SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  February 27, 2009

 

CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-12494

 

62-154718

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation)

 

(Commission File

Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

Suite 500, 2030 Hamilton Place Blvd, Chattanooga, TN 37421

(Address of principal executive office, including zip code)

 

 

 

 

 

423.855.0001

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

 

 

 

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, 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 8.01 Other Events

 

On February 27, 2009, CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors had declared quarterly dividends on the Company’s common stock and preferred stock for the quarter ending March 31, 2009. The Company announced that it intends to pay the quarterly dividend of $0.37 per share for the common stock in a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s common stock.

 

A copy of that press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated into this Item 8.01 by reference.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(a)

Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired

 

Not applicable

 

(b)

Pro Forma Financial Information

 

Not applicable

 

(c)

Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

Description

 

99.1

Press Release – CBL & Associates Properties Announces Common And Preferred Stock Dividends

 

 

 

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.

 

/s/ Farzana K. Mitchell

_______________________________

Farzana K Mitchell

 

Senior Vice President - Finance

 

 

Date: February 27, 2009

 

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