8-K 2013-2014 Leasing


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 30, 2013

Education Realty Trust, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Maryland
 
001-32417
 
20-1352180
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)



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)

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

Education Realty Trust, Inc. ("EDR"), one of the nation's largest owners, operators, and developers of collegiate housing communities, today released leasing results for the 2013-2014 academic year. A copy of such leasing information is furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1. Same-community opening occupancy was 94.1% for the 2013-2014 lease term, compared to 91.1% occupancy in the prior year. In addition, same-community net rental rates increased 2.0% over the prior year.     

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 EdR 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
 
2013/2014 Final Leasing Results






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: September 30, 2013
By:
/s/ Randall H. Brown
 
 
Randall H. Brown
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer



 





INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
2013/2014 Final Leasing Results