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EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 LEASING RESULTS FOR THE 2014/2015 ACADEMIC YEAR - Education Realty Trust, Inc.a2014-2015leasingdata.htm
EX-99.2 - EXHIBIT 99.2 PRESS RELEASE DATED SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 - Education Realty Trust, Inc.finalleasingresultsrelease.htm


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 29, 2014

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.

On September 29, 2014, Education Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing leasing results for the 2014-2015 academic year. Same-community opening occupancy was 96.3% for the 2014-2015 lease term, compared to 94.3% occupancy in the prior year. In addition, same-community net rental rates increased 2.0% over the prior year.
        
Copies of the leasing results and press release are attached as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The press release will be posted to the Company's website.    

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 Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 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 the Company 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
 
Leasing Results for the 2014/2015 Academic Year
99.2
 
Press Release dated September 29, 2014






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 29, 2014
By:
/s/ Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.
 
 
Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer



 





INDEX TO EXHIBITS



Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
Leasing Results for the 2014/2015 Academic Year
99.2
 
Press Release dated September 29, 2014