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): May 2, 2013


American Campus Communities, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

Commission File Number: 001-32265

Maryland

001-32265

760753089

(State or Other Jurisdiction Of

Incorporation or Organization)

(Commission file number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

12700 Hill Country Boulevard, Suite T-200
Austin, TX 78738
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

512-732-1000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 2, 2013, there were 104,776,745 common shares entitled to be voted; 96,188,939 shares were voted in person or by proxy.  The stockholders voted on the following matters at the Annual Meeting:

1.        Election of seven director nominees to hold office for a one-year term;

2.        Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered
                               public accounting firm for fiscal year 2013; and

3.        On an advisory basis, approval of the executive compensation disclosed in the Proxy Statement.

The results of the stockholder votes are set forth below:

Board of Directors

Affirmative Withheld
William C. Bayless, Jr. 92,097,246 69,562
R.D. Burck 91,983,395 183,413
G. Steven Dawson 90,970,966 1,195,842
Cydney C. Donnell 90,827,315 1,339,493
Edward Lowenthal 90,827,920 1,338,888
Oliver Luck 91,981,736 185,072
Winston W. Walker 90,970,997 1,195,811

There were 4,022,131 broker non-votes with respect to the election of directors.

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Affirmative Negative Abstentions
95,658,718 520,105 10,116

Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of Executive Compensation

Affirmative Negative Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
85,999,021 5,475,118 692,669 4,022,131

The Company's Board of Directors has determined that the Company will conduct advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company's executive officers on an annual basis.  Accordingly, the Company will include an advisory on executive compensation in its proxy materials every year until the next stockholder vote on the frequency of such votes is held, which will be no later than the Company's 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.


Signature(s)

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

American Campus Communities, Inc.

 

 

Date:

May 7, 2013

By:

/s/ Jonathan A. Graf

Jonathan A. Graf

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial

Officer, Secretary and Treasurer