Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
SCHEAR MITCHELL N
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
VORNADO REALTY TRUST [VNO]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President - VNO/Smith Division
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
2345 CRYSTAL DRIVE, SUITE 1000
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/21/2012
(Street)

ARLINGTON, VA 22202
4. If Amendment, Date 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
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Shares 12/21/2012   M   14,792 A $ 33.3709 68,878 (1) D  
Common Shares 12/21/2012   S   14,792 D $ 79.9865 (2) 54,086 (1) D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Options (Right to Buy) $ 33.3709 (3) 12/21/2012   M     14,792 02/27/2010 02/27/2019 Common Shares 14,792 $ 0 16,214 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
SCHEAR MITCHELL N
2345 CRYSTAL DRIVE
SUITE 1000
ARLINGTON, VA 22202
      President - VNO/Smith Division  

Signatures

 /s/ Mitchell Schear   12/26/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Of these Common Shares, 873 are subject to restrictions on transfer imposed by the Company that expire on March 31, 2013.
(2) Represents weighted average sale price. These Common Shares were sold through the execution of a single market order at prices ranging between $79.94 and $80.02. Full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price will be provided upon request by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer.
(3) On December 20, 2012 the Compensation Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Issuer approved the calculation of adjustments to the outstanding options issued to the Reporting Person under the Issuer's Omnibus Share Plans, to reflect the payment of a $1.00 extraordinary dividend to the Issuer's holders of its Common Shares paid on December 21, 2012, (collectively, the "Adjustment"). As a result of the Adjustment, the exercise price of the outstanding options granted to the Reporting Person was reduced from $33.81 to $33.3709 and 406 additional options were granted.

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