secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc. (PDM)
CIK:        0001042776
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-07-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001042776-23-000147
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Piedmont Q2 net loss $2.0M ($0.02/sh); issues $400M 9.25% notes; lowers Core FFO guidance
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- Net loss applicable to Piedmont of $2.0M vs net income $8.0M in Q2 2022; diluted EPS -$0.02 vs +$0.06.
- Core FFO $0.45/diluted share vs $0.50 a year ago; increase in interest expense of $9.6M drove the decline.
- Closed $400M senior notes offering at 9.25% due 2028; proceeds to fund tender offer for 2024 notes.
- Leased 581k sq ft in Q2 (70% retention, 14%+ cash rent roll up); leased percentage 86.2% at June 30.
- Revised 2023 Core FFO guidance to $1.74-$1.80/sh from $1.80-$1.90, reflecting higher interest expense.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042776/000104277623000147/0001042776-23-000147-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042776/000104277623000147/pdm-20230720.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001042776-23-000147

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