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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;1, 2011</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>First Potomac Realty Trust</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>37-1470730</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"> organization)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>7600 Wisconsin Avenue, 11</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>th</b></SUP> <b>Floor<BR>
Bethesda, Maryland 20814</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>First Potomac Realty Trust 2009 Equity Compensation Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Joel F. Bonder<BR>
Executive Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
First Potomac Realty Trust<BR>
7600 Wisconsin Avenue, 11</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>th</b></SUP> <b>Floor<BR>
Bethesda, Maryland 20814<BR>
(301)&nbsp;986-9200</B><BR>
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><I>Copy to:</I><BR>
<B>David P. Slotkin<BR>
Hogan Lovells US LLP<BR>
Columbia Square<BR>
555 Thirteenth Street, NW<BR>
Washington, DC 20004<BR>
(202)&nbsp;637-5600</B></DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">maximum offering</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">maximum aggregate</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">Title of securities to be registered</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Registered<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">price per share<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"> (2)</SUP></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">offering price <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">registration fee<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common shares of beneficial
interest, par value $0.001 per
share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" nowrap>4,500,000 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">68,040,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">7,900</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement shall also cover, in
addition to the number of common shares of beneficial interest
(&#147;common shares&#148;) shown above, an indeterminate number of common
shares that may become issuable under the First Potomac Realty Trust
2009 Equity Compensation Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) by reason of any stock
dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or other similar transaction
effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an
increase in the number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding common shares.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee. In
accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, the
maximum offering price per share and maximum aggregate offering price
shown are based on the average of the high and low sales prices
reported for the Registrant&#146;s common shares on the New York Stock
Exchange on June&nbsp;29, 2011, which was $15.12 per share.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">First Potomac Realty Trust (the &#147;Company&#148;) is hereby registering 4,500,000 additional common
shares, par value $0.001 per share, for issuance under the Company&#146;s 2009 Equity Compensation Plan,
as amended (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The prior registration statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos.
333-161403 and 333-172141, referred to as the &#147;Prior Registration Statements&#148;), as filed with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) on August&nbsp;17, 2009 and February&nbsp;9, 2011,
respectively, are currently effective and, as permitted by General Instruction E to Form S-8, the
contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference, except to the
extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The document(s) containing the information specified in this Part&nbsp;I will be sent or given to
participants under the Plan as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. In accordance
with the instructions to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the SEC either
as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;424 promulgated under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof, taken together,
constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The following documents filed by the Company with the SEC are incorporated herein by reference
and made a part hereof:
</DIV>

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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2010;</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR> <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31,
2011;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR> <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January&nbsp;11, 2011,
January&nbsp;14, 2011, January&nbsp;19, 2011, January&nbsp;28, 2011, February&nbsp;28, 2011, March&nbsp;29, 2011,
May&nbsp;13, 2011, May&nbsp;23, 2011, June&nbsp;13, 2011,
June&nbsp;22, 2011 and July&nbsp;1, 2011; and</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, which incorporates by reference the
description of the Company&#146;s common shares from our Registration Statement on Form S-11
(Reg. No.&nbsp;333-107172), and all amendments, prospectuses or reports filed for the purpose of
updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">All documents subsequently filed with the SEC by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any information that is deemed to have been
&#147;furnished&#148; and not &#147;filed&#148; with the SEC, including any Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 current reports on
Form 8-K), after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>No.</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">10.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">First Potomac Realty Trust 2009 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;A to the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the SEC on April
8, 2009).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">10.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the First Potomac Realty Trust 2009 Equity Compensation Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form
8-K/A, filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;27, 2010).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">10.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the First Potomac Realty Trust 2009 Equity Compensation Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form
8-K, filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;23, 2011).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Hogan Lovells US LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bethesda, State of Maryland, on July&nbsp;1, 2011.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>First Potomac Realty Trust</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Barry H. Bass
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Barry H. Bass&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Executive Vice President<br>
and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Barry H. Bass and Joel F. Bonder, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this
registration statement (including post-effective amendments to this registration statement and any
registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any other
documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Douglas J. Donatelli
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Douglas J. Donatelli
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>Chairman of the Board of
Trustees and <BR>
Chief Executive
Officer
<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;1, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Barry H. Bass
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Barry H. Bass
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Vice President and <BR>

Chief Financial Officer
<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;1, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael H. Comer
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael H. Comer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President and
<BR>
Chief Accounting Officer
<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;1, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert H. Arnold
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert H. Arnold
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Trustee&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;1, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard
B. Chess
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Trustee&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J.
