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): February 27, 2019 (February 26, 2019)
MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
MID-AMERICA APARTMENTS, L.P.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Tennessee | 001-12762 | 62-1543819 | ||
| Tennessee | 333-190028-01 | 62-1543816 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 6815 Poplar Avenue, Suite 500, Germantown, Tennessee | 38138 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(901) 682-6600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On February 26, 2019, Mid-America Apartments, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Jefferies LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters listed on Schedule 1 attached to the Underwriting Agreement, in connection with the public offering by the Operating Partnership of $300 million aggregate principal amount of the Operating Partnership’s 3.950% Senior Notes due 2029.
The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, which is being filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On February 26, 2019, Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. issued a press release. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K under this Item 7.01 (including Exhibit 99.1 hereto) is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of Section 18, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. The information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K under this Item 7.01 (including Exhibit 99.1 hereto) will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information required to be disclosed solely to satisfy the requirements of Regulation FD.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits. |
SIGNATURES
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.
| MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC. | ||||||
| Date: February 27, 2019 | By: | /s/ Albert M. Campbell, III | ||||
| Albert M. Campbell, III | ||||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
| (Principal Financial Officer) | ||||||
| MID-AMERICA APARTMENTS, L.P. | ||||||
| Date: February 27, 2019 | By: | Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., its general partner | ||||
| By: | /s/ Albert M. Campbell, III | |||||
| Albert M. Campbell, III | ||||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
| (Principal Financial Officer) | ||||||