Securities Exchange Act of 1934 -- Form 8-K



                       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:
                                 August 5, 2003



                        CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware                     1-12494                       62-1545718
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(State or other             (Commission                (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of             File Number)               Identification Number)
incorporation)


              2030 Hamilton Place Boulevard, Chattanooga, TN 37421
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                    (Address of principal executive offices)


               Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
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                              (423) 855-0001





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ITEM 5. Other Events

     On May 1, 2003, CBL & Associates  Properties,  Inc. (the "Company") filed a
Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended on May 23, 2003 and June 10, 2003
(the "Registration Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  which included a Prospectus relating to
the offer and sale from time to time  pursuant to Rule 415 under the  Securities
Act of one or more of the following securities for an aggregate initial offering
price not to exceed  $562,000,000 on terms to be determined at the time or times
of offering:  (i) shares of the Company's preferred stock, par value of $.01 per
share (the "Preferred  Stock"),  (ii) shares of the Company's  common stock, par
value of $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"),  (iii) warrants to purchase shares
of  the  Company's  Common  Stock,  and  (iv)  depositary  shares   representing
fractional interests in the Common Stock or Preferred Stock.

     The Registration  Statement  incorporates by reference the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December  31,  2002 (the  "Form  10-K"),
which contains disclosures of certain non-GAAP financial measures.

     To comply with Regulation G, promulgated under the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934,  as amended,  and because the  Registration  Statement  was filed after
March  28,  2003,  following  which,  for  purposes  of  Regulation  G,  certain
disclosures of non-GAAP financial  measures are required,  the Company is filing
this Form 8-K to provide the  disclosure  required by Regulation G as it relates
to the non-GAAP financial measures included in the Form 10-K.

RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME AVAIABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS TO FUNDS
FROM OPERATIONS


     Funds from  operations  ("FFO") is a widely used  measure of the  operating
performance of real estate companies that  supplements net income  determined in
accordance  with GAAP. The Company  computes FFO in accordance with the National
Association of Real Estate  Investment  Trusts'  definition of FFO, which is net
income  (computed in accordance with GAAP) excluding gains or losses on sales of
operating properties, plus depreciation and amortization,  and after adjustments
for  unconsolidated  partnerships and joint ventures.  The Company believes that
FFO  provides  an  additional  indicator  of the  operating  performance  of the
Company's  properties  without  giving  effect to real estate  depreciation  and
amortization, which assumes the value of real estate assets declines predictably
over time. Since values of well-maintained  real estate assets have historically
risen or fallen with market  conditions,  the Company believes that FFO provides
investors with a better understanding of the Company's operating performance.

     The  following  is a  reconciliation  of net  income  available  to  common
shareholders  determined in accordance  with GAAP to FFO,  which is disclosed in
the section titled Selected Financial Data in the Form 10-K.



                                                                                     Year Ended December 31,
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                                                                   2002          2001          2000         1999          1998
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Net income available to common shareholders                       $73,987      $54,440       $59,254       $48,127       $37,265
ADD:
Depreciation and amortization from consolidated properties         94,432       83,937        58,330        52,037        42,355
Depreciation and amortization from unconsolidated affiliates        4,490        3,765         1,511         1,619         1,427
Depreciation from discontinued operations                             527        1,006         1,186           675           651
Minority interest in earnings of operating partnership             64,251       49,643        28,507        23,264        16,258
Extraordinary loss on extinguishment of debt                        3,930       13,558           367             -           799
LESS:
Minority investors' share of depreciation and amortization         (1,348)      (1,096)         (981)         (920)         (875)
Gain on disposal of discontinued operations                          (372)           -             -             -             -
Depreciation and amortization of non-real estate assets              (493)        (603)         (151)         (172)         (205)
Gain on sales of real estate assets                                (2,804)     (10,649)      (15,989)       (8,357)       (4,183)
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Total funds from operations                                      $236,600     $194,001      $132,034      $116,273       $93,492
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     Beginning  January 1, 2003, the Company revised its method of computing FFO
to comply  with the  National  Association  of Real  Estate  Investment  Trust's
definition  of FFO in  accordance  with the  provisions  of  Regulation  G. As a
result,  the  Company  began  including  gains on sales  of  outparcels  in FFO.
Additionally,  as a result of a new accounting  pronouncement that was effective
on January 1, 2003, loss on extinguishment of debt is no longer classified as an
extraordinary item. The following is a reconciliation of FFO previously reported
in the Form 10-K to what FFO would have been if computed in accordance  with the
Company's current definition of FFO:



