UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K



	FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 2, 2018

DCT INDUSTRIAL TRUST INC.
DCT INDUSTRIAL OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

CURRENT REPORT



Maryland (DCT Industrial Trust Inc.)	001-33201	82-0538520
Delaware (DCT Industrial Operating Partnership LP)	333-195185	82-0538522
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

~~PURSUANT~~555 TO17th ~~SECTION~~Street, 13Suite ~~OR 15(d) OF THE~~ 3700

~~SECURITIES~~Denver, ~~EXCHANGE~~CO ~~ACT OF 1934~~ 80202

~~Date of Report~~ (~~Date~~Address of ~~earliest~~principal ~~event~~executive ~~reported~~offices):

~~May 1,~~(303) ~~2018~~ 597-2400

~~DCT~~(Registrant’s ~~INDUSTRIAL TRUST~~telephone ~~INC.~~number, including area code)

~~DCT~~Check ~~INDUSTRIAL~~the ~~OPERATING~~appropriate ~~PARTNERSHIP~~box LPbelow if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (~~Exact~~17 ~~Name~~CFR of230.425) ~~Registrants~~¨ asSoliciting ~~Specified~~material Inpursuant ~~Charter~~to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Maryland (DCT Industrial Trust Inc.) Delaware (DCT Industrial Operating Partnership LP)	001-33201 333-195185	82-0538520 82-0538522
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation of Organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
DCT Industrial Trust Inc.
Emerging growth company	¨
DCT Industrial Operating Partnership LP
Emerging growth company	o
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.	¨

555 17th Street, Suite 3700 Denver, CO		80202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

~~Registrant’s~~Item 2.02 ~~telephone~~Results ~~number,~~of ~~including~~Operations ~~area~~and ~~code:~~Financial ~~(303) 597-2400~~ Condition.

~~Check~~On ~~the~~August 2, ~~appropriate~~2018, ~~box~~we ~~below if~~issued ~~the~~a ~~Form~~press ~~8-K~~release ~~filing~~entitled is“DCT ~~intended~~INDUSTRIAL toTRUST ~~simultaneously~~REPORTS ~~satisfy~~SECOND ~~the~~QUARTER ~~filing~~2018 ~~obligation~~RESULTS” which sets forth disclosure regarding our results of operations for the ~~registrant~~second ~~under~~quarter ~~any~~ended June 30, 2018. A copy of this press release as well as a copy of the ~~following~~supplemental ~~provisions~~information ~~(see~~referred ~~General~~to ~~Instructions~~in Athe press release are made available on our website and are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference.): This Item 2.02 and the attached exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 are provided under Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and are furnished to, and shall not be deemed to be “filed” with, the Securities and Exchange Commission.

☐Please ~~Written~~note ~~communications~~that ~~pursuant~~the tofull ~~Rule~~text ~~425~~of ~~under~~ the ~~Securities~~press ~~Act~~release ~~(17~~and ~~CFR~~supplemental ~~230~~schedules are available through DCT Industrial’s website at http://www.~~425)~~dctindustrial.com. The information contained on DCT Industrial’s website is not incorporated by reference herein.

☒Item 9.01 ~~Soliciting~~Financial ~~material~~Statements ~~pursuant~~and ~~to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240~~Exhibits.~~14a-12)~~

(d) Exhibits:

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))



Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press release dated August 2, 2018 and entitled “DCT INDUSTRIAL TRUST REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2018 RESULTS”
99.2		Supplemental information entitled “DCT INDUSTRIAL SECOND QUARTER 2018 SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTING PACKAGE”

~~☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))~~SIGNATURES

~~Indicate~~Pursuant byto ~~check~~the ~~mark~~requirements ~~whether~~of the ~~registrant~~Securities isExchange anAct ~~emerging~~of ~~growth~~1934, ~~company~~the asRegistrant ~~defined in~~has ~~Rule~~duly ~~405~~caused ofthis ~~the~~report ~~Securities~~to ~~Act~~be ofsigned ~~1933~~on ~~(17~~its ~~CFR~~behalf ~~§230.405)~~by ~~or Rule 12b-2 of~~ the ~~Securities~~undersigned ~~Exchange~~hereunto ~~Act~~duly ~~of 1934 (17 CFR §240~~authorized.~~12b-2).~~

DCT Industrial Trust Inc.



	DCT INDUSTRIAL TRUST INC.
August 2, 2018
	By:	/s/ John G. Spiegleman
		Name: John G. Spiegleman
		Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel


	DCT INDUSTRIAL OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP By: DCT Industrial Trust Inc., its general partner
August 2, 2018
	By:	/s/ John G. Spiegleman
		Name: John G. Spiegleman
		Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel

~~Emerging growth company ☐~~ 2

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

DCT Industrial Operating Partnership LP

Emerging growth company ☐

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On May 1, 2018, DCT Industrial Trust Inc. (“DCT”), DCT Industrial Operating Partnership LP (the “Partnership” and, together with DCT, the “DCT Parties”), Prologis, Inc. (“Prologis”) and Prologis, L.P. (“Prologis OP” and, together with Prologis, the “Prologis Parties”) acknowledged and agreed that the reference in Section 7.18(a) of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 29, 2018, by and among the Prologis Parties and the DCT Parties to the amount of Prologis’s regular quarterly cash dividend shall be deemed to be $0.48 per quarter instead of $0.44 per quarter.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This Current Report on Form 8-K may be deemed to be solicitation material in respect of the proposed Mergers. In connection with the proposed transaction, Prologis will file a registration statement on Form S-4, which will include a document that serves as a prospectus of Prologis and a proxy statement of DCT (the “proxy statement/prospectus”), and each party will file other documents regarding the proposed transaction with the SEC. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. A definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be sent to DCT’s shareholders. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain the registration statement and the proxy statement/prospectus free of charge from the SEC’s website or from Prologis or DCT. The documents filed by Prologis with the SEC may be obtained free of charge at the Investor Relations section of Prologis’s website at www.ir.prologis.com or at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These documents may also be obtained free of charge from Prologis by requesting them from Investor Relations by mail at Pier 1, Bay 1 San Francisco, CA 94111 or by telephone at 415-394-9000. The documents filed by DCT with the SEC may be obtained free of charge at DCT’s website at the Investor Relations section of http:/investors.dctindustrial.com/Corporate Profile or at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These documents may also be obtained free of charge from DCT by requesting them from Investor Relations by mail at 555 17th Street, Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80202, or by telephone at 303-597-1550.

PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOLICITATION

DCT and Prologis and their respective directors and executive officers and other members of management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed transaction. Information about DCT’s directors and executive officers is available in DCT’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 and in its proxy statement dated March 21, 2018, for its 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Information about Prologis’s directors and executive officers is available in Prologis’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 and in its proxy statement dated March 22, 2018, for its 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC regarding the transaction when they become available. Investors should read the proxy statement/prospectus carefully when it becomes available before making any voting or investment decisions. You may obtain free copies of these documents from Prologis or DCT as indicated above.

This document shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

						DCT INDUSTRIAL TRUST INC.
Date: May 1, 2018						/s/ John G. Spiegleman
						John G. Spiegleman
						Executive Vice President and General Counsel
						DCT INDUSTRIAL OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP
						By: DCT Industrial Trust Inc., its general partner
Date: May 1, 2018						/s/ John G. Spiegleman
						John G. Spiegleman
						Executive Vice President and General Counsel

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