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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 2, 2016

Education Realty Trust, Inc.
Education Realty Operating Partnership, LP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Maryland
 
001-32417
 
20-1352180
Delaware
 
333-199988-01
 
20-1352332
(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 8.01.    Other Events.

Education Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) and Education Realty Operating Partnership, LP (the “Operating Partnership”) are disclosing the information in Exhibit 99.1 hereto to amend and restate in its entirety, the disclosure under the heading “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” included in the Company and the Operating Partnership’s Registration Statements on Form S-3 (File No. 333-199988) and (File No.333-199988-01), as filed by the Company and the Operating Partnership, respectively, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 7, 2014, and the disclosure included in Item 8.01 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company and the Operating Partnership filed with the SEC on November 5, 2015 under the heading “Supplemental U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.” The Company is also disclosing the information in Exhibit 99.1 hereto to amend and restate in its entirety, the disclosure under the heading “Federal Income Tax Considerations” included in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-131284), as filed by the Company with the SEC on January 25, 2006.

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits
Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations

 
 
 







SIGNATURES
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.
 
 
EDUCATION REALTY TRUST, INC.
 
 
Date: March 2, 2016
By:
/s/ Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.
 
 
Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EDUCATION REALTY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP
 
 
Date: March 2, 2016
By: EDUCATION REALTY OP GP, INC., its general partner
 
 
 
 
By: /s/ Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.
 
 
Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer





Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations