the Company would be disqualified from electing REIT status for the four taxable years following the year of disqualification. 

The IRS, the United States Treasury Department and Congress frequently review federal income tax legislation, and we cannot predict whether, when or to what extent new federal laws, regulations, and administrative interpretations or rulings will be adopted. Additional changes to tax laws are likely to continue to occur in the future and any such legislative action may prospectively or retroactively modify the Company's tax treatment and therefore, may adversely affect taxation of us and/or our stockholders and unitholders. Any such changes could have an adverse effect on an investment in shares of our common stock or on the market value or the resale potential of our properties. Stockholders and unitholders are urged to consult with their own tax advisor with respect to the impact of recent legislation, the status of legislative, regulatory, or administrative developments and proposals, and their potential effect on ownership of our shares.

Certain property transfers may generate prohibited transaction income, resulting in a penalty tax on the gain attributable to the transaction.

As part of our business, we sell properties to third parties as opportunities arise. However, under the Code, a 100% penalty tax could be assessed on the taxable gain recognized from sales of properties that are deemed to be prohibited transactions. The question of what constitutes a prohibited transaction is based on the facts and circumstances surrounding each transaction. The IRS could contend that certain sales of properties by us are prohibited transactions. While we implement controls to avoid prohibited transactions, if a dispute were to arise that was successfully argued by the IRS, the 100% penalty tax could be assessed against the Company's profits from these transactions, which could materially and adversely impact our financial results. 

Even if we maintain our qualification as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, we may be subject to other tax liabilities that reduce our cash flow and our ability to make distributions to stockholders.

Although we intend to maintain our qualification as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we may still be subject to federal,