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): September 28, 2015
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.
On September 28, 2015, Education Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing leasing results for the 2015-2016 academic year. Same-community opening occupancy was 97.0% for the 2015-2016 lease term, compared to 96.6% occupancy in the prior year. In addition, same-community net rental rates increased 3.4% over the prior year.
Copies of the leasing results and press release are attached as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The press release will be posted to the Company's website.
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 Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 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.
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Exhibit No. | | Description |
99.1 | | Leasing Results for the 2015/2016 Academic Year |
99.2 | | Press Release dated September 28, 2015 |
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: September 28, 2015 | By: | /s/ Edwin B. Brewer, Jr. |
| | Name: Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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| EDUCATION REALTY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP |
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Date: September 28, 2015 | By: EDUCATION REALTY OP GP, INC., its general partner |
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| | By: /s/ Edwin B. Brewer, Jr. |
| | Name: Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit No. | | Description |
99.1 | | Leasing Results for the 2015/2016 Academic Year |
99.2 | | Press Release dated September 28, 2015 |