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: June 6, 2011

Education Realty Trust, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Maryland
 
001-32417
 
201352180
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File
Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
530 Oak Court Drive, Suite 300 
Memphis, Tennessee
 
 
38117
(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)

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Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

Education Realty Trust, Inc. intends to disclose updated portfolio pre-leasing statistics for the 2011 academic year in connection with presentations being made this week at REIT Week 2011, NAREIT’s Investor Forum in New York, NY.  A copy of such information is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.  The Company believes that certain statements in the information furnished herewith 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 the Company’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 the Company 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.

Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
2011/2012 Pre-leasing Statistics – As of June 2, 2011
 
 
 

 

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.

   
EDUCATION REALTY TRUST, INC.
     
Date: June 6, 2011
By:
 /s/ Randall H. Brown
   
Randall H. Brown
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer and Secretary

 
 

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
2011/2012 Pre-leasing Statistics – As of June 2, 2011