UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Form 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of:  October, 2023
 
 GRANITE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST
(Commission File Number:  001-35771)
(Name of registrant)
 
GRANITE REIT INC.
(Commission File Number:  001-35772)
(Name of registrant)
 
77 King Street West, Suite 4010, P.O. Box 159
Toronto-Dominion Centre
Toronto, Ontario
M5K 1H1
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
 
Form 20-F ☐    Form 40-F ☑   
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): _____
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): _____
 

DOCUMENTS FILED AS PART OF THIS FORM 6-K

See the Exhibit Index to this Form 6-K.


SIGNATURES

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, thereunto duly authorized.



Date:  October 17, 2023
GRANITE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST  
     
 
By:
 /s/Teresa Neto
  
   
Name:
Teresa Neto
  
   
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
  


Date:  October 17, 2023
GRANITE REIT INC.
 
     
 
By:
 /s/Teresa Neto
  
   
Name:
Teresa Neto
  
   
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
  


FORM 6-K EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.
 
 
 


Exhibit 99.1


Granite REIT Declares Distribution for October 2023

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 17, 2023--Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (“Granite”) (TSX: GRT.UN / NYSE: GRP.U) announced today that its board of trustees has declared a distribution of CDN $0.2667 per stapled unit for the month of October 2023. The distribution will be paid by Granite on Wednesday, November 15, 2023 to stapled unitholders of record at the close of trading on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. The stapled units will begin trading on an ex-dividend basis at the opening of trading on Monday, October 30, 2023, on the Toronto Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange.

Granite confirms that no portion of the distribution constitutes effectively connected income for U.S. federal tax purposes. A qualified notice providing the breakdown of the sources of the distribution will be issued to the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation subsequent to the record date of October 31, 2023, pursuant to United States Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4.

ABOUT GRANITE

Granite is a Canadian-based REIT engaged in the acquisition, development, ownership and management of logistics, warehouse and industrial properties in North America and Europe. Granite owns 143 investment properties representing approximately 62.9 million square feet of leasable area.

OTHER INFORMATION

Copies of financial data and other publicly filed documents about Granite are available through the internet on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+) which can be accessed at www.sedarplus.ca and on the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR) which can be accessed at www.sec.gov. For further information, please see our website at www.granitereit.com or contact Teresa Neto, Chief Financial Officer, at 647-925-7560 or Andrea Sanelli, Associate Director, Legal & Investor Services, at 647-925-7504.

Contacts

Teresa Neto
Chief Financial Officer
647-925-7560
or
Andrea Sanelli
Associate Director, Legal & Investor Services
647-925-7504