Form 8-K 12.12.12

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 AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  December 12, 2012
 

CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
Delaware
 
1-12494
 
62-154718
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 
Suite 500, 2030 Hamilton Place Blvd, Chattanooga, TN 37421
(Address of principal executive office, including zip code)
 
 
 
 
 
(423) 855-0001
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 
 
 
 
N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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

(c)    CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that John N. Foy has retired, effective today, as an officer of the Company, and as a director and Vice Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors and as a member of the Board’s Executive Committee. He will remain available to assist in this transition through the remainder of the year.

(e)    In connection with Mr. Foy’s retirement from the Company, and in recognition of his 44 years of service, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors voted, effective December 12, 2012, to immediately vest all of Mr. Foy’s 51,000 outstanding shares of restricted stock received pursuant to prior stock awards granted under the Company’s stock incentive plan that have varying vesting periods based on the original grant dates applicable to such awards.

Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure.

The Company’s press release announcing Mr. Foy’s retirement is furnished as an exhibit to this report.


Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d)    Exhibits

Exhibit
Number

Description
99.1
Press Release – CBL Announces John Foy to Retire








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.

CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.
 
 
/s/ Farzana K. Mitchell
Farzana K. Mitchell
Executive Vice President – Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer


Date: December 12, 2012