LXP Industrial Trust filed a Post-Effective Amendment (POS AM) on November 2, 2026, to deregister all unsold or unissued securities across eleven Form S-3 registration statements following the completion of a merger that took the company private.

Key Highlights

  • Merger completed November 2, 2026: LXP Industrial Trust merged with and into Leopard Merger Sub LLC, with Leopard Merger Sub LLC surviving as the Initial Surviving Entity, pursuant to a Merger Agreement dated July 19, 2026.
  • Second merger same day: The Initial Surviving Entity then merged with and into Leopard Intermediate LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, with Leopard Intermediate LLC surviving as the Surviving Entity.
  • Parent sole member: As a result of the Mergers, Leopard REIT LLC became the sole member of the Surviving Entity, according to the filing.
  • Eleven registration statements terminated: Offerings under all eleven Form S-3 registration statements, with numbers ranging from No. 333-03688 (filed April 16, 1996) to No. 333-157860 (filed March 11, 2009), were terminated in connection with the closing.
  • All unsold securities removed: The filing removes from registration all securities that were registered but unsold or otherwise unissued under each Registration Statement as of November 2, 2026.
  • Signed by Leopard Intermediate LLC: The amendment was signed by Gautam Huded, Executive Vice President, on behalf of Leopard Intermediate LLC as successor by merger to LXP Industrial Trust.

LXP Industrial Trust Completes Go-Private Mergers, Closes Out Long-Standing Shelf Registrations

According to the filing, LXP Industrial Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust formerly known as Lexington Realty Trust and, prior thereto, Lexington Corporate Properties Trust, completed a two-step merger transaction on November 2, 2026. In the first step, the registrant merged with and into Leopard Merger Sub LLC, a Maryland limited liability company and wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Leopard REIT LLC, with Merger Sub surviving. In the second step, completed also on November 2, 2026 and following the effective time of the first merger, the Initial Surviving Entity merged with and into Leopard Intermediate LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, with Leopard Intermediate LLC surviving.

The filing states that the transactions were contemplated by an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated July 19, 2026, among the registrant, Leopard REIT LLC as Parent, and Leopard Merger Sub LLC. As a result of the Mergers, the filing discloses that Parent became the sole member of the Surviving Entity. The registrant's principal executive offices were listed at 225 Liberty St, FL 8, New York, NY 10281-1048, and the filing was signed in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Post-Effective Amendment covers eleven Form S-3 registration statements filed between April 16, 1996, and March 11, 2009. The filing notes that, in accordance with undertakings made by the registrant in those Registration Statements, the registrant is required "to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that had been registered for issuance but remain unsold or otherwise unissued at the termination of the offerings." The registrant was classified as a large accelerated filer at the time of filing.

What Was Disclosed

LXP Industrial Trust filed a POS AM on November 2, 2026, to formally deregister all remaining unsold securities under eleven historic Form S-3 shelf registration statements, following the closing of a go-private merger with affiliates of Leopard REIT LLC on the same date.