UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

May 6, 2010

DCT INDUSTRIAL TRUST INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Registrants’ telephone number, including area code: (303) 597-2400

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2.):

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On May 6, 2010, DCT Industrial Trust Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders in Denver, Colorado (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting the Company’s stockholders approved the Second Amended and Restated DCT Industrial Trust Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Amended Plan”) to, among other things, increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock reserved for issuance thereunder by 15,000,000 shares. The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amended Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and incorporated by reference.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

As of the record date, there were a total of 208,798,286 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The following is a brief description of each matter voted upon at the Annual Meeting and a statement of the number of votes cast for, against or withheld and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter, as applicable.

(a) Votes regarding the election of the persons named below as directors for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2011 and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal were as follows:

Based on the votes set forth above, each of the foregoing persons was duly elected to serve as a director for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2011 and until his respective successor has been duly elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation or removal.

(b) Votes regarding the approval of the Amended Plan, were as follows:

Based on the votes set forth above, the Amended Plan was approved by our stockholders.

(c) Votes regarding the ratification of the audit committee’s appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2010, were as follows:

Based on the votes set forth above, the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company to serve for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010 was duly ratified by our stockholders.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.