                                                                      Year Ended December 31,
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                                                         2002          2001          2000           1999          1998
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Total funds from operations, as reported               $236,600      $194,001      $132,034       $116,273       $93,492
Loss on extinguishment of debt                           (3,930)      (13,558)         (367)            --          (799)
Gains on sales of outparcels                              2,804         2,244         5,465          9,469         4,030
Total funds from operations, as revised              ----------    ----------    ----------     ----------     ---------
                                                       $235,474      $182,287      $137,132       $125,742       $96,723
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Computation of FFO Applicable to the Company


                                                                      Year Ended December 31,
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                                                   2002          2001          2000           1999          1998
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Weighted average shares - earnings per share      28,690        25,358        24,881         24,647        24,079
Weighted average operating partnership units      24,873        23,426        11,968         11,920        10,558
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Weighted average shares - FFO per share           53,563        48,784        36,849         36,567        34,637
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Ratio of weighted average shares
  - earnings per share to weighted
  average shares - FFO per share                    53.6%         52.0%        67.5%         67.4%          69.5%
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 FFO Applicable to the Company, as reported(1) $  126,730    $  100,842    $  89,151     $  78,370      $  64,994
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 FFO Applicable to the Company, as revised     $  126,127    $   94,961    $  92,594     $  84,753      $  67,240
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         (1) The amount of FFO applicable to the Company differs from the
         amounts reported in the section titled Selected Financial Data in the
         Form 10-K due to rounding. The amounts reported in Selected Financial
         Data were computed as the sum of the amounts reported in the Company's
         earnings releases for each quarter during the applicable period. The
         amounts above are computed based on the applicable annual amounts.



     RECONCILIATION  OF CONSOLIDATED DEBT TO THE COMPANY'S SHARE OF CONSOLIDATED
AND UNCONSOLIDATED DEBT


     The Company  presents its total share of  consolidated  and  unconsolidated
debt because the Company  believes that this amount  provides  investors  with a
clearer understanding of the Company's total debt obligations.  The following is
a reconciliation of consolidated debt to the Company's share of consolidated and
unconsolidated  debt  disclosed  under  Liquidity  and Capital  Resources in the
Management's  Discussion  and  Analysis of  Financial  Condition  and Results of
Operations section of the Form 10-K:

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(Dollars in thousands)


                                                                                   December 31, 2002
                                                                   Fixed                Variable
                                                                   Rate                   Rate                 Total
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Consolidated debt                                                 $1,867,915             $534,164            $2,402,079
Minority investors' share of consolidated debt                       (20,127)              (1,796)              (21,923)
Company's share of unconsolidated affiliates' debt                    38,269               28,229                66,498
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Company's share of consolidated and unconsolidated debt           $1,886,057             $560,597            $2,446,654
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Weighted average interest rate                                         7.18%                3.39%                 6.31%



                                                                                   December 31, 2001
                                                                   Fixed                Variable
                                                                   Rate                   Rate                 Total
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Consolidated debt                                                 $1,463,351             $852,604            $2,315,955
Minority investors' share of consolidated debt                       (23,401)              (1,217)              (24,618)
Company's share of unconsolidated affiliates' debt                    70,042               31,225               101,267
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Company's share of consolidated and unconsolidated debt           $1,509,992             $882,612            $2,392,604
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Weighted average interest rate                                         7.54%               3.38%                  6.01%


RECONCILIATION OF CONSOLIDATED REVENUES TO THE COMPANY'S SHARE OF TOTAL REVENUES

     In various  sections  of Part I of the Form  10-K,  the  Company  discusses
various  aspects  related to its shopping  center  properties in relation to the
Company's total revenues. The Company's total revenues are determined as the sum
of consolidated revenues plus the Company's proportionate share of revenues from
unconsolidated   affiliates  less  minority  investors'  share  of  revenues  in
consolidated  properties.  The  following is a  reconciliation  of  consolidated
revenues to the Company's total revenues.

Reconciliation of Company's Share of Total Revenues
For the Year Ended December 31, 2002


                                                                                         
Consolidated total revenues                                                                 $599,094
Minority investors' share of consolidated total revenues                                     (18,788)
Company's share of unconsolidated affiliates' total revenues                                  31,016
Other non property revenues                                                                     (503)
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Company's share of consolidated and unconsolidated total revenues                           $610,819
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     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 thereunto duly authorized.


                                 CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.

                                        /s/ John N. Foy
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                                           John N. Foy
                                          Vice Chairman,
                               Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
                              (Authorized Officer of the Registrant,
                                 Principal Financial Officer and
                                  Principal Accounting Officer)


Date:  August 5, 2003