8-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): March 1, 2016
Education Realty Trust, Inc.
Education Realty Operating Partnership, LP
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Maryland | | 001-32417 | | 20-1352180 |
Delaware | | 333-199988-01 | | 20-1352332 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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999 South Shady Grove Road, Suite 600 Memphis, Tennessee | |
38120 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | | (Zip Code) |
901-259-2500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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 Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
Education Realty Trust, Inc. (“EdR”), one of the nation's largest owners, operators, and developers of quality collegiate housing communities, today released a presentation that will be used with various investors and analysts in March 2016. A copy of the presentation is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The presentation will also be posted on EdR's website.
EdR believes that certain statements in the information set forth in Exhibit 99.1 may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are made on the basis of management’s views and assumptions regarding future events and business performance as of the time the statements are made. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied. Information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements is contained from time to time in EdR’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In accordance with General Instructions B.2 and B.6 of Form 8-K, the information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1 hereto), shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing made by EdR under the Exchange Act or Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is being furnished herewith to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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Exhibit No. | | Description |
99.1 | | March 2016 Investor Presentation |
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SIGNATURE
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.
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| EDUCATION REALTY TRUST, INC. |
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Date: March 1, 2016 | By: | /s/ Edwin B. Brewer, Jr. |
| | Edwin B. Brewer, Jr. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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| EDUCATION REALTY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP |
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Date: March 1, 2016 | By: EDUCATION REALTY OP GP, INC., its general partner |
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| | By: /s/ Edwin B. Brewer, Jr. |
| | Edwin B. Brewer, Jr. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit No. | | Description |
99.1 | | March 2016 Investor Presentation |