Roderick Heller, III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Trustee&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ R. Michael McCullough
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
R. Michael McCullough
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Trustee&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;1, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Alan G. Merten
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Alan G. Merten
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Trustee&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;1, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Terry
L. Stevens
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Trustee&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">10.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">First Potomac Realty Trust 2009 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;A to the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed on April&nbsp;8, 2009).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff; padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">10.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the First Potomac Realty Trust 2009 Equity Compensation Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form
8-K/A, filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;27, 2010).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">10.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the First Potomac Realty Trust 2009 Equity Compensation Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form
8-K, filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;23, 2011).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG LLP.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Hogan Lovells US LLP (included as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</DIV></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 2011
Registration Statement No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
First Potomac Realty Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
37-1470730
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
organization)
7600 Wisconsin Avenue, 11
th
Floor
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)
First Potomac Realty Trust 2009 Equity Compensation Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Joel F. Bonder
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
First Potomac Realty Trust
7600 Wisconsin Avenue, 11
th
Floor
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
(301) 986-9200
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
David P. Slotkin
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Columbia Square
555 Thirteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
(202) 637-5600
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large Accelerated Filer
o
Accelerated Filer
þ
Non-Accelerated Filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Amount to be
maximum offering
maximum aggregate
Amount of
Title of securities to be registered
Registered
(1)
price per share
(2)
offering price
(2)
registration fee
(2)
Common shares of beneficial
interest, par value $0.001 per
share
4,500,000 shares
$
15.12
$
68,040,000
$
7,900
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover, in
addition to the number of common shares of beneficial interest
("common shares") shown above, an indeterminate number of common
shares that may become issuable under the First Potomac Realty Trust
2009 Equity Compensation Plan (the "Plan") by reason of any stock
dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or other similar transaction
effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an
increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding common shares.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee. In
accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, the
maximum offering price per share and maximum aggregate offering price
shown are based on the average of the high and low sales prices
reported for the Registrant's common shares on the New York Stock
Exchange on June 29, 2011, which was $15.12 per share.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
First Potomac Realty Trust (the "Company") is hereby registering 4,500,000 additional common
shares, par value $0.001 per share, for issuance under the Company's 2009 Equity Compensation Plan,
as amended (the "Plan"). The prior registration statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos.
333-161403 and 333-172141, referred to as the "Prior Registration Statements"), as filed with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on August 17, 2009 and February 9, 2011,
respectively, are currently effective and, as permitted by General Instruction E to Form S-8, the
contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference, except to the
extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in this Part I will be sent or given to
participants under the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. In accordance
with the instructions to Part I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the SEC either
as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together,
constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Company with the SEC are incorporated herein by reference
and made a part hereof:
•
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010;
•
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31,
2011;
•
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 11, 2011,
January 14, 2011, January 19, 2011, January 28, 2011, February 28, 2011, March 29, 2011,
May 13, 2011, May 23, 2011, June 13, 2011,
June 22, 2011 and July 1, 2011; and
•
The Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, which incorporates by reference the
description of the Company's common shares from our Registration Statement on Form S-11
(Reg. No. 333-107172), and all amendments, prospectuses or reports filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed with the SEC by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any information that is deemed to have been
"furnished" and not "filed" with the SEC, including any Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 current reports on
Form 8-K), after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Description
5.1
Opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered.
10.1
First Potomac Realty Trust 2009 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit A to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the SEC on April
8, 2009).
10.2
Amendment No. 1 to the First Potomac Realty Trust 2009 Equity Compensation Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form
8-K/A, filed with the SEC on May 27, 2010).
10.3
Amendment No. 2 to the First Potomac Realty Trust 2009 Equity Compensation Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form
8-K, filed with the SEC on May 23, 2011).
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent of Hogan Lovells US LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bethesda, State of Maryland, on July 1, 2011.
First Potomac Realty Trust
By:
/s/ Barry H. Bass
Barry H. Bass
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Barry H. Bass and Joel F. Bonder, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this
registration statement (including post-effective amendments to this registration statement and any
registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any other
documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
/s/ Douglas J. Donatelli
Douglas J. Donatelli
Chairman of the Board of
Trustees and
Chief Executive
Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
July 1, 2011
/s/ Barry H. Bass
Barry H. Bass
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
July 1, 2011
/s/ Michael H. Comer
Michael H. Comer
Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
July 1, 2011
/s/ Robert H. Arnold
Robert H. Arnold
Trustee
July 1, 2011
Richard
B. Chess
Trustee
J.
Roderick Heller, III
Trustee
/s/ R. Michael McCullough
R. Michael McCullough
Trustee
July 1, 2011
/s/ Alan G. Merten
Alan G. Merten
Trustee
July 1, 2011
Terry
L. Stevens
Trustee
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
5.1
Opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered.
10.1
First Potomac Realty Trust 2009 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit A to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement, filed on April 8, 2009).
10.2
Amendment No. 1 to the First Potomac Realty Trust 2009 Equity Compensation Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form
8-K/A, filed with the SEC on May 27, 2010).
10.3
Amendment No. 2 to the First Potomac Realty Trust 2009 Equity Compensation Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form
8-K, filed with the SEC on May 23, 2011).
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent of Hogan Lovells US LLP (included as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).