SEC Filing - American Assets Trust, Inc.

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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

AMERICAN ASSETS INC

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O AMERICAN ASSETS TRUST, INC.

11455 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 200

(Street)

SAN DIEGO

92130

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/19/2011

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
American Assets Trust, Inc. [ AAT ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

Director	X	10% Owner
Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.01⁽¹⁾	181,805	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Operating Partnership Units⁽²⁾	03/19/2012	⁽³⁾	Common Stock, par value $0.01	5,107,577	⁽⁴⁾	D
Operating Partnership Units⁽²⁾	03/19/2012	⁽³⁾	Common Stock, par value $0.01	2,004	⁽⁴⁾	I	See Footnote⁽⁵⁾

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares of common stock issued either pursuant to (1) contribution agreements with the Issuer or the Operating Partnership, pursuant to which Reporting Person and other parties contributed their interests in certain entities that directly or indirectly own properties, to the Issuer, the Operating Partnership or their respective subsidiaries, or (2) merger agreements, where certain entities (interests in which are directly or indirectly owned by the Reporting Person and other parties) that directly or indirectly own properties merged with and into the Issuer, the Operating Partnership or their respective subsidiaries. The value of the common stock was $20.50 per share as of the Transaction Date, based on the price of the common stock of the Issuer at the time of the Issuer's initial public offering.

2. Represents common units of limited partnership interest ("OP Units") in the Operating Partnership. The Issuer is the general partner of the Operating Partnership. OP Units are redeemable fourteen months from the Transaction Date for cash equal to the then-current market value of one share of common stock, or at the election of the Issuer, for shares of the Issuer's common stock on a one-for-one basis.

3. Not Applicable.

4. The OP Units were issued either pursuant to (1) contribution agreements with the Issuer or the Operating Partnership, pursuant to which Reporting Person contributed their interests in certain entities that directly or indirectly own properties, to the Issuer, the Operating Partnership or their respective subsidiaries, or (2) merger agreements, where certain entities (interests in which are directly or indirectly owned by the Reporting Person) that directly or indirectly own properties merged with and into the Issuer, the Operating Partnership or their respective subsidiaries. The value of the OP Units was $20.50 per share as of the Transaction Date, based on the price of the common stock of the Issuer at the time of the Issuer's initial public offering.

5. Amount includes 2,004 OP Units held by Western Insurance Holdings, Inc., which is controlled by the Reporting Person. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such OP Units, except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.

Remarks:

See Exhibit 99, Power of Attorney.

	/s/ Nicole B. Baker, Attorney-in-fact	01/19/2011
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of John W. Chamberlain, Adam Wyll, Michael E. Sullivan and Nicole
B. Baker, signing singly, with full power of substitution, as the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

        (1)     prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents
necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned
to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

        (2)     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of American Assets Trust,
Inc. (the "Company") and/or 10% holder of the Company's capital stock, Forms 3,
4, and 5 and any amendments thereto in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

        (3)     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and
timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority;
and

        (4)     take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 19th day of January, 2011.

                                 AMERICAN ASSETS, INC.

                                 By: /s/ John Chamberlain
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                                 Name: John W. Chamberlain
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                                 Title: Chief Executive Officer and President
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