Form 8-K

 

 

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): November 12, 2013

 

 

MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.

MID-AMERICA APARTMENTS, L.P.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Tennessee

Tennessee

 

001-12762

333-190028-01

 

62-1543819

62-1543816

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

6584 Poplar Avenue

Memphis, Tennessee

  38138
(Address of Principal Executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (901) 682-6600

N/A

(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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 8.01 Other Events.

On November 12, 2013, Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (“MAA”) issued a press release announcing that its operating partnership, Mid-America Apartments, L.P. (“MAALP”), commenced exchange offers to exchange any and all of the 6.25% Senior Notes due 2014, 5.50% Senior Notes due 2015 and 6.05% Senior Notes due 2016 (collectively, the “Existing Notes”) issued by Colonial Realty Limited Partnership, for new 6.25% Senior Notes due 2014, 5.50% Senior Notes due 2015 and 6.05% Senior Notes due 2016, respectively, issued by MAALP and solicitations of consents to amend the terms of the indentures that govern the Existing Notes. Pursuant to Rule 135c under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, MAALP is filing a copy of such press release as Exhibit 99.1 hereto, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release, dated November 12, 2013, announcing the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: November 13 , 2013     MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
    By:   /s/ Albert M. Campbell, III
    Name:   Albert M. Campbell, III
    Title:  

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

    MID-AMERICA APARTMENTS, L.P.
    By: Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., its general partner
    By:   /s/ Albert M. Campbell, III
    Name:   Albert M. Campbell, III
    Title:  

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release, dated November 12, 2013, announcing the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations.

 

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