As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2001 Registration No. 333-_____ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 ____________________ FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ____________________ UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) Virginia 54-0857512 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer identification incorporation or organization) number) 400 East Cary Street Richmond, Virginia 23219-3816 (Address of principal executive office, including zip code) UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC. EMPLOYEES' STOCK PURCHASE PLAN (Full title of the plan) ____________________ Katheryn E. Surface Secretary and General Counsel United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc. 400 East Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219-3816 (804) 819-1885 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Copies to: James W. Featherstone, III Hunton & Williams Riverfront Plaza, East Tower 951 East Byrd Street Richmond, Virginia 23219-4074 (804) 788-8267 ____________________ CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE Proposed maximum Proposed maximum Title of securities Amount to be Offering price aggregate Amount of to be registered registered per share(1) offering price(1) registration fee Common Stock, $1.00 par value 250,000 shares $12.13 $3,032,500 $758.13 ======================================================================================================================= (1) Determined pursuant to Rule 457(c). This registration statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8. The contents of the registrant's registration statement on Form S-8, File No. 33-58201, are incorporated by reference. Exhibits. 5 - Opinion of Hunton & Williams 23(i) - Consent of Ernst & Young LLP 23(ii)- Consent of Hunton & Williams (included in Exhibit 5) II-1 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 Denver, State of Colorado, on April 6, 2001. UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC. By: /s/Thomas W. Toomey ------------------------------------- Thomas W. Toomey President and Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on April 6, 2001. Signature and Capacity Signature and Capacity ---------------------- ---------------------- /s/Thomas W. Toomey /s/James D. Klingbeil - ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Thomas W. Toomey James D. Klingbeil President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Director Executive Officer) and Director /s/Robert C. Larson ------------------------------------- /s/Christopher D. Genry Robert C. Larson - ----------------------------------------------------- Director Christopher D. Genry Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) /s/John P. McCann ------------------------------------- John P. McCann Director /s/R. Toms Dalton, Jr. - ----------------------------------------------------- R. Toms Dalton, Jr. /s/Lynne B. Sagalyn Director ------------------------------------- Lynne B. Sagalyn Director - ----------------------------------------------------- /s/Mark J. Sandler Robert P. Freeman ------------------------------------- Director Mark J. Sandler Director /s/Robert W. Scharar - ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Jon A. Grove Robert W. Scharar Director Director II-2