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:
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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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