fr-20210225

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

February 25, 2021 (February 25, 2021)

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

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FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC.

FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

Maryland

1-13102

36-3935116

First Industrial, L.P.

Delaware

333-21873

36-3924586

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

(Commission
File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

1 North Wacker Drive, Suite 4200

Chicago, Illinois 60606

(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $.01 per share

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 5.02: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Election of a Director

On February 25, 2021, upon the recommendation of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee, the Board of Directors (the "Board") elected Marcus Smith to serve as a director of First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Company") until the Company's 2021 annual meeting of stockholders and appointed Mr. Smith to serve on the Investment Committee and the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee of the Board. Effective upon his appointment, Mr. Smith became eligible to receive the standard compensation provided by the Company to its other non-employee directors, as most recently disclosed in the Company's proxy statement for its 2020 annual meeting of stockholders.

2021 Employee Bonus Plan

On February 25, 2021, the Board ratified criteria proposed by its Compensation Committee to be used in establishing an incentive bonus pool from which awards may be granted to the Company’s employees, including its chief executive officer and certain other senior executive officers, under the Company’s incentive compensation plan (the “2021 Employee Bonus Plan”). Awards under the 2021 Employee Bonus Plan will be based on certain identified thresholds of four performance categories. The categories are (i) funds from operations (“FFO”) per share (using the NAREIT definition), as FFO may be adjusted by the Compensation Committee in its discretion to exclude the effects of changes in accounting policy and certain extraordinary items, (ii) same store net operating income (“SS NOI”) growth, (iii) fixed charge coverage ratio and (iv) discretionary objectives (based on financial and non-financial goals determined by the Company’s chief executive officer). The Compensation Committee has assigned weighting factors to each of the performance categories, such that performance in certain categories will have a more pronounced impact on the bonus pool under the 2021 Employee Bonus Plan than will performance in other categories. The Compensation Committee has assigned a 50% weighting factor to the FFO per share category, a 25% weighting factor to the SS NOI growth category, a 10% weighting factor to the fixed charge coverage ratio category and a 15% weighting factor to the discretionary objectives category.

The Compensation Committee has also established performance targets and thresholds relating to each performance category. Achievement of specified thresholds with respect to each performance category will result in an increase in the incentive pool from which awards may be granted under the 2021 Employee Bonus Plan. Achievement by the Company of specifically identified levels of performance with respect to each performance category will result in funding of the incentive pool for the 2021 Employee Bonus Plan of 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100% or 125%, respectively, of the bonus opportunity associated with that performance category. Should performance fall between two identified payout levels, the resulting compensation that may be earned for such performance will be prorated based on linear interpolation.

Item 7.01: Regulation FD Disclosure.

On February 25, 2021, the Company issued a press release with respect to the election of Mr. Smith as a director of the Company. A copy of the press release is attached and incorporated by reference as Exhibit 99.1.

The information furnished in this report under this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference to such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed herewith:


Exhibit No.						Description

99.1						First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. Press Release dated February 25, 2021

104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.


			FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC.

			By:			/s/ JENNIFER MATTHEWS RICE
						Jennifer Matthews Rice General Counsel


			FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.

			By:			FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
						as general partner

			By:			/s/ JENNIFER MATTHEWS RICE
						Jennifer Matthews Rice General Counsel

Date: February 25, 2021