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*
Bernard Alison M.

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O EASTERLY GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES, INC.
2101 L STREET NW, SUITE 750

(Street)
WASHINGTON DC 20037

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/05/2015
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Easterly Government Properties, Inc. [ DEA ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
EVP & CFO
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)
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)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
Remarks:
See Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney
No securities are beneficially owned.
/s/ Alison M. Bernard 02/05/2015
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                                                                    Exhibit 24.1

                            LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                       FOR
                      EASTERLY GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES, INC.
                              SECTION 16(a) FILINGS

        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of William C. Trimble, III and Alison M. Bernard, signing singly,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

        (1)   execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
              capacity as an officer, director and/or stockholder of Easterly
              Government Properties, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms ID, 3, 4, and 5
              and amendments thereto in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
              Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
              thereunder;

        (2)   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 ID, 3, 4, or 5 or amendment thereto and
              timely file such form with the United States Securities and
              Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any stock exchange or similar
              authority; and

        (3)   take any other action of any type whatsoever which, in the opinion
              of such attorney-in-fact, may be necessary or desirable in
              connection with the foregoing authority, 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.

        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 ID, 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities of the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as
a confirming statement of the authority granted herein.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 5th day of February, 2015.


                                   Signature:    /s/ Alison M. Bernard
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                                   Print Name:   Alison M. Bernard
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