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 Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): July 28, 2011
Independence Realty Trust, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland | 333-160093 | 26-4567130 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
| Cira Centre 2929 Arch St., 17th Floor Philadelphia, PA |
19104 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (215) 243-9000
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On July 28, 2011, the board of directors of Independence Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) authorized and declared a special distribution for July 2011 and distributions for the months of August and September 2011. The July distribution will be paid to the stockholder of record on July 29, 2011 in an amount equal to $0.0509589 per share, which for the month of July is equivalent to a 6.0% annualized rate based on a share price of $10.00. This distribution will be paid on or before August 15, 2011. The declared distributions for the months of August and September will be payable to stockholders of record at a rate of $0.0016438 per share per day, which is an amount that is equivalent to a 6.0% annualized distribution rate based on a share price of $10.00. Distributions for the months of August and September will be aggregated and paid on or before the fifteenth day following the completion of each respective month. All distributions will be paid in cash or reinvested in stock for those participating in the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan.
Today, the Company issued a press release announcing the declaration of the distributions described above. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated into this filing in its entirety.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits: |
Press Release, dated August 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.
| Independence Realty Trust, Inc. | ||||
| By: | /s/ JACK E. SALMON | |||
| August 2, 2011 | Jack E. Salmon | |||
| President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||
Exhibit Index
The following exhibit is included in this Current Report on Form 8-K and is numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated August 2, 2011 | |