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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):   July 17, 2014

AMERICAN REALTY INVESTORS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 
Nevada
 
 
001-15663
 
 
75-2847135
 
(State or other
jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission
File No.)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
   
1603 LBJ Freeway, Suite 800
Dallas, Texas
75234
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code   469-522-4200



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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Section 8 - Other Events

Item 8.01.  Other Events

On July 17, 2014, the holder of 890,797 shares of Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) of American Realty Investors, Inc. (the “Issuer” or the “Company” or “ARL”) surrendered 890,797 shares for conversion into Common Stock. Under the Articles of Incorporation, the “Conversion Date” was the date of surrender and the calculated “Conversion Price” was 90% of the simple average of the daily closing price of the Common Stock for the twenty Trading Days immediately prior to the date of conversion on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), which yielded an average closing price, resulting in a Conversion Price of $6.07 per share. As of the Conversion Date, the 890,797 shares of Series A Preferred Stock of ARL also had accumulated dividends, which yielded additional accrued dividends to be added to the aggregate liquidation value, which, when divided by the Conversion Price, yielded a base amount, which was rounded up to 2,502,230 shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion to such holder. The issuance of 2,502,230 shares of Common Stock, effective July 17, 2014, increased the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock from 11,525,389 shares to 14,027,619 shares of Common Stock. No significant effect occurred with respect to the balance sheet of ARL except that certain dividends payable were eliminated as a liability by crediting the same amount to stockholders’ equity.
 
 
 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
 
Dated: July 21, 2014
AMERICAN REALTY INVESTORS, INC.
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Gene S. Bertcher  
    Gene S. Bertcher, Executive Vice  
    President and Chief Financial Officer  
       



 
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